Beer Maker, Scientists to Create Energy (Oz)

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2007/may/02/050200273.html

Scientists and Australian beer maker Foster's are teaming up to generate clean energy from brewery waste water - by using sugar-consuming bacteria.

The experimental technology was unveiled Wednesday by scientists at Australia's University of Queensland, which was given a $115,000 state government grant to install a microbial fuel cell at a Foster's Group brewery near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland state.

The fuel cell is essentially a battery in which bacteria consume water-soluble brewing waste such as sugar, starch and alcohol.

The battery produces electricity plus clean water, said Prof. Jurg Keller, the university's wastewater expert.

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[trotsky]

1. The wisdom of Homer Simpson

"Beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

[depakid]

2. Interesting but...

Obviously, you can't "create" energy....:crazy:

I wonder if the technology is scalable enough to be used at microbreweries.