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10. Convertible Promissory Notes Payable (Details Narrative)

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10. Convertible Promissory Notes Payable (Details Narrative) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Accrued interest	$ 194,730	$ 178,585
Interest expense	344,775us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt	134,975us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
Converted common stock	97,601MEEC_CommonStockConversion
Converted common stock, shares	97,601MEEC_ConvertedCommonStockShares
Warrants purchase shares of common stock	24,401
Convertible Notes One [Member]
Accrued interest	363,623	301,165
Interest expense	382,838	344,775
Principal outstanding on notes	3,245,499
Convertible Notes Two [Member]
Accrued interest	27,801	32,127
Interest expense	54,029	32,127
Principal outstanding on notes	463,354
Convertible Notes Three [Member]
Accrued interest	11,463	10,256
Interest expense	22,278	14,587
Principal outstanding on notes	191,054
Convertible Notes Four [Member]
Accrued interest	104,105	52,910
Interest expense	311,197	52,910
Principal outstanding on notes	1,705,000
Amortized interest expense on note discount	231,579	63,122
Convertible Notes Five [Member]
Accrued interest	475,388
Interest expense	475,388
Principal outstanding on notes	$ 10,475,388

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