CO2 Emissions from Cement Plant to Produce Biomass
Pond Biofuels plans to capture a cement plant’s carbon emissions to grow and harvest high-value biomass from algae, reports Inhabitat. The nutrient-rich algae will be used to fuel the cement plant’s kilns and truck fleet.
Pond Biofuels plans to use some of that generated CO2 by growing algae next to Ontario’s St. Mary’s cement plant. The cement plant has already built a CO2 pipeline from its main facility to the biofuel company’s $4 million algae-growing demonstration facility, which absorbs the CO2 using algae from the nearby Thames River, reports Biofuels Digest.
The company will also use industrial waste heat from the cement plant to dry out the algae before turning it into a biofuel.
The two project partners received funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellence.
