Blue Lagoon receives a grant from the National Energy Fund for research on the utilization of carbon dioxide to grow micro algae
14 May 2009
The Blue Lagoon has received a research grant from the National Energy fund to study the utilization of carbon dioxide from the HS Orka geothermal energy plant in Svartsengi to grow micro algae. The Blue Lagoon will also experiment different algae types for lipid production and utilization in biofuel. The value of the grant is EUR 14.000 annually for three years.
The Blue Lagoon participates in the LIPIDO research project „Optimizing Lipid Production by Planktonic Algae. “ The project is a Northern European co-operative project supported by the Northern European Energy Research Project „N-INNER. “ The National Energy Fund is a participant of the Northern European Project.
The goal of the project is to support Energy Research in the Nordic countries and in Germany and to share knowledge on energy research between the countries.
The Blue Lagoon has grown algae for use in Blue Lagoon skin care since 1996 and a valuable knowledge of the subject has been built up within the company. Ása Brynjólfsdóttir, Blue Lagoon‘s director of Research and Development says that the grant is both important and an encouragement to continue the company‘s development of growing micro algae.
Ása Brynjólfsdóttir, Blue Lagoon's Director of Public Relations.
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