Green Options » coal power facilities http://greenoptions.com/tag/coal-power-facilities Posts tagged 'coal power facilities' Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Smokestacks Make Biofuels http://gas2.org/2008/04/08/smokestacks-make-biofuels/ http://gas2.org/2008/04/08/smokestacks-make-biofuels/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:35:40 +0000 Max Lindberg http://gas2.org/2008/04/08/smokestacks-make-biofuels/ smokestacks.jpgWould I put you on? It’s true, algae-based biofuels are being produced from CO2 emitted from smokstacks.

It’s happening through a company called GreenFuel, headquartered in Cambridge, Mass.

GreenFuel has been partnering with Arizona Public Service Company to create biofuels from algae grown using carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from a power plant. The companies successfully grew algae at APS’ Redhawk natural gas power plant in Arizona, and is moving their tests to a coal-fired power plant at Farmington, NM.

According to a release from APS, algae at Redhawk grew at levels 37 times higher than corn and 140 times higher than soybeans, which are now used to create biofuels.

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