Jumbo Poop Helps French Switch to Green Power in Climate Fight
- France seeks more biogas plants to help meet renewable targets
- Beauval zoo's elephants, pandas provide fuel for methane plant
Panda Power: The Zoo Helping France Go Green
This article is for subscribers only.
In the elephant paddock at the Beauval Zoo, Limbo is doing his bit for France’s ambitions in green energy.
The most prolific dung producer at the family-owned zoo in central France, the grey African elephant, as tall as a bus, churns out 100 kilograms of excrement a day. His manure provides fuel for a nearby biogas plant that keeps the zoo’s gorillas and manatees warm, supplies power to the national grid and helps France cut greenhouse-gas emissions.