Climate change: What are the regions doing?
The 2015 edition of EUobserver's Regions & Cities magazine focuses on climate change and what cities and regions are doing.
The 2015 edition of EUobserver's Regions & Cities magazine focuses on climate change and what cities and regions are doing.
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The algae uses up CO2 in combination with <strong>the</strong> light<br />
and produces valuable biomass in <strong>the</strong> process<br />
Photo: Euobserver<br />
The algae plant experiments <strong>are</strong> also about<br />
purifying waste water<br />
Photo: Euobserver<br />
“We <strong>are</strong> at a cross-roads with this research”,<br />
says PHD student Patrick Uldall Noerregaard<br />
from DTU Aqua<br />
Photo: Euobserver<br />
Calculations show that a production price of 400 Danish<br />
kroner per kilo can make it a profitable business.<br />
If <strong>the</strong> process extends into <strong>the</strong> distillation of carotenoid<br />
astaxanthin, <strong>the</strong>n it is not unreasonable to assume prices<br />
in <strong>the</strong> range of €20,000 per kilo.<br />
Astaxanthin is <strong>the</strong> pigment that naturally colours<br />
salmon, prawns and pelicans pink and is used widely<br />
in <strong>the</strong> cosmetic industry for skin c<strong>are</strong>.<br />
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