May 3, 2007

Clean Fuel from Beer Waste

Scientists and Australian beer maker Foster's are teaming up to generate clean energy from brewery waste water — by using sugar-consuming bacteria.
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The battery produces electricity plus clean water, said Prof. Jurg Keller, the university's wastewater expert.
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"It's not going to make an enormous amount of power — it's primarily a waste water treatment that has the added benefit of creating electricity," Keller said.

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