Water treatment plant produces own energy from waste

Bob Morris on Nov 20, 2010, 5:05 pm

The San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant currently creates two-thirds of its energy from methane from digesters and landfills. They just signed an agreement with FuelCell Energy for a 1.4 MW fuel cell system powered by biogas from their own treatment process.

Fuel cells operate 24/7 with virtually no emissions. Imagine the cost [...]

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Algae-to-energy cleans wastewater too

Bob Morris on Apr 5, 2009, 2:40 pm

A plan to use algae to simultaneously treat wastewater and produce the raw materials for biofuels won the inaugural Clean Energy Prize on Friday.

The students at Univ. of Michigan who won the top prize of $65,000 plan to use it to start up the business.

“We’re trying to address two major global concerns: clean [...]

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