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Energy from floating algae pods

Jonathan Trent · TED

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Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat wastewater from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae) and how it might power the future.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2012
Speaker
Jonathan Trent
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Engineering, Earth and environment, Economics, Business and management, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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