University of Greenwich’ to lead multi-million pound project to develop useful products from Algae
A multi-million pound project to make energy out of pink and orange algae is being led by researchers at a Kent university.
An international team of scientists aim to build a biorefinery called the D-Factory to turn an algae called Dunaliella into useful products like food, plastics and fuel.
Researchers at the Medway campus of the University of Greenwich are leading the team, made up of experts from 13 institutions across eight countries. The €10m (£8m) project is the latest in a series of research coups for the Chatham-based team related to developing algae-based products. One of the main aims of the D-Factory project is to make the process of turning the algae into fuel more economic, as only 80% of its mass can be turned into fuel at present.
Source: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent_business/news/algae-puts-research-plans-in-12941/
