New research from Kajima, a Japanese company, and Tokyo University, suggests that microbes from human waste could be a good source for hydrogen fuel cell cars. According to a report yesterday on Japan’s Nikkei, the company has produced a fuel cell that has generated 130W from each cubic meter of waste. Kajima believes it will take another decade to commercialize the product.
Researchers from the University of California, and administrators at California’s Orange County Sanitation District, appear to be further along. Last fall, they installed an $8 million fuel-cell device to convert human waste into hydrogen fuel. In an interview with the Orange County Register, Scott Samuelsen, director of UC Irvine’s National Fuel Cell Research Center who helped develop the device, said, “The waste stream from society is being turned around, and providing energy and transportation fuel for the society. “
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