PML technology uncovered at Science Museum biofuel
exhibition
16th October 2007
This week PML’s photobioreactor technology will be unveiled as
the visually-striking highlight of the Science Museum’s new
experimental exhibition, entitled “Can algae save the world?...and
other important questions about solving climate change.”
The exhibition will run from 18th October 2007 until April 2008
in the Antenna gallery of the Science Museum and focuses on
biofuels, current debates and the future opportunities as well as
examining the controversies surrounding biofuels today – do we have
enough land, what are the effects that these fuels have on the
environment and how biofuels could be made better in the future?
Visitors are given an opportunity to cut through the debates and
decide for themselves which technologies are worth taking
seriously.
PML’s fully-functional photobioreactors are the centre-piece of
this informative display, operating as mini-algal farms that
scientists believe could produce biofuels and mitigate
CO2 emissions.
Stephen Skill, PML scientist and photobioreactor developer,
commented: “We are delighted to have one of our technological
developments in this display and have enjoyed working with the
Science Museum on this project. It is a great initiative to present
a wide range of biofuel technologies to the public and help
increase the understanding of future fuel production.”
The exhibition follows the government’s recently announced
Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation initiative, which predicts that
by 2010 biofuels will make up 5% of all fuels sold at the
pumps.