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 Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:19 pm |
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It can be grown in the oceans or ponds with carbon dioxide
generate by coal plants pumped into it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12834398
/Algae stored in tubes are busy capturing carbon dioxide in this
reactor created by GreenFuel Technologies. A similar system will be
tested with a New York power company.
Around 40 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions come from
fossil-fueled power plants.
GreenFuel will use a mini-bioreactor system to assess the technical
and economic viability of its technology, which would use algae to
consume CO2 emitted by the power plant. The algae could then be
converted into biofuel, NRG said.
In a press release, the partners described the process this way: “In
the presence of light, the single-celled algae take up CO2 to produce
the energy that fuels plant life -- with a general rule of thumb being
that two tons of algae remove one ton of CO2. Once the algae are
harvested, they can be converted to generate commercially viable
byproducts such as ethanol or biodiesel."
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will |
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