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Hydrogen fuel and fertiliser from potato farm waste is on the boil in a bid to lower heavy costs to farmers
Trials to turn waste from potato farms into fertiliser and energy are underway in regional Victoria in a bid to be environmentally friendly and lower the costs for farmers.
Key points:
- MADE Energy is on a short sprint to prove it can turning waste from potato farms into fertiliser and fuel
- Australian farmers use around 4.9 million tonnes of fertiliser per year
- The research project is funded by a Commonwealth Business Research and Innovation Initiative grant
The research and development project based in Mollongghip, between Ballarat and Daylesford, aims to convert agricultural waste, known as biomass, into hydrogen.
Joe Finnegan from start-up power company MADE Energy is part of the feasibility study, and said being able to create these…
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