Energy from floating algae pods

Title:: Energy from floating algae pods
Speaker:: Jonathan Trent
Description:: Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat wastewater from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae) and how it might power the future.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 14:45

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