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The San Juan Bioenergy plant — which is grinding sunflower seeds to make food oil instead of automotive fuel as originally planned — could become an international model of entrepreneurial endeavor. “There is a lot of interest in renewable-source energy,” said Nathan Morris, the plant’s chief technology officer.

San Juan Bioenergy is looking toward second-generation oil stock from sources such as jatropha, a warm-weather plant, and algae, Morris said. Coincidentally, a Fort Collins firm is scheduled to start construction next year on a large-scale algae farm on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation near Ignacio. Company officials believe they may get 20 times more fuel per acre than from first-generation biofuel sources.

“If algae plays out to what is expected, it could be a game changer,” Morris said.

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