bruce logan Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:31:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Microbes and Saltwater Used to Produce Electricity from Wastewater and Waste Heat https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mrc-microbial-reverse-electrodialysis-cell-20120302/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mrc-microbial-reverse-electrodialysis-cell-20120302/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:15:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23030 The difference between saltwater and freshwater can produce electricity. Microbial fuel cells use bacteria to degrade organic matter to also produce energy. Great as they are, these two technologies have had limitations in the past, but now a team of scientists unite them in a system that eliminates most of their shortcomings. The team, led […]

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