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Gas plasma power seeking sites

Gas plasma power seeking sites(0)

October 6, 2008

Advanced Plasma Power, the Swindon based power from waste company, is looking for commercial UK sites for its gas plasma technology. The company says it can generate clean, renewable energy from household waste that has hitherto been destined for landfill. Their technology is used to process waste which cannot be recycled and vaporises it […]

Gas plasma power seeking sites
Fuel from food scraps could be Hydrogen gold mine

Fuel from food scraps could be Hydrogen gold mine

Researchers have combined the efforts of two kinds of bacteria to produce hydrogen in a bioreactor, with the product from one providing food for the other. According to an article in the August issue of Microbiology Today, this technology has an added bonus: leftover enzymes can be used to scavenge precious metals from spent automotive […]

Student makes $40 wind turbine

Student makes $40 wind turbine

In a development which may put the wind up big turbine manufacturers, Max Robson, a 22-yr old Portsmouth University student, has built a 11.3W wind turbine for less than $40.  The turbine is made from 100 percent recycled materials and able to be built by unskilled workers in less than a day anywhere in the […]