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http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2657/
The city of Venice has announced a plan to utilize algae in a different way than we're used to hearing about. The Italian city plans to produce 50 percent of its electricity needs from an algae-based power plant instead of fossil fuels.
The water-filled city is turning what has become a nuisance into a renewable energy resource. The city will be producing electricity from two types of algae that are brought in clinging to ships and regularly grow over the seaport. The algae will be cultivated and treated in laboratories to turn it into fuel. The fuel will then be used to power turbines in a new 40 MW power plant in the center of the city.
In order to make the new power plant truly carbon neutral, any CO2 produced by the process will be fed back to the algae.
The innovative project will cost the city $264 million and should be operating in two years.
via EcoWorldly
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2657/
The city of Venice has announced a plan to utilize algae in a different way than we're used to hearing about. The Italian city plans to produce 50 percent of its electricity needs from an algae-based power plant instead of fossil fuels.
The water-filled city is turning what has become a nuisance into a renewable energy resource. The city will be producing electricity from two types of algae that are brought in clinging to ships and regularly grow over the seaport. The algae will be cultivated and treated in laboratories to turn it into fuel. The fuel will then be used to power turbines in a new 40 MW power plant in the center of the city.
In order to make the new power plant truly carbon neutral, any CO2 produced by the process will be fed back to the algae.
The innovative project will cost the city $264 million and should be operating in two years.
via EcoWorldly