poo power for the 5 bourroughs!!
well kinda. it's gas, really. and way kewl.
New York Power Authority just teamed up with the guys from NorthernPower, to build an electricty producing system at their Owl's Head Wastewater treatment center in Brooklyn NY. The system uses these babies:
Stirling Engines-- which BTW are some of my favorite engines-- and what was before a waste gas byproduct of anaerobic digestion, and up to now lit on fire in mad-max style flares.. see, stirling engines take heat and turn it into electricity by putting two dissimilar metals next to each other... these things can really kick butt, and the technology is only like a hundred+ years old... not STM Power, the folks who build the engines, i think they've been around for about 7, but still its a great way to reduce the demand on coal and nukes, and besides the gas was being flared out before, the only difference now is it's not being flared for naught!
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