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Oregon State University: New Microbial Fuel Cell generates electricity from waste

We have run with stories regarding fuel cells which produce electricity using bacteria before, so the technology being shown off by Oregon State University is not particularly new. But, the amount of electricity being generated using such a solution is in fact a big increase. What I find really interesting is the applications that the University researchers can see for their new fuel cell. Did you know that 5 percent of all the electricity consumed in the U.S. was used for the treatment of water and waste water? I didn't. Being that this waste ... Read more →

Penn State researchers combining two bacteria in a cellulose fuel cell Sam Abuelsamid

Cellulose is everywhere in the plant world and contains tremendous amounts of untapped energy. The problem is the long chains of sugars that make up cellulose is tough to break apart, something well ...

Microbial fuel cells: The hits just keep on coming... now with poopy-power! Jeremy Korzeniewski

You really wouldn't think that there would be so many ways of creating energy from a substance that supposedly had most of it's energy extracted through digestion... but, in addition to urine, we can ...

Oregon State University: New Microbial Fuel Cell generates electricity from waste 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We have run with stories regarding fuel cells which produce electricity using bacteria before, so the technology being shown off by Oregon State University is not particularly new. But, the amount of electricity being generated using such a solution is in fact a big increase. What I find really ...

Penn State researchers combining two bacteria in a cellulose fuel cell 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Cellulose is everywhere in the plant world and contains tremendous amounts of untapped energy. The problem is the long chains of sugars that make up cellulose is tough to break apart, something well known to ethanol researchers. Fuel cells are able to harness chemical reactions to release electrons ...

Microbial fuel cells: The hits just keep on coming... now with poopy-power! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You really wouldn't think that there would be so many ways of creating energy from a substance that supposedly had most of it's energy extracted through digestion... but, in addition to urine, we can make electricity from poop too! The secret is in the microbial bacteria. NASA is working on a ...


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