Green Genie: Carbon capture with the magic of algae

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As we know, high levels of carbon are having extreme and long-term effects on our climate, economy and quality of life.

To keep the planet under 1.5 degrees of warming, we have less than 10 years to develop technology to remove massive quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Currently, we're using either chemical solvent-based technology, which has been around for about 30 years and is struggling to operate at scale, or we're attempting to remove CO2 with large-scale tree planting, which is costly, takes time and is ultimately competing with food production.

We need to rapidly drive innovative technology from research and development to commercial implementation.

Biotechnology offers a cheap and scalable option.

Algae uses light and nutrients to capture carbon, thereby producing cellular biomass that can be converted into bioplastics, building products or biochar. All of these algae-derived products can store atmospheric carbon long-term.

Enter the Green Genie, a shipping container that contains a highly optimised algal photobioreactor where layers of microalgae capture atmospheric carbon using photosynthesis.

Like a turbocharged mini-forest, fast-growing microalgae are 40 times more efficient than trees at removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

This process is called CCU, Carbon Capture and Use, rather than CCS, which captures carbon and attempts to store it, often underground and with considerable risk.

A Green Genie processing module can be easily transported and installed to be used for a number of industries. Here are just three.

It can be used to capture CO2 from flue gas or off-gas from hard-to-abate emitters, such as power plants, cement manufacturers or breweries.

Atmospheric CO2 can also be scrubbed from the air for direct air capture, or DAC.

Green Genie can also process wastewater from sewage treatment plants or agricultural waste as a nutrient source to grow microalgae and capture CO2.

Now is the time to think about how carbon removal and biomass production can benefit your business or industry.

For more information about the Green Genie project, follow our website or email us. We'd love to hear from you.

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