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Yamaha tests golf cart powered with cow dung

What can you do with cow dung? We can think of at least one green car option: transform it into biomethane and use the gas to power a golf cart. This is what the engineers at Yamaha in Katori, in Chiba Prefecture. Osaka Gas Co. provided the methane at a low cost. It was then stored in a special tank filled with activated carbon capable of absorbing the methane at relatively low pressure. The tank was developed by Osaka Gas Co. as an alternative to a high-pressure pump and tank. The town of Katori hosts the so-called "Biomass Town," where the ... Read more →

Semi trucks converted to run on biomethane from cow manure Jeremy Korzeniewski

Looking for a sustainable fuel to power your fleet of semi trucks? If you are a dairy farm, we'd bet that the one thing you've got too much of is cow manure. Hilarides Dairy happens to have this ...

Yamaha tests golf cart powered with cow dung 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Semi trucks converted to run on biomethane from cow manure 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Looking for a sustainable fuel to power your fleet of semi trucks? If you are a dairy farm, we'd bet that the one thing you've got too much of is cow manure. Hilarides Dairy happens to have this exact problem, and it's turning it into a solution. Over 10,000 cows will happily provide enough dung to ...

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