Algae, often tedious, like this blue-green algae in swimming pools. But they also contain many useful substances. Photo ANP 
By winning from algae raw materials many businesses more sustainable and long term may be cheaper to operate. But the technology is still in a phase of development
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Monday is taken in Lelystad, the world’s first mobile algae refining plant in operation.
It is a pilot plant, which opportunities must explore tapping example, proteins, oils and carbohydrates from algae more widely. Until now, this was done only in laboratories, with smaller quantities.
There are already several algae farms, but the algae that are now mostly processed into powders or superfoods. Produced there ,, The algae are used in their entirety, “said a spokesman. ,, What does this factory is cutting up the algae so that dust can be. Extracted from These can for example be used for making paints, in place of raw materials which are very scarce. And they can serve as an alternative to fish oil. “
Growth
Algae consist of many valuable ingredients, have a very high growth rate and can easily be grown on barren ground. Scientists see them therefore also known as the leading crop of the future.
When the industry is going to process algae on a large scale, according to the spokesman for greenhouse growers probably interesting algae to start growing instead of eg tomatoes, . Factories are now paying a lot of money to purify diet rich wastewater could probably earn just money on this water with an increase in the demand for algae by using it for growing algae.
Container
The mobile pilot plant fits in a container and can be easily moved to different algae suppliers. However, the coming period the installation on the site of Acrres in Lelystad. Acress is the national training center for renewable energy and green commodities.
The project is a joint initiative of knowledge institute TNO and companies like Sabic, the White Oils, Van Wijhe Paint and Royal HaskoningDHV.
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