February 10th, 2010
Hydrogen Convergence via Four Pillars of Algae Commercialization
The full agenda for the 2nd Algae World Europe has been announced in preparation for the April 22-23rd event in Brussels, Belgium. Participants will be introduced to the four pillars of algae commercialization which include the following:
- System Optimization for Large-scale Algae Production
- Improving Algae Productivity and Processing Efficiency
- Development of High Value Co-Products
- Promise and Reality of Algal Biofuels
As readers and twitter followers know, this event was already very important to the initial stage of hydrogen convergence because of the Algal Carbon Sequestration session. This form carbon sequestration could turn the most common method of hydrogen production into a carbon neutral process. This would provide a place for natural gas and natural gas producers in the cleantech sector.
Zachary Alexander
Concepts: algae, carbon sequestration, cleantech, hydrogenJanuary 29th, 2010
Cleaning up reformed hydrogen using Algal Carbon Sequestration
We at the ebTDesign Forum are big proponents of using natural gas infrastructure to jumpstart the hydrogen convergence process. The biggest knock against using natural gas as a feed stock is the production of CO2 as a byproduct. This argument against hydrogen convergence may be mute with the advent of Algal Carbon Sequestration.
Algal Carbon Sequestration is a method of producing algae by channeling smokestack carbon dioxide emissions through pools of algae. This would in theory capture the CO2 emitted during steam methane reforming and turn it into a zero emissions cleantech process. Hopefully, it will also cause natural gas producers to more actively support hydrogen convergence.
At the ebTDesign Forum, we have been following the conference updates for the 2nd Annual Algae World Europe in hopes hearing about sessions that would cover CO2 sequestration. Yesterday just such an announcement occurred. Dr. Ami Ben-Amotz will discuss his experience with Algal Carbon Sequestration when he was at Seambiotic. Dr. Ben-Amotz is a pioneer in turning marine algae into high value products. Readers and twitter followers are encouraged to stay tuned for future updates.
Zachary Alexander
Concepts: algae, carbon sequestration, cleantech, hydrogen