Home Algae Information Who We Are Our Mission AlgaeGlobal Group Products Global Projects Bioengineering Services/Solutions Consulting Service Support Services-Lab   Joint Ventures Investment Life Synthesis Contact  Us News Links Copyright  Dr. Ben Hindley HINBEN Algae Global Saskatchewan Canada Registered Company Saskatchewan Canada

CUSTOM DESIGNED ALGAE SYSTEMS SMALL- MEDIUM-LARGE-&-TURNKEY SYSTEMS  Algae Information  ALGAE   triples in volume  every day          (unlike corn / 1 crop per year) ALGAE converts CO2 to O2 ALGAE - some over 50% Oil ALGAE converts easily to Bio-Fuel Corn = net 81 gallons bio-diesel / acre ( Once a year crop )     vs.  Soy = net 41 gallons / acre ( Once a year crop )       vs.  ALGAE = up to 15,000 gallons / acre ( Crop every day) ALGAE is probably the best way to reduce  EXISTING CO2.       Algae farms 5 times in size of the state of Colorado would begin to turn around global warming. What about "algae farms" 10 times that size?   Converting CO2 into O2, reversing global warming, reducing our dependence on foreign oil. And the algae wouldn't only be used for fuel.  The economics are much better if you also use the protein from the algae as animal feed or fertilizer. The profit motive alone gives us reason to move forward quickly. What a great opportunity  --------------  and  -------------- Conservation/New Energy reduces "future" CO2 Algae reduces EXISTING CO2!   Biodiesel Plus Carbon Dioxide Recycle Today we are using algae to quickly recycle carbon in carbon dioxide rich exhaust stacks from power plants. What a brilliant, brilliant idea!  By doing this, we are able to double up on the benefits. First, the carbon dioxide gets converted back into plant material instead of going directly into the atmosphere. This would be a way of sequestering the carbon, provided the algae was properly disposed of. Feed a generous helping of CO2-laden emissions, courtesy of the power plant's exhaust stack, the algae grow quickly even in the wan rays of the sun. The cleansed exhaust bubbles skyward, but with 40 percent less CO2 (a larger cut than the Kyoto treaty mandates) and another bonus: 86 percent less nitrous oxide. That alone is incredible. But that isn’t all:     After the CO2 is soaked up like a sponge, the algae is harvested daily. From that harvest, a combustible vegetable oil is squeezed out: biodiesel for automobiles. Produced algal  to biodiesel, a clear, slightly yellowish liquid, also dried green flakes that remained. Even that dried remnant can be further reprocessed to create ethanol, also used for transportation.     One key is selecting an algae with a high oil density - about 50 percent of its weight. Because this kind of algae also grows so fast, it can produce 15,000 gallons of biodiesel per acre. Just 60 gallons are produced from soybeans, which along with corn are the major biodiesel crops today. It is possible that a one 1,000 megawatt power plant using a algae system could produce more than 40 million gallons of biodiesel and 50 million gallons of ethanol a year.  There are nearly 1,000 power plants in the USA with enough space nearby for a few hundred to a few thousand acres to grow algae and make a good profit. "Microalgae cultures have been investigated as a source of renewable fuels for almost fifty years. The initial concept was to grow algae in municipal wastewaters, harvest the algal biomass and convert it to methane fuel. By the 1980's the R&D emphasis shifted to microalgae production in large-scale processes with fuels as the only outputs. "In the mean-time, a microalgae food supplement production industry developed, starting in the 1960’s in Japan for the production of Chlorella, followed by development in the U.S., Taiwan, Australia, China and other countries of production processes for Spirulina, Dunaliella and recently, Haematococcus. At present, about 5 000 tons of food- and feed-grade microalgae biomass are produced annually in large open pond systems. "A plant in Hawaii is using the flue gas from a small power plant to supply the CO2, required in microalgae production. Microalgae ponds are also extensively used in many countries for wastewater treatment and at least one plant in California is using the methane obtained from the harvested algal biomass to produce electricity. So that are many options right now and many area to produce algae. One are that HINBEN Algae Systems has is a Algae-Fish-Hydroponics System. Please have a look at our HINBEN Algae Products and Services under HINBEN Algae Products.