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Glastonbury festival installation turns urine into electricity

Environment Journal • Jun 28, 2019

Technology that converts urine into electricity is being showcased at Glastonbury Festival for a fourth year.

Glastonbury Pee Power

An installation of a large 40-person urinal has returned near the Pyramid Stage to raise awareness of the system, which is being commercialised as announced last year and introduced to off-grid areas in the developing world.

The ‘Pee Power’ system can turn urine into enough electricity to power lighting or charge mobile phones. At the same time, it sanitises urine and produces plant fertiliser as a natural by-product.

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BRL Research: Bristol BioEnergy Centre

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