Bell’s Unleashes ‘The Cube’ To Turn Brewery Wastewater Into Energy

, Bell’s Unleashes ‘The Cube’ To Turn Brewery Wastewater Into Energy

(Courtesy Bell’s Brewery)

Wastewater produced in the brewing process can be a major headache for brewers that can overload city treatment plants as well as the environment.

That’s why Kalamazoo-based Bell’s Brewery built The Cube…And no it’s not something out of the X-Files…

Megan Kaiser is an environmental engineer at Bell’s and in the video below she explains the magic behind The Cube Bell’s bio-energy building that converts about 75 percent of the residual protean, sugars and alcohol from brewing wastewater into renewable energy before sending that wastewater to the City of Kalamazoo.

For more on wastewater treatment (and who doesn’t want more on wastewater treatment?) check out our friends at Craft Brewing Business….They’ve gone deep on the subject.

And if you want more on brewing innovation, ther’s also this…

BEER INNOVATION DECLINES AS CONSUMERS OPT FOR COMFORT AND VALUE

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