# Energy from floating algae pods

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_trent_energy_from_floating_algae_pods)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Energy from floating algae pods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jonathan_trent_energy_from_floating_algae_pods/85bea96b3ebc), 15 min (TED's player)