Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Nigerian teens build generator that turns pee into power
Video: Nigerian Teens Build an Innovative Generator that Turns Pee into Power
A group of enterprising Nigerian teenagers from Lagos have developed a generator powered by urine to counter the country’s chronic shortage of reliable electricity. It is estimated that more than half of Nigeria‘s 160 million citizens have no access to electric power, but the four Lagos students believe the solution may be in harnessing the power of pee. They’ve even built in a technology to keep the smell from becoming an issue.