Microalgae for Cleaning Coal and the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry
WorldChanging Team, 29 Jun 10
Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging:
2009
China Recruits Algae to Combat Climate Change
Jonathan Watts reports on a groundbreaking greenhouse bioreactor, by the Chinese firm ENN, that breeds microalgae, one of the fastest growing organisms on the planet, with carbon captured from gasified coal...
2008
Nothing for today!
2005
Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry
Here's a great overview of the recent 2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, including a run-down on the twelve basic principles of green chemistry...
Other recent "look backs":
June 24
June 25
June 28
Seeing China taking up the race in algal biotechnology is interesting. But I doubt that the tube reactor shown in the picture is able to economically produve algae for energetic use... Nonetheless, lets see was is coming up next - China has got the ressources to push this technologies.
Posted by: AlGen on 30 Jun 10
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