Sicily, Italy, is generating energy from citrus fruit waste, namely from oranges, limes and lemons. Catania, a city in Sicily in the shadow of Mt. Etna has been running the first citrus energy converter unit, which converts the citrus waste into biogas for use in a local mini power plant. Sicily, has started a program named "The Energy of citrus", using citrus which is abundantly grown on the island. The waste generated by the processing of citrus mainly for the production of juice, in the past constituted a serious problem. Disposing of the waste was really expensive, costing 30 Euro per tonne. By producing 500 cubic metres of biogas, it is sufficient to run a generator producing one megawatt of electricity, which is the consumption of an average of 333 households. According to calculations by experts, twenty such stations across the island could make Sicily the first "citrus powered" place.
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