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[url=http://www.oilgae.com/club/users/MiaFranceska/blogs/839]Algae for CO2 capture at Tarong coal power plant[/url]
Premier Anna Bligh said Tarong Power Station near Kingaroy will be the first coal-fired power station in Australia to try the technology as part of the $5 million MBD Energy Limited Tarong trial.
Premier Anna Bligh said the technology would not only capture CO2 from the plant but it would also produce a range of valuable products.
In simple terms the algae eats the carbon and then produces material that can be used in things like bio-diesel stockfeed and bio-plastics she said.
This technology has enormous potential to make a positive impact in our battle against climate change she said.
But the products it can produce means it could also be worth many millions of dollars to the Queensland economy.?
Ms Bligh said that as part of the trial MBD Energy would start construction on a one hectare algal biomass display plant beside Tarong Power Station 180km north-west of Brisbane in December.