Electricity production from cheese, serving 1500 people

With a capacity of 2.8 million kw per year, the French cheese mills on the French Alps can meet the needs of thousands of people.

Beaufort cheese is used to produce electricity. Photo: Alamy.

Telegraph reported on 20 December that a power plant built by the renewable energy company Valbio in the French Alps was put into operation, using by- products from the cheese industry to generate electricity. 1,500 people.

Located in the town of Albertville, the new power plant draws water from Beaufort cheese produced in the area and uses bacteria to ferment the water, producing methane and carbon dioxide. The gas will provide energy to the water heater to 90 degrees Celsius. The output power will allow the plant to reach a capacity of 2.8 million kw per year.

The first cheese factory was built by Valbio 10 years ago. However, the Albertville plant is much larger and will sell electricity to the Électricité de France (EDF), the largest electricity producer in the world.