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Australians Harvest Algae from Coal Pollution

CNET   
December 10th, 2010



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By Candace Lombardi

From CNET:

CO2, given off as a byproduct of MBD Energy’s coal-fired power plants, is captured by micro-algae. The micro-algae convert that captured CO2 and use it to reproduce, creating higher amounts of algae, which can then be used as algae biomass for fuel. That part of the process was developed by MBD Energy.

The algae biomass is then put through OriginOil’s process. Its algae biomass is converted into oil that can be used for biofuel, while leaving behind concentrated algae biomass byproducts that can be used to make things like plastics.

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