But, did you know that now restaurants can use their waste vegetable oil to generate electricity?

The Owl Power Company, in Massachusetts, has developed the Vegawatt, a fully automated device that can turn used cooking oil into fuel for electrical power.

Fellow blogger John Rarrick posts at Gas 2.0. He recently interviewed Owl Power’s VP of Sales to get the “low-down” on the Vegawatt.

According to the post, Owl Power is currently marketing a 5kW unit for restaurants. This system can supply about 10-15% of a restaurants electrical needs, assuming that most restaurants produce 50-80 gallons of waste oil each week.

The company is developing a larger 12kW unit for supermarkets and food manufacturing facilities to provide them with more green steps option.

Check out all the details at John’s post here.

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