Energy firm Ecotricity is set to offer green gas as an alternative fuel to the UK households, which will be supplied from renewable sources.
Green gas can be made during a composting-like process that breaks down food waste and other material that normally gets dumped straight into landfill or burnt in incinerators. Britain currently wastes around 18 million tonnes of food alone a year, which could produce enough biogas to supply over 700,000 homes, the company said.
According to Ecotricity, green gas has the potential to generate as much as half of the UK's domestic gas needs with the right government backing. Ultimately, the company plans to create bio-gas from emerging next-generation technologies such as special strains of algae, a naturally occurring, fast reproducing and potentially endless source of energy.
Ecotricity said it will supply gas from a mix of green and conventional 'brown' sources, with the green fuel mix increasing as more customers sign up and it builds new renewable supplies, the same model it has used with electricity since it started in 1996. Since then Ecotricity's green electricity mix has grown to 45.6%, entirely from its own sources with a continuing long-term mission to reach 100% and beyond.
Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, said: "We're the real British Gas now. We're kickstarting the market to move Britain from brown to green gas, turning people’s gas bills into green gas mills, just as we've been doing with windmills for over a decade.
"By choosing green gas, customers can help unhook Britain from its addiction to foreign gas supplies, make a positive long-term change to the world we live in, and could also keep thousands of tonnes of waste out of landfill which could even help keep council tax bills down."
According to Ecotricity, green gas has the potential to generate as much as half of the UK's domestic gas needs with the right government backing. Ultimately, the company plans to create bio-gas from emerging next-generation technologies such as special strains of algae, a naturally occurring, fast reproducing and potentially endless source of energy.
Ecotricity said it will supply gas from a mix of green and conventional 'brown' sources, with the green fuel mix increasing as more customers sign up and it builds new renewable supplies, the same model it has used with electricity since it started in 1996. Since then Ecotricity's green electricity mix has grown to 45.6%, entirely from its own sources with a continuing long-term mission to reach 100% and beyond.
Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, said: "We're the real British Gas now. We're kickstarting the market to move Britain from brown to green gas, turning people’s gas bills into green gas mills, just as we've been doing with windmills for over a decade.
"By choosing green gas, customers can help unhook Britain from its addiction to foreign gas supplies, make a positive long-term change to the world we live in, and could also keep thousands of tonnes of waste out of landfill which could even help keep council tax bills down."
Source: Energy Business Review
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