urine power Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:51:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Electricity From Urine Generated by Bristol Toilet https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electricity-from-urine-bristol/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electricity-from-urine-bristol/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:51:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53621 A toilet that generates electricity from urine and stores it into a fuel cell has been put in use at the campus of University of the West of England in Bristol. We told you about these guys about two years ago, when they announced the development of a fuel cell, powered by urine, which can provide […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electricity-from-urine-bristol/feed/ 0 53621 Urine-Powered Generator Delivers Hours of Continuous Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/urine-powered-generator-delivers-hours-of-continuous-electricity-20121109/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/urine-powered-generator-delivers-hours-of-continuous-electricity-20121109/#respond Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:17:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27924 In 2009, the founders of the international organization Maker Faire Africa envisioned an environment where inventors and problem solvers could meet annually to focus on finding simple breakthroughs to solve immediate crises in Africa and then determine ways to propagate the solutions. This year’s Maker Faire Africa convened in Lagos, Nigeria. At the 2012 meeting, three 14 […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/urine-powered-generator-delivers-hours-of-continuous-electricity-20121109/feed/ 0 27924 Hydrogen Easier to Extract from Urine Than from Water https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrogen-easier-to-extract-from-urine-than-from-water-20090710/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrogen-easier-to-extract-from-urine-than-from-water-20090710/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:06:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3984 I know - it sounds gross, but obtaining hydrogen from urea is actually cheaper than obtaining it from water, through the same electrolysis process. The study is being led by Gerardine Botte of Ohio University and it all started from an idea to recycle the wastewater.

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