Marine algae have great potential in an effort to combat global warming. Easy living organisms in the ocean has an enormous capacity to absorb carbon dioxide and can be processed into biofuels, environmentally friendly fuels.
Laboratory-scale research conducted Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) prove algae (algae) in the sea enlarged 20-25 times in just 15 days with feed carbon dioxide (CO2).
The algae of the species Chaetoceros sp. With initial cell count 40,000 cells per milliliter after a registration of CO2 into 780,000 cells per ml in 15 days, even Chlorella sp. With initial cell count 40,000 cells per ml of a million cells per ml in 15 days to Implementation of Carbon Emission Reductions in Global Warming Mitigation Efforts.
This could be the beginning of the concept of calculating the absorption of carbon in the ocean. Indonesia has a vast marine potential opportunity to take a major role in absorbing carbon dioxide. Algae can then be harvested to produce biofuel, the process has efficiency 40 percent higher than a biofuel raw material crude palm oil (CPO).
BPPT will continue the research by linking fotobioreaktor culture algae at the mouth of the exhaust gas power plants to determine their absorption of CO2 and add the following research about the harvesting of plankton as a biofuel.
In the future, carbon capture and absorption of the algae can be applied at the disposal of carbon emissions from Steam Power Plant (power plant) is usually built on the seafront.
Reducing carbon emissions from industry, in addition to the use of Carbon Capture Sequestration like this, can also be done with the use of renewable energy and technology improvements that can make energy efficiency and improve production processes to become more fuel efficient.