Team Algal Scientific turns wastewater into energy, seed funding
Wastewater could rain money for Ann Arbor-based start-up Team Algal Scientific.Excerpt:Most people want dirty wastewater to just go away. Not the people at Team Algal Scientific. The University of Michigan/Michigan State University spin-off is hoping the day comes when they simply can’t get enough of the stuff.A group of mostly U-M graduate students and an MSU graduate student created a wastewater treatment system that uses algae to remove nutrients from contaminated water, leaving the raw materials for biofuels. The idea was good enough to take first place at the inaugural Clean Energy Prize.Read the rest of the story here.
Wastewater could rain money for Ann Arbor-based start-up Team Algal Scientific.
Excerpt:
Most people want dirty wastewater to just go away. Not the people at Team Algal Scientific. The University of Michigan/Michigan State University spin-off is hoping the day comes when they simply can’t get enough of the stuff.
A group of mostly U-M graduate students and an MSU graduate student created a wastewater treatment system that uses algae to remove nutrients from contaminated water, leaving the raw materials for biofuels. The idea was good enough to take first place at the inaugural Clean Energy Prize.
Read the rest of the story here.
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