Linde sponsors bio-hydrogen research
The technology group Linde will sponsor a group researching the biological production of hydrogen by microalgae at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, starting 1 November.
This scientific group, led by Professor Dr. Rüdiger Schulz-Friedrich, is studying the ability of cyanobacteria and single-cell green algae to produce hydrogen through photosynthesis. The researchers in Kiel have succeeded in genetically modifying these microorganisms in such a way that the amount of hydrogen released - usually too miniscule for industrial usage - is multiplied. "We hope that this line of research will one day make an environmentally friendly contribution to the rising demand for hydrogen, using only the renewable resources of sunlight and water," says Dr. Schulz-Friedrich, Head of the Physiology and Biotechnology of Plant Cells research group at Kiel University, who has been active in the field of bio-hydrogen research for more than 10 years.
Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle, President of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of Linde AG, not only believes that the agreement, signed for two years, will help secure Germany's status as an innovator, but also sees it as an ideal complement to Linde's own hydrogen know-how. "With this project, we are demonstrating our long-term, sustained commitment to the furtherance of a hydrogen economy: it is essential that we begin actively thinking today about life after oil".
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