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Gourchane, Farah, and Abderrahim El Hourch. "Lemna gibba L: One of Morocco's Promising Energy Sources." Advancements in Climate and Smart Environment Technology, edited by Jamal Mabrouki and Mourade Azrour, IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2024, pp. 73-78. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3807-0.ch006

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Gourchane, F. & El Hourch, A. (2024). Lemna gibba L: One of Morocco's Promising Energy Sources. In J. Mabrouki & M. Azrour (Eds.), Advancements in Climate and Smart Environment Technology (pp. 73-78). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3807-0.ch006

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Gourchane, Farah, and Abderrahim El Hourch. "Lemna gibba L: One of Morocco's Promising Energy Sources." In Advancements in Climate and Smart Environment Technology, edited by Jamal Mabrouki and Mourade Azrour, 73-78. Hershey, PA: IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3807-0.ch006

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Lemna gibba L: One of Morocco's Promising Energy Sources

Farah Gourchane (Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco) and Abderrahim El Hourch (Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco)

Source Title: Advancements in Climate and Smart Environment Technology

DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-3807-0.ch006

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In light of the world's energy challenge and the scarcity of traditional energy resources, Morocco is taking the initiative to become an African leader in the water, energy, and food sectors. It is against this backdrop that this research focuses on the way in which biomass can be used as an environmentally-friendly alternative that makes the wheel of the circular economy turn. This study presents the importance of using Lemna gibba. L (Duckweed), well known for its high biomass production, as an alternative source of energy (biofuel production) as well as animal and human food (up to 30% protein source), after having successfully contributed to its main function of phytoremediating wastewater through its ability to bioaccumulate. This study is therefore a practical application of economic and ecological Bio Tech that can be adopted.

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Phytoremediation:

Phytoremediation, which was first introduced in Canada in the 1970s (Hénault-Ethier, 2016), a green engineering technology that is respectful of the environment. It is a strategy based on plants and solar energy. Phytoremediation is an action that removes pollutants from water or, in some cases, soil, using natural processes carried out by plants. A wide selection of floating, emergent and submerged aquatic plants known as macrophytes can be used for this process, most of which are capable of removing heavy metals from wastewater that are toxic to the environment. This method, both more effective and less costly, is used as a tertiary treatment and works perfectly with lagooning. The principle is simple: the bacteria, which need oxygen, transform the organic matter into mineral matter that can be assimilated by the plants, which in turn feed the bacteria through their roots, giving them the oxygen they need.

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