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Joint project to use coal to grow algae for biofuels

Algae's clout as a fuel feedstock seems to rise every day. Inventure Chemical and Seambiotic announced this week a joint venture to create biofuels from algae fed by a coal-fired power plant.

An open pond for growing algae used at a pilot plant in Israel.
(Credit: Seambiotic)

Based in Seattle, Inventure Chemical has a process for converting algae to either biodiesel, ethanol, or specialty chemicals. Seambiotic, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has developed an open-pond algae farming system that is now testing in Israel.

The joint venture will grow algae using flue gas emissions from a power plant and either use the resulting liquid fuel to power its operations or sell it.

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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again