The idea is for the new plant to be located next to a coal-burning power plant. The carbon dioxide from that plant would be captured and instead of contributing to climate change, would be pumped into a series of enclosed 400-foot "raceways" where it would accelerate the growth of the algae, which is a champion carbon absorber.The oxygen released by the algae would be captured and pumped back into the power plant to make its burning of coal cleaner and more efficient, thus reducing carbon dioxide emissions and increasing the production of electricity by between 5 percent to 15 percent using the same amount of coal.