New Ways to Catch Rays
Sun-grown biofuel
This is a bioreactor that recycles
carbon dioxide emissions from a traditional power plant. The
apparatus traps the carbon within ordinary algae cells, which
multiply through natural photosynthesis. This prototype bioreactor,
created by GreenFuel Technologies Corp., was originally tested on
the rooftop of a power plant at MIT. More recently, a larger version
was installed at the Redhawk natural gas power plant in Arlington,
Arizona.