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No library usage. 1. Various Chocolate AP Television newsBirmingham UK - 16 June 2006 2. \"University of Birmingham\" sign3. Birmingham University science building  4. Lynne Mackaskie, Professor...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eVNR Cadbury chocolate factory, Birmingham. No library usage. \u003cbr/\u003e1. Various Chocolate \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television news\u003cbr/\u003eBirmingham UK - 16 June 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e2. \"University of Birmingham\" sign\u003cbr/\u003e3. Birmingham University science building  \u003cbr/\u003e4. Lynne Mackaskie, Professor in Applied Microbiology \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynne Mackaskie Professor in Applied Microbiology Birmingham University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"For a number of years now we have been getting concerned about the possibility of future energy.  Some of the bacteria we have been working with have the capability have the ability of making hydrogen which is tomorrows fuel. It was very convenient because the cadbury factory is just down the road in Bournville (Birmingham UK) so we hit on the idea of seeing if we could persuade bacteria to eat some of the waste, the chocolate waste, that Cadbury produce and make some hydrogen we could use as a fuel we could turn into electricity\" \u003cbr/\u003eVNR Cadbury chocolate factory - Birmingham UK - NO ACCESS LIBRARY\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various chocolate\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television news \u003cbr/\u003e16 June 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e7.  Set up Tony Bilsbourgh spokesman for Cadbury Chocolate UK\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Bilsbourgh spokesman for Cadbury Chocolate UK:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Well Cadbury has been involved with Birmingham University for number of years its just up the road here and we often help them out with research projects.  It can be mutually beneficial they are the theory and we are the practice obviously with industry and this one was a particularly fascinating case it was taking something which we would try and get rid of normally its just normal caramel waist and we are trying to think  of environmentally friendly ways of which to dispose of this.  Birmingham University came up with actually what we thought was a fantastically innovate way of doing that.\u003cbr/\u003eVNR Cadbury chocolate factory - Birmingham UK - NO ACCESS LIBRARY\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various chocolate\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Walsh Environment Manager Cadbury chocolate UK:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Energy consumption and the associated green house gas releases and generation of effluent are two of the most significant environmental impact associated with our manufacturing operations\".\u003cbr/\u003e11. Cadbury Chocolate\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television News \u003cbr/\u003e16 June 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynne Mackaskie: Professor in applied micro biology Birmingham University:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Well this experiment shows that it is possible to make hydrogen using the bacteria by waste produced by Cadbury, and to make it in a form and turn it immediately into electricity. And the small demonstration actually shows an electric fan being powered not by the hydrogen, but be the electricity being made from the hydrogen\". \u003cbr/\u003e13.  Lynn and Dr David Pentfold with energy experiment \u003cbr/\u003eVNR Cadbury chocolate factory - Birmingham UK - NO ACCESS LIBRARY\u003cbr/\u003e14. Cadbury Chocolate\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television News \u003cbr/\u003e16 June 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Bilsbourgh: spokesman for Cadbury Chocolate UK:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Well in this occasion we used caramel waste Cadbury doesn't use, and waste a lot of chocolate, because we are making sure it's a highly proficient company. But this occasion it was caramel waste, but in fact it could be any waste, any chocolate waste\".\u003cbr/\u003eVNR  Cadbury  factory - Birmingham UK - NO ACCESS LIBRARY\u003cbr/\u003e16. Cadbury Chocolate \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television News \u003cbr/\u003e16 June 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e17. Set up Dr David Pentfold Birmingham University Biology Scientist\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English): Dr David Pentfold, Birmingham University Biology Scientist:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Chocolate is good because it has a a high sugar content.  