The French produce biofuel from algae fed with trash

In hexagon was first inaugurated global platform for producing fuel from algae cross. Plants, grown in an artificial basin, are fed with carbon dioxide from the fermentation of household waste.

Séché Environnement Group inaugurated last week at Vigeant, common in southern region of the Vienne department of France Poitou-Charentes, the first global platform for production of biofuels based on algae, according to Associated Press. Plants are grown using a fermentation process of domestic waste.

Thierry Meunier, the scientific group, explained that algae proliferate are in a pool of water measuring 10 meters long and three meters wide. It has a depth of 50 centimeters. "Algae feed for five days with the carbon dioxide released from domestic waste and the liquid obtained is then converted into biofuel," said Thierry Meunier.

Surface platform will have a hectare

Construction of the platform, with an area of 200 square meters, which will soon spread on one hectare, cost 200,000 euros. Poitou-Charentes region contributed 50,000 euros. "This type of technology is the future. From now on, the waste can enter a circuit good for the environment. We do not make competitive products existing at present, such as biofuels made from rapeseed, "he said Meunier. "With one hundred kilograms of algae, we produce only 15 gallons of biofuel, but we will develop. We are still at the top, "he said Patrice Sarrazin, project coordinator.

Project Future

"It is a decisive step in the green revolution in the fight against climate change and preparing for our post-oil", specified Ségolène Royal, president of the regional council of Poitou-Charentes. "We invent the following century," concluded the former candidate for the presidency of France.