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Algae for fuel from Ocean Nutrition - Canada Posted by Natalia on Mon October 04 2010 05:11:51 AM 4

The sizable scientific team at Ocean Nutrition Canada in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, the world?s largest supplier of omega-3 EPA and DHA fatty
acid supplements, was hardly looking for an alternative to conventional fossil
fuels.

In 2005, as part of a five-year research effort, the company
was screening algae samples, taken from marine environments across the Atlantic
provinces of Canada, for specific nutraceutical ingredients.

That is when, in
one of hundreds of filmy, green test tubes and flasks, it uncovered a
single-celled microorganism that produces substantial quantities of
triacylglycerol oil ? a base for biofuel.

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The US Navy will use only "third generation" biofuels. That means no ethanol made from corn . The Navy is only testing fuels like camelina and algae that do not compete with food, that have a carbon footprint cleaner than fossil fuels and that can be grown cheaper than fossil fuels. - 10 years ago
The Navy will use only %u201Cthird generation%u201D biofuels. That means no ethanol made from corn . The Navy is only testing fuels like camelina and algae that do not compete with food, that have a carbon footprint cleaner than fossil fuels and that can be grown cheaper than fossil fuels. - 10 years ago
The head of the 170-member Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), Mary Rosenthal, predicts the algal oil could be cost competitive with oil in 7 years. %u201CWe%u2019re hoping to be to be at parity with petroleum in the year 2017/ 18, - we will be at several billions of gallons,%u201D Rosenthal told. - 10 years ago
Rosenthal, is quick to dismiss any suggestion that the algae to oil technology may not be poised for prime time. The technology is mature, she said. We re going through the issues of any emerging industry. where you %u2018re going from lab to pilot, from pilot to scale. - 10 years ago
The Department of Energy says algae grown on a 15,000-square-mile area, about the size of Maryland, could theoretically meet the nation's oil needs. - 10 years ago

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