The first photo of an ignitable algae fuel, taken at a Sustainable Power bench test, 1/16/2008
“Algae Bloom”, a concise overview of the struggle to make affordable microalgae fuel, from progress to current challenges and including companies and technologies of interest, has been published by Biofuels Digest. Companies such as Solazyme, Bionavitas, Algenol, PetroSun, PetroAlgae and UOP are reviewed in the summary.
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jagdish | Sep 26, 2008 | Reply
Water hyacinth is a weed found largely in India. Can someone prepare fuel from it? An algae which can cosume it and also be a fuel source shall also help.