The heart of a groundbreaking renewable energy project in Nottingham is a bit of a surprise, not because of its novelty, but rather its apparent lack of it. It's a Deutz engine, exactly like one you'd find on a combine harvester, connected to a smallblack box that houses a generator. Yet this engine can power 100 homes and heat an entire school, all fuelled by pure rapeseed oil from local farms.
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