 The county could produce the substance with animal waste |
Lincolnshire could be a major provider of biofuels in the near future, according to experts speaking at a conference on the topic. Delegates are meeting at a biofuels conference in Lincoln on Thursday.
The event, jointly organised by the University of Lincoln and the Institute of Biology, will look at whether further research is needed.
Speakers will discuss how the county's farmers can produce renewable energy through sugar beet and animal waste.
Councillor Marianne Overton, chair of the East Midlands Institute of Biology, said: "Concern about climate change is greater now than ever.
"It's important that we stop putting carbon dioxide into the air. Our energy requirement is obviously going to increase... so biofuels are a very important way forward to keep our civilisation going."
Dr Colin Leakey of the Institute of Biology, a speaker at the event, said there was "tremendous potential" for producing renewable power through animal waste from farms in the county.
"At this moment, there are more than 30 rural biogas power stations operating in Denmark... if Danish agricultural can make a go of it, then we certainly should be able to do something in Lincolnshire," he said.
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