Working away on his PhD in Munich only a few years ago, Stephan Herrmann (now a doctor) couldn’t have conceived of a time when his idea for a carbon-negative power plant would attract millions in funding. But now, together with Reverion co-founder Felix Fischer, he has a $ 100 million backlog of orders for his […]
Wase zaps microbes to squeeze more biogas from wastewater sludge
Few people get as excited about wastewater as Thomas Fudge. He has good reason: he and his colleagues believe they have figured out how to turn sludge into gold. Wastewater from places like breweries and food processing plants can’t be dumped down the drain; it has to be specially treated, a costly endeavor that often […]