Microbes for Off-the-Grid Electricity

September 4, 2008 | Source: Technology Review

Lebone Solutions aims to use microbial fuel cells to provide power to Africans who are off the grid.

In some parts of Africa, only a small amount of energy is enough for a few hours of lamp light in the evening, or for powering the ubiquitous cell phones–something that some residents will walk five hours to a generator to do.