Venice to Use Algae for Power Posted on April 13th, 2009
Venice is full of water. Literally. With that water comes algae, which is always plentiful. The city has announced a plan to use that algae to provide about 50% of its power, replacing fossil fuels at the electric plant currently producing the majority of the city’s power.
The Venice seaport regularly cleans algae from visit ships’ hulls, from port and dock facilities, etc. That algae will be collected and turned into fuel for the power plant to burn.
The projects will be up and running by 2011 and will cost an estimated $264 million to implement.
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