Biofuel Development Shifting From Soil To Sea, Specifically To Marine Algae
Scripps Research Biologist Greg Mitchell, shown holding a flask of marine algae, has spent his scientific career studying photosynthesis and related phenomena. (Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego)
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Saltwater-Based Algae Biodiesel Could be Cost Competitive with Petroleum Diesel?
Aurora Biofuels, located in Alameda, CA has reported their 18 month pilot project produced 1,000 gallons of ATSM quality biodiesel in Florida open ponds of just 1/8th of an acre. The company estimates they could grow 6,000 gallons per acre in full production mode
365,000 gallon saltwater algal biofuels facility opens in New Mexico
In New Mexico, an algae biofuel facility promoted as the “the world’s first vertically integrated algal biorefinery” opened in Artesia on Monday, in a project jointly developed by New Mexico’s Center for Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management and Solution Recovery Systems.
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