The Purdue Research Foundation has inked a licensing agreement with an international energy company for the commercialization of a new process discovered at Purdue University Northwest. The new process uses food waste to biologically produce hydrogen for use as a sustainable energy source.

PNW says the process can be used for producing electricity, as well as for chemical and industrial processes or as a transportation fuel. A second licensing agreement with a company in Indiana is under negotiation.

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