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Algae-powered toilet flush could power 200,000 cars by 2016 -
Low cost biofuel from algae grown in wastewater from toilets has been successfully harvested to produce clean energy.
The site where the algae biomass is being produced, based in Ciclana in Southern Spain, is the world’s largest, equivalent in size to ten football pitches. It is owned by the water company FCC Aqualia.
The All-gas project has cost a total of €12 million, with €7.1 million from the European Union.
Frank Rogalla, All-gas project coordinator and FCC Aqualia’s director of innovation and technology said: “This original new approach to bioenergy means that Spain’s 40 million population could power 200,000 vehicles every year with a single toilet flush.
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Low cost biofuel from algae grown in wastewater from toilets has been successfully harvested to produce clean energy.
The site where the algae biomass is being produced, based in Ciclana in Southern Spain, is the world’s largest, equivalent in size to ten football pitches. It is owned by the water company FCC Aqualia.
The All-gas project has cost a total of €12 million, with €7.1 million from the European Union.
Frank Rogalla, All-gas project coordinator and FCC Aqualia’s director of innovation and technology said: “This original new approach to bioenergy means that Spain’s 40 million population could power 200,000 vehicles every year with a single toilet flush.
- See more at: Algae-powered toilet flush could provide electricity for 200,000 cars