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Banana Waste to Produce Fuel in Australia

Dustin P. Walsh — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:00:45 -0600

Growcom, an Australian horticulture/biofuel organization, has started the pre-construction process of a commercial biomethane plant. The plant will produce biomethane from banana waste to provide fuel to vehicles that run on natural gas.

The process consists in the use of an anaerobic digester to break down the banana’s microorganisms, much like the ones used at landfills to reduce methane emissions. The two-week process is said to produce large quantities of methane – efficiency will depend on new digester technology to reduce the cost in order to produce mass quantities of methane.

+ AutoblogGreen: Banana methane will power cars in Australia (via Jalopnik)

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