Canadian research team aims to make animal feed from coal

Coal isn't typically associated with a lower carbon footprint, but researchers believe a project underway at the University of Alberta could unlock an abundant local resource and low-carbon animal feed at the same time.

The University of Alberta research team is nearing its first feeding trials after spending the past four years finessing a fermentation technique that takes methanol from a coal gassification project and uses it to produce single-cell protein.