Brewing waste to generate energy?

Ah, beer. The nectar of the gods has certainly a large following in Australia, where the local brewery there known as Fosters and Australia’s University of Queensland have joined forces to work on a method where brewing waste can be used to generate energy with a microbial fuel cell. This fuel cell will come with bacteria that consumes water-soluble brewing waste like sugar, starch, and alcohol, releasing chemical energy that will then be converted into electricity via the cell. In theory, the planned beer fuel cell could generate up to 2kW of energy. I guess I will look at my beer in a totally new light the next time I hit the local watering hole.