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How Buffett's $10 billion pipeline deal is doing environmental double-duty helping Dominion Energy turn acres of manure into clean power

from Forbes

How Buffett's $10 billion pipeline deal is doing environmental double-duty helping Dominion Energy turn acres of manure into clean power Forbes From pig-manure power to wind farms, Virginia's Dominion Energy is transforming itself into a renewable energy powerhouse — and Berkshire Hathaway's cash will only accelerate the process. In recent years Smithfield has been working to perfect methods of capping lagoons with heavy plastic covers that trap the methane (and much of the reek). The gas inflates the plastic domes in amounts sufficient for people to walk on — like an extremely gross air mattress. Smithfield has partnered with Richmond, Virginia-based utility giant Dominion Energy to market the gas. Under the plan, Dominion will siphon the pig gas out of these anaerobic digesters, inject it into interstate pipelines and sell it to green-minded customers looking to cut their carbon footprints. The end result is arguably the cleanest electricity in the nation, says Dominion COO Diane Leopold. "It's a win-win-win." READ MORE

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