IU will use algae to reduce power plant emissions
A $50,000 grant from Duke Energy will fund a project at Indiana University to construct a structure of clear plastic tubes filled with algae that will convert emissions from the university’s power plant into fertilizer.
Indiana University wants to improve its sustainability – and it’s turning to a novel way of recycling to do so. The school’s main campus will turn its greenhouse gas emissions into plant fertilizer with the help of a photobioreactor.
The machine is made out of PVC pipe and will sit on top of the university’s central heating plant. There, it will capture plant emissions, which will be used to feed algae.