Developing a competitive H2 production suystem based on engineered cells of green algae

石油储量的枯竭和全球变暖的影响使得开发新的、清洁的、可持续的燃料生产系统至关重要。这项前沿技术有能力驱动太阳能从水中制氢。将该系统扩展到海藻细胞提供了将清洁燃料生产与水净化相结合的可能性，因为H2燃烧的产物是纯水。我们已经改造了绿色藻类，其从H2O生产H2的速率比野生型高出约1000%，并且通过该项目将进行进一步改进，旨在开发有竞争力的H2生产系统。

The depletion of oil reserves and the effects of global warming make the development of new, clean, sustainable fuel production systems critically important. This frontier technology has the ability to drive solar-powered hydrogen production from water. Extending the system to marine algal cells provides the possibility of coupling clean fuel production with water purification as the product of H2 combustion is pure water. We have already engineered green algae that produce H2 from H2O at a rate ~1000% higher than the Wild-type and through this project will incorporate further improvements with the aim of developing a competitive H2 production system.