Finnish energy companies turn to animal poo for clean power

Dog trainer Marianne Mayer has welcomed the dog poo-to-energy drive. Photo: ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO/AFP

In the search for clean electricity, power companies in Finland are going green by way of brown, and have set their sights on a previously untapped energy source: animal dung.

During last month’s FEI World Cup showjumping qualifier at Helsinki International Horse Show, 100 tonnes of manure was loaded up and wheelbarrowed into two large containers before being carted away for incineration at the Jarvenpa power plant.