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Energy from buoyant algae pods - Jonathan Trent

TED-Ed · Sep 28, 2026 · 19:30

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Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat wastewater from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae) and how it might power the future.Talk by Jonathan Trent.
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