Algae: fuel of the future?

By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli (Environ. Sci. Technol., Article ASAP; DOI:10.1021/es902509d)

Biofuels produced from algae, rather than from crops, have entered the spotlight lately, and several companies now say that they are close to overcoming the technical hurdles to making algae-derived biofuels competitive on a commercial scale. However, experts caution that significant obstacles still need to be dealt with to make algae competitive with energy from fossil fuels. Read full text HERE.


Open-pond bioreactors at the PetroAlgae facility in Fellsmere, Florida. (PETROALGAE)


Solazyme scientist pours crude algal oil for testing and evaluation. (SOLAZYME)