Sewerage Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:11:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Self-Sustaining Wastewater Processing Plant Powered by Methane https://www.greenoptimistic.com/singapore-methane-wastewater-20110725/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/singapore-methane-wastewater-20110725/#respond Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:11:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19577 Siemens Water Technologies engineers have invented a technology that creates enough methane from purifying sludgy water to power the processes of a wastewater treatment plant. They even set up a pilot facility in Singapore.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/singapore-methane-wastewater-20110725/feed/ 0 19577 Bill Gates Funds Project That Produces Biodiesel and Methane From Human Sludge in Ghana https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bill-gates-ghana-sludge-20110616/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bill-gates-ghana-sludge-20110616/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:56:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19130 Q: What do human poop, fuel cells, clean energy and Bill Gates have in common? A: a $1.5 million grant to Columbia University professor Kartik Chandran. He is to develop a "Next-Generation Urban Sanitation Facility" in Accra, Ghana along with Waste Enterprisers and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The project will turn fecal sludge into biodiesel and methane. Gross, isn't it?

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