Venice to use algae for electricity

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Venice to use algae for electricity
« on: April 11, 2009, 09:47:15 AM »
Venice to use algae for 50% of its electricity

By Megan Treacy

The city of Venice has announced a plan to utilize algae in a different way than we're used to hearing about. The Italian city plans to produce 50 percent of its electricity needs from an algae-based power plant instead of fossil fuels.

The water-filled city is turning what has become a nuisance into a renewable energy resource. The city will be producing electricity from two types of algae that are brought in clinging to ships and regularly grow over the seaport. The algae will be cultivated and treated in laboratories to turn it into fuel. The fuel will then be used to power turbines in a new 40 MW power plant in the center of the city.

In order to make the new power plant truly carbon neutral, any CO2 produced by the process will be fed back to the algae.

The innovative project will cost the city $264 million and should be operating in two years.
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Re: Venice to use algae for electricity
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2009, 06:13:53 PM »
so romantic yet can be used to generate some power


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Re: Venice to use algae for electricity
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2009, 08:41:32 PM »
so romantic yet can be used to generate some power



that's my next destination... ;)
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Re: Venice to use algae for electricity
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2009, 02:45:05 PM »
that's my next destination... ;)

can i join?i have a friend in germany to host us

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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2009, 08:07:10 PM »
can i join?i have a friend in germany to host us

u may have to wait a while...... :o ;D  ;D
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Re: Venice to use algae for electricity
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2009, 10:35:15 AM »
u may have to wait a while...... :o ;D  ;D

i am so willing

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« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2009, 01:25:42 PM »
i am so willing

on second thought! diba pupunta naman tayo sa Vegas?  ::) :o duon nalang kaya muna.... ;D ;D hahahha Venice  malapit lapit lang pala ;D
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Re: Venice to use algae for electricity
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2009, 01:33:35 PM »
on second thought! diba pupunta naman tayo sa Vegas?  ::) :o duon nalang kaya muna.... ;D ;D hahahha Venice  malapit lapit lang pala ;D

that's a good idea but i am not so focused right now

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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2009, 01:53:36 PM »
that's a good idea but i am not so focused right now

u me both....I'm so confused right now!.... :o
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« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2009, 08:02:07 PM »
u me both....I'm so confused right now!.... :o

we have to talk about this