Watt a load of crap: UK start-up is turning number twos into number one with shockingly superior sewage battery tech
THE SO WHAT
Sewage-backed batteries with ML-based failure prediction turn wastewater plants into both power assets and monitored risk nodes. Utilities and cities should be treating this as grid-edge infrastructure plus an early warning system for pollution, not just a quirky backup solution.
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