beer Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Lithium-Ion Electrodes Made Alongside with Beer https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-ion-electrodes-beer-20161019/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-ion-electrodes-beer-20161019/#respond Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:40:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60670 Scientists grew electrodes for lithium-ion batteries in the water discarded during the process of beer production. The latest invention in the field of energy storage comes from a team of engineers at Colorado Boulder University. They managed to find a way to produce an electrode for lithium- ion batteries by using the wastewater, which is […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lithium-ion-electrodes-beer-20161019/feed/ 0 60670 A “Green” Beer We Can All Get Behind https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-beer-sierra-nevada/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-beer-sierra-nevada/#respond Sat, 27 Jun 2015 04:54:19 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55389 Looking for your new favorite beer? Look no further, meet the West’s best kept secret Sierra Nevada Beer. Sierra Nevada Beer could be the greenest beer in the world; from start to finish sustainability is the keystone of their production. Let’s start with energy; Sierra Nevada owns one of the largest privately owned solar arrays […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-beer-sierra-nevada/feed/ 0 55389 Beer-Powered Beer the Wave of the Future? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/beer-powered-beer-the-wave-of-the-future-20130205/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/beer-powered-beer-the-wave-of-the-future-20130205/#respond Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:43:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32632 Juneau-based beer maker The Alaskan Brewing Co. has installed a $1.8 million furnace to cut its fuel costs by burning the company’s grain waste and generating it into steam that will be used to power the brewery’s major operations. Company officials joke that the brewing company is creating beer-powered beer. Necessity is the mother of […]

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