‘Wave of the Future’? New Method Better Breaks Down Sewage into Methane for Electricity
Creating their own cheap, renewable energy could soon be a reality for cities thanks to new research from Washington State University Tri-Cities.
Researchers at the Richland campus are working to streamline and scale up a bioengineering process to produce renewable natural gas out of treated human feces. The process will help cities, counties and smaller governments reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they produce by powering wastewater treatment facilities and city-owned electric vehicles with the natural gas – in this case, methane – that’s produced.