Brilliant Planet is on the road to becoming the world's largest producer of algal biomass , making us able to fully harness for the first time the fastest growing, highest yielding, most nutritious, most carbon-absorbing organism on the planet. We have developed, patented and fully tested the technology that gives us the means to recreate the natural growing conditions of algae that have made them the most successful organism on the planet. The technology itself is remarkably simple, combining leading edge knowledge of how algae behave with tried and tested, large scale pond engineering. We can capture carbon at low cost and provide the world's most sustainable food and ingredients. Algae have the inherent qualities needed to solve some of the world’s intractable problems: feeding people alternative protein, cleaning the atmosphere of carbon, producing alternatives to plastics, repairing damaged soil and producing carbon-neutral energy. Fast, energy efficient, all year round growth enables algae to convert sunlight into food 20 times more efficiently than cultivable crops; and absorb and store carbon more efficiently than any other living organism - including Switchgrass or trees. It is also versatile: different types of algae produce different products, ranging from biomass which can be used as animal feed to chemical feedstock with which to replace petrochemicals.

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