Biobattery Converts Organic Waste Into Electricity, Gas Or Engine Oil
Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 08:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Sewage sludge, green waste, even animal excrement can be utilized for energy recovery with the biobattery modular concept. Biogas plants are an important element for decentralized energy supply. They produce electricity from renewable resources and can compensate for highly fluctuating wind and solar energy. There are already 8,000 plants in operation in Germany with an electrical output of 3.75 gigawatts in total, that is the equivalent to roughly three nuclear power plants. However, the plants have several disadvantages too: they only process a limited range of organic substances and are in competition with the cultivation of food plants. read more