The UK entered the age of cow-power yesterday when the country’s first dung-fuelled power station was fired up for trials.

Located in the Devon town of Holsworthy, and commissioned by the German-based firm Farmatic, the pioneering £7.7 million ($12.1 million) facility will operate on around 1.6 million tonnes of slurry each year, producing around 1.4 megawatts of electricity at full capacity.

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