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According to the Science Daily, the Dutch scientists have discovered a new source of clean energy. © nikkytok | Shutterstock.com Marilyn Helder defended in University of Wageningen Ph.D. electricity through plants. She also founded a company under called Plant-I, along with his colleague David Stirk. A device with a difficult name developed by Helder and Stirk Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell is capable of generating electricity in due to the interaction of living plant roots and bacteria living in soil. The technology has already been tested on prototypes, and in the near future time will be tested in wetlands in different parts the planet. The main components of the device are two electrodes, placed next to the roots of plants. Today installation capable of producing 0.4 watts per square meter of plantations. it more than fermentable (fermenting) capable of producing biomass. In the future, technology will produce up to 3.2 watts with square meter of landings. And that means the lawn on the roof an area of 100 square meters will be able to produce enough electricity to support the life of an average family consuming about 2800 kWh per year. At the same time, grow on such an “electric bed “can be as an unpretentious inhabitant of coastal meadows Spartin and rice (in a warmer climate). Scientists are counting that the mass production of electricity-producing roofs will begin already in 2015.
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