Algae biofuel addresses two of today's challenges by providing an alternative fuel source while reducing current CO2 emissions. Like
many other plants, algae can be converted into biomass fuel, but the
advantage to using algae is that it naturally absorbs CO2 emissions as it
grows. Therefore, if algae is grown near power stations it can absorb
CO2 emissions from smokestacks and other emitters.
Algae has been found to be 400
times more productive in making energy than other bio fuels. Furthermore, algae
biomass fuel can be significantly cheaper then fossil fuel use. While the
process of this technology is still being refined, companies such as Bio Fuel
Systems based in Spain
have released plans that would allow the making of the fuel continuously within
14-18 months.
Learn more at the BioPact website, where European and African citizens are striving towards the establishment of a mutually beneficial 'energy relationship' based on biofuels and bioenergy.
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