The Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT) and the University of Toledo have initiated a research program whose goal is to determine whether algae from Lake Erie can be a technically and commercially viable source of energy for Northwest Ohio. The project, which kicked off in August, will examine both the algal species that occur naturally, and those that can be cultivated and harvested.

This video displays algae biofuel using in a Ford F-250 (Powerstroke Diesel) vehicle.

Can recycled water bottles be used as a cheap PBR for cultivation of algae at a domestic scale? This video is demonstrated by Michael Fischer of Stanford University.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge take a closer look at algae and examine its potential as a renewable source of energy. In the near future algae could be used as a sustainable, carbon neutral biofuel.

This video is about Eastwood Christian School Algae Biofuel Demonstration.

Viszolay and his crew of brilliant kids install a green algae machine at Ecoversity in Santa Fe

Glen kertz grows algae in bags suspended in a greenhouse. Oil is extracted and turned into biofuel. The yield, according to Kertz, is 100,000 gallons of algae fuel per acre per year. Corn, Kertz says, yields 20 to 30 gallons.

Scientists in Missouri team up with coal plant operators to harvest green power from algae. It's research that could play a major role in the development of clean coal.

Scientists in Southern California are trying to design the next oil, and it may be floating in most oceans and ponds. Researchers say algae may be the next alternative to oil.

Leading experts explore the need, challenges, opportunities and impacts of creating biofuels for a sustainable future