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Green gas now supplied into more than one million UK homes

28th April 2019

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More good news here in the energy market - the amount of 'green' gas being used in the UK has increased to the extent that 1m homes are now using it for heating and cooking.

→ Green gas reaches milestone as it supplies 1m UK homes

Biomethane plants are using farm and food waste to generate electricity - and there are now more than 60 of them in the UK. The number of house using it has increased thirteen-fold since 2017.

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