PG&E Uses Cow Power

摘要

Pacific gas and electric co. (PG&E) announced that the California Public Utilities Commission has approved its gas purchase agreement with Microgy Inc. to deliver up to 8,000 cubic feet of pipeline-quality renewable natural gas daily. The methane gas will be generated from cow manure and extracted by Microgy facilities in California.rnPG&E is calling this new energy source "cow power."rnMicrogy plans to construct four production facilities on the site of large dairy farms in California and interconnect those systems to PG&E's gas pipeline network. In addition to producing renewable energy, each of these facilities can produce significant greenhouse gas benefits by capturing methane from cow manure.