UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil — Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day
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British startup Bactery has developed a bacterial battery that generates continuous low-level power from soil microbes and can be networked to produce meaningful electricity streams, complementing renewable systems by producing power when solar is unavailable.
Technology is in prototype stage and timeline to residential deployment is not specified.
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