Here we have used cadburys caramel which has a very high sugar content and we have Cadburys local ideal for us situated in Birmingham\"\u003cbr/\u003eVNR  Cadbury Factory - Birmingham UK - NO ACCESS LIBRARY\u003cbr/\u003e19. Chocolate \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television News \u003cbr/\u003e16 June 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English): Dr David Pentfold, Birmingham university biology Scientist:\u003cbr/\u003e\" What we are doing here is producing hydrogen as it's a clean efficient energy fuel. Its only by products of water so it does not contribute to environmental pollution.  Here we have  bacteria we add chocolate waste and they produce energy in the form of hydrogen which can then be converted to electricity to fuel appliances such as fans or scaled up possibly travel trains busses things like that\".\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various fan powered by electricity\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English): Dr David Pentfold, Birmingham University Biology Scientist:\u003cbr/\u003e\" This is the vessel containing the sugar solution and bacteria.  I put the sugar solution in with the bacteria and this is heated to thirty degrees using the heater here.  The bacteria eat the solution  which converts the sugars  into hydrogen gas which comes out of here (points at tube) and going into the fuel cell were its converted into electricity\".\u003cbr/\u003e23. Fan powered by electricity generated by bacteria\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynne Mackaskie: Professor in Applied Microbiology Birmingham University:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Certainly its proved that you can make hydrogen in this way to make electricity in this way and the projects we now know to move into are to work out just how much energy we can make from a factory's waste.  Whether we can use domestic waste \u003cbr/\u003eleft-overs from your dinner, for example, or crop wastes which turn those into hydrogen as well\".\u003cbr/\u003e25. Lynne Mackaskie and  Dr David Pentfold working with the fan \u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE (English)Tony Bilsbourgh spokesman for Cadbury Chocolate UK:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Well  I think it's a little to early to say that there are practical solutions use this practical ways that we can use this theory.  We are looking at it. We are very interested to see what the university can come up with and how we can take a theory and actually put it into practice. So let's wait and watch this space, and see what we can really do with chocolate and caramel\"\u003cbr/\u003eVNR  Cadbury Factory  - Birmingham UK - NO ACCESS LIBRARY \u003cbr/\u003e27. Various Chocolate\u003cbr/\u003eUniversity researchers have discovered a way of making electricity using a chocolate-eating bug.\u003cbr/\u003eA bacteria that likes to eat chocolate produces hydrogen, which in turn creates electric power.\u003cbr/\u003eThe sweet-toothed bug could also provide a way of dealing with chocolate waste.\u003cbr/\u003eScientists at Birmingham University in the UK  have discovered  a chocolate-eating bacteria that could contribute to the production of electricity by using their own enzyme, called hydrogenase. \u003cbr/\u003eHydrogen is produced by the Escherichia coli bacteria when it consumes chocolate and caramel waste. There is enough hydrogen to supply a fuel cell, which in turn generates electricity that powers a small fan.\u003cbr/\u003eMicrobiologist Lynne Mackaskie, and fellow scientists from Birmingham University,  powered the fuel cell by feeding the bacteria waste from the local Cadbury chocolate factory, including diluted caramel and nougat .\u003cbr/\u003eThe waste was voluntarily donated to the scientists at Birmingham University.  Tony Bilsbourgh, spokesman for Cadbury, believes there are practical ways to generate energy, and resourcefully dispose of factory waste.\u003cbr/\u003eThe new experiment process could provide a use for chocolate waste in the future, waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill.\u003cbr/\u003eInstead of being thrown away, the chocolate waste could be turned into hydrogen and used to help power factories, or sold on to energy companies.  \u003cbr/\u003eHydrogen is a colourless and odourless gaseous element, the lightest and the most abundant chemical element in the universe. \u003cbr/\u003eLynne Mackaskie believes  hydrogen could be a super fuel of the future. The experiment has shown that it has applications far beyond the lab. \u003cbr/\u003eDr David Pentfold says the uses for hydrogen are endless.  The  converted electricity from hydrogen could fuel transport such as trains or buses. \u003cbr/\u003eThird world countries with an abundance of sugar could also use  this concept to generate their own electricity.\u003cbr/\u003eLynne Mackaskie also got the same bacteria to tuck into catalytic converters from old cars. The bacteria recovered the precious metal \"palladium\" after the converters were immersed in a vat with hydrogen, and liquid waste from spent converters. \u003cbr/\u003e(Palladium has the appearance of pure silver, and does not tarnish. 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