16 April, 2010
E.ON Hanse has launched a special research project in Hamburg. They have established a pilot plant that is unique in its kind in Europe, where "CO2 consuming" microalgae are being cultivated in a bid to research their use in climate protection.
Microalgae are all-rounders when it comes to energy: In combination with sunlight, the algae can consume harmful CO2 and convert it into high energy biomass. This biomass can be used in turn to generate energy in the form of electricity, heat, bio natural gas or biodiesel. On top of that, algae grow up to ten times quicker than energy crops like corn or rapeseed and therefore consume more CO2 in a shorter space of time. No agricultural land is required for this approach either, and it does not represent any competition to food growing agriculture.
In the future, flue gases containing CO2 from conventional power plants could be fed to microalgae, which can then in turn be used to generate energy. E.ON Hanse is backing this forward-looking, climate-friendly form of energy generation and promoting it as part of this project.
E.ON Hanse has launched a special research project in Hamburg. They have established a pilot plant that is unique in its kind in Europe, where "CO2 consuming" microalgae are being cultivated in a bid to research their use in climate protection.Microalgae are all-rounders when it comes to energy: In combination with sunlight, the algae can consume harmful CO2 and convert it into high energy biomass. This biomass can be used in turn to generate energy in the form of electricity, heat, bio natural gas or biodiesel. On top of that, algae grow up to ten times quicker than energy crops like corn or rapeseed and therefore consume more CO2 in a shorter space of time. No agricultural land is required for this approach either, and it does not represent any competition to food growing agriculture.
In the future, flue gases containing CO2 from conventional power plants could be fed to microalgae, which can then in turn be used to generate energy. E.ON Hanse is backing this forward-looking, climate-friendly form of energy generation and promoting it as part of this project.
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