Kelp

June 14, 2013
Could brown kelp one day provide a global supply of biomethane and ethanol?  Any beachgoer in the Pacific Northwest would recognize the long, stringy Sugar Kelp (laminaria saccharina) that frequently washes up on beaches there.  Although kelp’s commercial applications are currently limited, Paal Bakken, founder and CEO of Seaweed Energy Solutions, believes that...
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