Ethanol directly from algae
Bob Morris @ Jun 12th 2008 16:09 - Category: Renewable energy Tags: algae, biofuel, ethanol
Algenol plans to build a saltwater algae plant in the desert in Mexico. Unlike other methods that require the algae be squeezed to product the oil, they’ve GMO’ed algae to create ethanol directly, and claim the output is dramatically greater than using corn or sugar cane. And it doesn’t require using farmland better used for growing food.
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