Green Algae Strategy Products - Pollution Solutions

Pollution solutions

Pollution solutions include water displacement and replacement. Algae displaces irrigation water by growing food or biofuel feedstocks that otherwise would consume water. For example, if algae replace corn as the U.S. biofuel feedstock, over 40 M acres of cropland would be saved.

If algae displace half of U.S. grain exports while growing in brine water, another 20 M acres of cropland would be saved plus a trillion gallons of water.

Algae also replace polluted water with fresh water through bioremediation. Sewage treatment removes inorganic nutrients and toxins. Growing algae in human wastewater for nitrogen fertilizer could remediate millions of gallons of water and save millions of cubic feet of natural gas necessary to produce traditional fertilizer.

Similar remediation of industrial waste water would produce millions of gallons of algae oil, tons of fertilizer while cleaning millions of gallons of water.

Cleaning agricultural wastewater enables algae to feed on the nitrogen and potassium which saves production costs and yields rich biomass and clean water. Industrial waste heat in water acts as a catalyst which speeds biomass production while it cools and cleans the water. Industrial manufacturing plants as well as coal-fired power plants and nuclear energy facilities use extensive fresh water for cooling. The excess heat can be flued through algae ponds which absorb the heat and turn the heat energy into strong bonds in the algae biomass

Closed-loop CAPS recycles water and may use only 0.001 as much fresh water per pound of protein production as food grains. The water advantage alone makes a strong argument for algae food production.

Algae also offer significant potential for CO2 sequestration. Power plants, manufacturing facilities and industrial producers that use coal or wood fired furnaces can flew their exhaust smoke through CAPS. Algae use the CO2 as food as they go about their business of creating high energy green biomass.