Using Microalgae to Clean Up Coal Plants

This is a guest post by Sophie.

In 2009, at least 7994703000 tons (~8 billion tons) of coal were used globally (EIAa), with a resulting 13393577 tons of CO₂ released as a result (EIAb) – and that’s not counting countries with no statistics. This makes coal the dirtiest energy source available.

The Potential of Microalgae for Biofuels: Use of Wastewater

This is the first guest post, by Sophie. The original manuscript is 12 pages long, and will be split into several posts.

According to Worldmapper data, itself sourced from the World Bank and the United Nations Environment Program, 3937 km³ of freshwater were used globally in the year 2000. Between 1987 and 2003, 325 m³ of freshwater were used domestically per year; 2.4 trillion m³ used agriculturally; and 665 billion m³ industrially.