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Environment China is a weekly bilingual podcast from the Beijing Energy Network. The show features conversations with advocates, entrepreneurs, and experts working in the environmental field in China.  We are looking to learn how they do their work, what new strategies and solutions they have found, and why now is the right time for real and positive changes in China’s environmental field.

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Sludge to Energy: A Forgotten Renewable?

Jan 26, 2017

"Renewable energy" typically conjures up images of rooftops decked out in solar panels or wind turbines twirling on a hillside.  But there are also less “picturesque” forms of clean energy— including sludge, a byproduct of wastewater treatment. Did you know that an increasing number of U.S. cities are turning sewage into renewable low-carbon electricity? Maybe "poo power" has a future in China, too.

In this episode, we interview Jennifer Turner, director of the Wilson Center's China Environment Forum and manager of the Global Choke Point Initiative, as she relays stories of a "forgotten renewable" and how new applications such as wastewater sludge to energy may transform city systems in the USA and China. Jennifer also explains why we should pay more attention to the art of storytelling.

Find out more about the China Environment Forum here: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/china-environment-forum.

 *We apologize for the sound quality in this pilot episode. We've identified the equipment problem, and subsequent episodes will not have this issue.