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    Matylda Czarnecka
    June 17th, 2011

    Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Grants $1.5M To Turn Human Waste Into Biofuel

    Two of many challenges developing countries face are unsafe water and a lack of affordable energy. With the help of a new $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ghana may be able to combine these lacks in to an asset in the form of biodiesel. → Read More

    Lora Kolodny
    October 21st, 2010

    In San Antonio, Greenhouse Gases From Sewage Are Saved And Sold As Energy

    This week, a new biogas facility opened in San Antonio, Texas, and began turning greenhouse gases into a power source. Companies that partnered to develop and run the new facility are the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) which provides potable water and treated wastewater to about 1.3 million people in Texas, and Ameresco, a publicly traded energy services company.

    The project captures methane gas… → Read More