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The developed economies of the world are heavily dependent upon fuels derived from crude oil, coal and gas. Access to these energy reserves is increasingly costly and logistically challenging.

Whilst the practice of recycling commodities is well established – the extension of that ethic to the energy sector has been mostly overlooked – until now.

MBD’s Algal Synthesis technology now allows major users of coal and gas – such as power stations, smelters and refineries to recycle their carbon emissions.

Instead of going into the atmosphere, a portion of these gases can be captured at the smokestack and synthesised into biomass suitable for the manufacture of biofuels including biodiesel, ethanol, and jetfuel – potentially boosting energy security.

Having been produced from captured CO2 that was prevented from entering the atmosphere as waste flue-gas, algal biofuel can be offset against consumption of conventional fossil fuels. Thus, use of this form of biofuel instead of ordinary petrol, diesel and aviation fuel has the potential to result in significant reduction in the levels of atmospheric carbon.

Based on current successful trials at MBD’s pilot, research and development facility at James Cook University, the company’s scientific and technical advisors have concluded that every million tonnes of captured and recycled industry CO2 can generate about $250 million in earnings from the sales of transport oil and animal meal sales.

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Algal Sequestration Algal Sequestration utilises abundant sunlight, captured flue gases, and waste water to grow valuable algal biomass on a large scale and on a continuous and fully enclosed and controlled basis. Read more ∇		‘BAGS’ System MBD has developed its own method of culturing photosynthetic organisms for large scale production. The ‘BAGS’ system is a unique solution to to large scale algae cultivation and harvest. Read more ∇
Strain selection Identification and management of the optimum algae strain for top performance in any given emitter location is vital to optimising yields and production earnings. MBD's research team has developed solutions to strain selection Read more ∇		Oil Extraction MBD has an exclusive Australasian agreement with US company OriginOil Inc which has developed cost-effective high speed extration that reduces harvesting to a single step. Read more ∇