British firm gets taste for ‘poo power’

LONDON: Britain’s biggest water company lifted the lid Monday on how it slashed costs by burning customers’ faeces to make electricity.

Thames Water said ‘poo power’ saved them 15 million pounds (24.6 million dollars, 16.6 million euros) last year by generating renewable energy from the foulest of sources.

The company, which handles the waste of 13.6 million people in London and the River Thames valley, said it had met 14 per cent of its energy needs by either burning sewage or methane derived from it in 2008-2009.