THE SCALABLE BIOLOGICAL SOLUTION.
Nature itself is adept at recycling carbon. The problem is that it can no longer keep up with industrialisation. Microalgae are known to be one of the more efficient carbon recyclers in nature and have long been seen as a potential solution to address this imbalance. The problem is that growing algae at scale is land, capital and energy intensive.
Hydrobe® technology has solved this piece of the puzzle with a novel, patent-pending photosynthetic production process that uses low-cost media and non-GM organisms. Its design works because of the input needs of the subsequent production stage and the low energy outputs of final production.
Hydrobe needs CO2 to operate, therefore is best accommodated at or near an industrial emissions source such as a steel mill, power plant, steam reformer, cement plant or other industrial facilities.
Area required to sequester 300,000 tonnes of CO2
9,200 hectare algae pond
9,000 hectare forest
2,000
hectare photo
bioreactor
12
hectare
Hydrobe
THE FOOTPRINT
IS SMALL. THE ADVANTAGES ARE SUBSTANTIAL.
Data from our concept engineering study to class 5 estimate level suggests that Hydrobe® Photobioreactors installed on site would only require 12 hectares of land area to recycle ~300,000 tonnes of CO2.
These estimates assume 'laboratory scale' data remains valid at full scale. The size of the photobioreactor in the demonstration plant under construction is between 6-8% of the full-sized industrial scale reactor. This is required to validate performance at scale for the Hydrobe® system.
Land area needed
12 hectares
Carbon fixed
~300,000 tonnes
Oils produced
~49 million litres
Other products generated
Value in optionality