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This chapter briefly traces the history of anaerobic digestion from the time the existence of this phenomenon was first recorded four centuries ago to its rapidly increasing popularity at present. The extent of adaptation of biogas technology across the world is also briefly reviewed. Whereas China and India lead the initiative from among developing countries, the thrust of the developed world is mainly coming from Western Europe.
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Abbasi, T., Tauseef, S.M., Abbasi, S.A. (2012). A Brief History of Anaerobic Digestion and “Biogas”. In: Biogas Energy. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1040-9_2
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