Ghana to Research Algae Fuels
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), acting in partnership with the Energy Technology Research Group of the Southampton University, United Kingdom (UK), has commenced research into the use of modern technologies to develop bio-fuel in Ghana.
Topics they treated included “second generation bio-fuels based on biomass pyrolysis technology”, “computational modelling of biomass fast pyrolysis” and “micro-algae as biomass for energy conversion, scope and possibilities.”
The Minister said initial research and development activities in the country focused on the use of food and energy crops as feedstock for the bio-fuel industry.
However, it has been established that the use of these feedstock for energy could compromise the nation’s food security and this could have socio-economic and environmental implications.
