Neat News 2853 (added 2023-10-23)
Electricity from feathers
Public Domain by Jelican9
In the meat industry, around 40 million tonnes of chicken feathers are incinerated every year. Now a way has been found how they can used to extract some fibres that can be used for the production of membranes of fuel cells, an important part in the use of hydrogen in renewable energy production. They would be cheaper and more sustainable than traditional membranes.
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