The Tiny German Village That Went Off the Grid

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In 1998, the gears began turning to convert Jühnde, a tiny village in Saxony, Germany, into a bioenergy hub that receives every bit of its electricity (and most of its heat) from biomass. The system went live in 2005, and its subsequent success has turned Jühnde into a celebrity in green circles, as well as a model for other bioenergy-seeking towns and cities.

This image shows Jühnde’s unique bioenergy plant, with its two domed fermentation silos. The biogas plant has caught the attention of international communities and organizations such as Reynolds, Indiana—a.k.a. BioTown, USA.

There are lots of photos in addition to the one shown here; review them all at Discover Magazine.

[HAL 9000 96]

Preemptive 'mentioning Al Gore' post.

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Great for them! Not everyone is a naysayer, see?!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Preemptive 'mentioning Al Gore' post.

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Great for them! Not everyone is a naysayer, see?!

Yes we can!

[HAL 9000 96]

Man have they got a hard on for that East Anglia stuff huh? I guess that shows how ignorant people can be of the entire scientific process.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Check this out - Samso, Denmark. That's energy independence.

The Danish island of Samso is a mecca for climate protection experts, because its residents generate more energy than they consume -- with wind turbines, solar panels, straw combustion and heat exchangers that extract heat from cow's milk. The small ecotopia will be held up as a model at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Must've taken a lot of schit to build the power plant.