Ananda Harvest » Biogas http://blog.anandaharvest.org Wed, 04 May 2011 21:39:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Jean Pain’s Compost-Based Energy System http://blog.anandaharvest.org/2010/01/775/ http://blog.anandaharvest.org/2010/01/775/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:04:21 +0000 w http://blog.anandaharvest.org/?p=775 Jean Pain (1930 – 1981) was a French innovator who developed a compost based bioenergy system that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to 60 degrees celsius at a rate of 4 litres a minute which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and power his truck. This method of creating usable energy from composting materials has come to be known as Jean Pain Composting, or the Jean Pain Method.

Some videos of the method:

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