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USA http://www.wefweb.com/news_admin/images/ico/mail.gif** Academician of the Academy of Engineering, China http://www.wefweb.com/news_admin/images/ico/mail.gif Wang Zhaokai, academic consultant of the Academy of Fisheries Sciences, introduced an emerging hot spot in the international scientific community - extracting biodiesel from algae for energy use. Wang Zhaokai pointed out that if laboratory results are applied to corporate production as soon as possible, not only can we cope with today's energy crisis, but we can also significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Extracting diesel from algae and seaweed? It sounds a bit like fantasy. Academician Wang Zhaokai explained that one category of algae is called microalgae. This type of algae can produce oil in the body through photosynthesis. Their oil content is very high, and the oil in some algae accounts for 70% of the body weight. This has made scientists think about whether they can be extracted and converted into biodiesel. Moreover, microalgae also have the characteristic of absorbing carbon dioxide and "producing oil" through photosynthesis. As we all know, carbon dioxide emissions are the main culprit of global warming. Therefore, using microalgae to produce energy while also reducing carbon dioxide emissions can be said to kill two birds with one stone. At present, Academician Wang Zhaokai has cooperated with the Shanghai Fisheries Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences and has made many technological breakthroughs in the microalgae oil refining project. For example, it has solved the problem of algae variants and can extract oil from microalgae with very low energy consumption. The transformation and application of this technology is just around the corner. According to Wang Zhaokai’s idea, the preferred application site for microalgae oil refining is coal-fired power plants. This is because coal-fired power plants emit large amounts of carbon dioxide and environmentally polluting substances. If the emission pipeline is connected to a microalgae cultivation area, these harmful gases will be absorbed by the algae and become the "raw material" for the production of biodiesel, which is a typical example of turning waste into treasure.