Prime slime: algae as a future biomass power source

摘要

GreenFuel Technologies Corp and Aurantia SA have begun the second phase of their joint project to develop and scale algae farming technologies in the Iberian Peninsula. Initiated in December 2007 at the Holcim cement plant near Jerez, Spain, the project's goal is to demonstrate that industrial CO_2 emissions can be economically recycled to grow algae for use in high-value feeds, foods and fuels. The 92 million US dollars Aurantia-GreenFuel project at Holcim consists of a series of development stages that could eventually scale to 100 hectares of algae greenhouses producing 25,000t of algae biomass per year. Aurantia anticipates the project will be eligible for subsidies from both regional authorities and the central government which will partially offset its development costs.