Algae Fuel Research @ University of Georgia
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Pond scum may have bright future
MOULTRIE — University of Georgia researchers are aspiring to give pond scum an image makeover.
Along with a shuttle bus running off chicken fat biodiesel and a tractor using soybean biodiesel, UGA researchers at the Sunbelt Expo last week demonstrated that algae isn’t the scum of the earth. It might just prove to a viable source of biofuels, while at the same time provide Georgia a solution for wastewater woes.
UGA has been experimenting with the manufacture of fuel from biomass — trees, grasses, poultry waste, industrial and agricultural waste. The university has been researching algae’s fuel potential for about a year, said K.C. Das...
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Pond scum may have bright future
MOULTRIE — University of Georgia researchers are aspiring to give pond scum an image makeover.
Along with a shuttle bus running off chicken fat biodiesel and a tractor using soybean biodiesel, UGA researchers at the Sunbelt Expo last week demonstrated that algae isn’t the scum of the earth. It might just prove to a viable source of biofuels, while at the same time provide Georgia a solution for wastewater woes.
UGA has been experimenting with the manufacture of fuel from biomass — trees, grasses, poultry waste, industrial and agricultural waste. The university has been researching algae’s fuel potential for about a year, said K.C. Das...
Full news story here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
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