Carbon emissions from coal power stations could be transformed into a green biofuel, German power firm RWE AG reckons. The company said today that it's started using flue gas from a coal power plant to 'fee
d' algae and produce algae waste that could, one day, be used as biofuel. Algae at the "Coal Innovation Centre" in Nideraussem, Germany, basically uses photosynthesis to process CO2 into algae waste. That waste could then potentially be used as future fuel. In other words, it's an embyronic form of carbon capture and storage. The project's taking place in partnership with Jacobs University and the Juelich Research Centre. I've asked the RWE AG press office for more details.07/11 update: no word back from RWE yet, but Jacobs Uni has just posted further info here.
Not bad! German people make efforts in GREEN energy...hope that this is only the beginning and we get get tons of those projects in the future! Greetings from Germany!!!
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Great discovery but why did it take so long. Petrol billionaires guru did not want to stop enjoying the lucrative income generated from their product. This is a giant step towards green fuel.
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