Could Our Energy Come from Giant Seaweed Farms in the Ocean?

Annie Sneed, Scientific American Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture

Could Our Energy Come from Giant Seaweed Farms in the Ocean?
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One day in the future, the Pacific Ocean could be home to kilometers of seaweed farms tended by submarine drones and waiting to be turned into fuel. This is the vision of Marine BioEnergy, a start-up backed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E). The U.S. government agency is funding the company, along with a handful of related projects, because it views the open ocean as a largely untapped resource for a new and potentially better source of renewable bioenergy.

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