Glastonbury Festival 2013 to be powered on cowpats

Glastonbury Festival boss Michael Eavis has revealed plans to use cow manure, waste food and other organic material as well as wind to help power the Festival in 2013.

	Michael Eavis

In an interview published by Bloomberg, (here), the farmer reveals that he's joining forces with a neighbouring farm to invest in a bio-digester which produces renewable gas which can be used to produce electricity whilst eating up cow waste, and other organic material.

The Festival boss is quoted as saying, "The big thing is the bio-digester that we're looking at to turn the cow manure into energy... We're planning a bio-digester at the moment. We're joining the two farms together and building a big one with the farm next door so we'll get a lot of electric from that, which will be day and night. It's very good stuff, fossil- free electricity."

Eavis also reveals in the article planning a 10-kilowatt wind turbine at the site in a bid to make the festival the greenest ever. In 1994, the year that the Pyramid stage burnt down the festival first had a wind turbine beside the main stage.

In November last year the giant barn that houses the dairy cows began generating power from 1,100 solar photovoltaic modules. "The panels that can glow red as the sun sets power the milking equipment and help run the festival during the day", Eavis says in the interview.

The article also reveals that the festival uses tractors running on 100 percent biodiesel, solar showers and composting toilets, and is part of the Julie's Bicycle initiative that works with the arts industry to guide on environmental sustainability.

Glastonbury Festival takes a year out in 2012 and returns in 2013 and will take place from Wednesday 26th until Sunday 30th June 2013. There are no acts confirmed yet for 2013.

Registration for Glastonbury Festival 2013 is now open. Everyone who plans to the come the Festival must register, and that includes children aged 13, 14 and 15. Each ticket sold will feature a photograph of the person in whose name it is registered and will be non-transferable. So if you plan to buy tickets for friends or family you must make sure they all register.

Registration does not reserve or guarantee you a ticket when they go on sale some time in 2012, exact date to be confirmed, but if you don't register you will not be able to buy a weekend ticket for Glastonbury Festival 2013. If you opt to save this information you will be able to use your registration number again in future years. Make sure the e-mail address you provide is one to which you will have long term access.

Online registration for 2013 can be carried out by clicking here.

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