29/01/2024
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Palakkad (IIT-P) have come up with an innovation to generate renewable energy out of human urine. Installing Osmotic Urine Fuel Cells (osUFC) at the source of urinal generation (toilets), the researchers said they could generate electricity power and bio-fertilizers following a few steps of the process. The team, which exhibited their project during IInvenTive-2024 at IIT-Hyderabad, said the idea was ready for commercialisation.