Algae Based Solar Panels

They are taking advantage of millions of years of evolution to advance modern day solar technology.

Algae based solar panels. The resulting algal biomass is then burned to power an internal generator which creates electricity and heat. This process converts sunlight into usable energy at roughly 2 efficiency whereas solar panels can do it at 25 efficiency or higher algae for biofuels is typically farmed in ponds using. Using algae to make solar panels more efficient with life s help a team of marine biologists and biotechnologists in sweden are growing solar energy retaining algae for use in solar panels. These biosolar panels suck co2 from the air to grow edible algae in london scientists are testing the biosolar leaf which uses carbon hungry organisms to help clean the air better than trees.

In california algae could compete with petroleum as the fuel of the future if only the process of growing it was more efficient thanks to a fellowship from the link foundation it soon could be. This process is 100 carbon neutral as verde continuously recycles combustion byproducts through its growth cycle.