Could Our Energy Come from Giant Seaweed Farms in the Ocean?
2020年3月16日 · Once harvested, seaweed, also known as macroalgae, could potentially be turned into various forms of energy, such as biogas and ethanol, through different chemical processes. Several hurdles must...
Seaweed Mining Could Power the Future
2024年4月28日 · Seaweed is versatile; it provides a habitat for marine life, shelters coastlines, and absorbs carbon dioxide. But in the United States, scientists are setting out to see whether seaweed has...
Scientists explore seaweed as potential energy and food source
2024年10月15日 · Our goal is to convert a species of brown seaweed, called sargassum, that grows naturally in our oceans into valuable products. We plan to produce biofuels, which are fuels like ethanol that are...
Electric seaweed fuels pursuit of algae power in Chile
2024年9月6日 · Slimy, green seaweed floats in water-filled beakers, buckets and bins in the University of Santiago's labs, algae which scientists in the Chilean capital are trying to turn into an efficient...
Turning Seaweed into the Fuel of the Future - Scientific American
2009年11月25日 · Seaweed holds promise as more than an ingredient in a purifying face mask or a maki roll. Their venture appears to have largely cornered the current market. Though more than 200 companies have...
Seaweed: A potential climate change solution - ScienceDirect
2022年5月1日 · Seaweed-based regenerative ocean farming can efficiently restore marine ecosystems. Seaweed is a good source of protein and bioactive compounds for human and animal consumption. Seaweed has the potential to be a future source of energy and renewable plastics. Seaweed offers coastal nations a viable source of revenue and a bioeconomy option.
Seaweeds as a sustainable source of bioenergy: Techno
2022年4月1日 · This study evaluates the environmental impacts, economic potential, and merits of producing bioenergy from seaweed via biological conversion pathways, including the: 1) sugar pathway; (2) volatile fatty acids pathway; and (3) methane pathway to produce ethanol, ethanol and heavier alcohols, and heat and power, respectively. The maximum seaweed ...
Seaweed: A potential climate change solution - ScienceDirect
2022年5月1日 · Seaweed can fix carbon in the surrounding water via photosynthesis, reducing the impacts of ocean acidification on several levels, whereas shellfish acts as a filter feeder, absorbing nutrients such as nitrogen from fertilizer and pesticide runoff.
Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming
2023年1月26日 · Seaweed biomass farmed in the ocean could help reduce demand for terrestrial crops and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by providing a substitute or supplement for food, animal...
Benefits of seaweed - Nature Plants
2023年1月24日 · Seaweeds could be grown and harvested in marine farms with low requirement for energy or manpower. As the natural content of lipids is lower in seaweeds than in many microalgae, the focus of...