{"id":455,"date":"2007-05-14T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2007-05-14T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T15:04:00","slug":"greenfuel-math-on-turning-algae-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/greenfuel-math-on-turning-algae-into.html","title":{"rendered":"GreenFuel & The Math on Turning Algae into Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The math on turning algae into fuel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Posted by Michael Kanellos, May 10, 2007<\/p>\n

A number of companies have sketched out plans to convert algae into a feedstock for transportation fuel, but GreenFuel Technologies is farther along in bringing the concept to market than most.<\/p>\n

The Cambridge, Mass.-based company recently trotted out reasons to illuminate why the idea is getting so much attention.<\/p>\n

1. First off, algae grows rapidly and grows constantly
2. A hectare pond filled with algae can produce 15,000 to 80,000 liters of vegetable oil a year. Only about 6,000 liters of palm oil a year
3. Algae can also be converted into a variety of materials, insulating producers from changes in commodity prices to some degree. It can be turned into alcohol for ethanol, biomass that can be burned in a furnace, or animal feed (which can also be sold under the Soylent Green brand name in grocery stores).
4. GreenFuel plans to produce algae in ponds next to coal-fired power plants. The carbon dioxide from the plants is captured and provides the food for growing the algae.<\/p>\n

So far, GreenFuel has only opened demonstration plant…By 2012, the company hopes to hit revenues of $100 million, and plans to license the technology…<\/p>\n

Read the full news report<\/a> from here @ Tech News Blog<\/p>\n

Nature gave us<\/a> oil from algae; perhaps we should try<\/a> Nature’s way again<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Oilgae<\/a><\/b>; Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>; List of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/b>.
algOS – Biodiesel from Algae Open Source<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Oilgae<\/b> has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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