Draft Energy Bill to address role of nuclear in the West
by Bob Constantine
The government's draft Energy Bill, being published today, aims to answer important questions of vital importance to the West Country
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Somerset food waste to provide energy for homes
by David Woodland
Food waste in Somerset will soon be helping to light homes across the county. David Woodland explains.
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Food waste in Somerset to help light homes in the county
Food waste in Somerset will soon be helping to light homes in the county. A new biomass plant will make energy from the household food waste we throw away.
Every time you put potato peelings or old cabbage leaves in those little brown plastic caddies for the recycling teams to collect you will be helping to create power, courtesy of gas producing microbes.
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