Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute Head Sees Potential in Algae Fuel
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If the first generation was corn-based ethanol and the second involves using non-food parts of the corn plant to make ethanol, the third generation, Richard Sayre (who heads a a team of researchers in Creve Coeur) predicts, will be "algal oil" from algae. "There are things you can do with algae that you can't do with crops," said Sayre, the incoming director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Much of Sayre's work at the Danforth Center will focus on algae's potential for supplying energy. Sayre's research will focus on the biological — altering algae genetics to get more oil production — as well as engineering — capturing green light waves and shifting them to red waves, which help algae grow.
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If the first generation was corn-based ethanol and the second involves using non-food parts of the corn plant to make ethanol, the third generation, Richard Sayre (who heads a a team of researchers in Creve Coeur) predicts, will be "algal oil" from algae. "There are things you can do with algae that you can't do with crops," said Sayre, the incoming director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Much of Sayre's work at the Danforth Center will focus on algae's potential for supplying energy. Sayre's research will focus on the biological — altering algae genetics to get more oil production — as well as engineering — capturing green light waves and shifting them to red waves, which help algae grow.
Full news report here
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