The world’s cows are a major source of methane, one of the most powerful greenhouse gases. Now a German start-up backed by Google, Stripe and other blue-chip buyers is betting that shipping-container-sized power plants on cattle farms can turn that liability into clean power and permanent carbon removal – and, perhaps, a new rural income stream.
A very different shed on the farm
From a distance, a modern dairy operation in southern Germany looks familiar: cows, silos, a steel digester tank, maybe a small turbine. Tucked beside the barns, though, sits something new – a grey box,
