Beer: the energy drink for bacteria
From Times Wire Reports
Scientists and an Australian beer maker are teaming up to generate energy from brewery wastewater and bacteria.
The University of Queensland was given a $115,000 grant to install the experimental microbial fuel cell at a Foster’s Group brewery near Brisbane.
The fuel cell is a battery in which bacteria consume water-soluble brewing waste such as sugar, starch and alcohol. The battery produces electricity and clean water, said Jurg Keller, the university’s wastewater expert.
