Comments on: Future of Biofuels Points to Algae http://www.podtech.net/home/2388/future-of-biofuels-points-to-algae Wed, 23 May 2012 10:24:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Onward Oregon Blog » Blog Archive » State of the Art: BIOFUELS http://www.podtech.net/home/2388/future-of-biofuels-points-to-algae#comment-192290 Onward Oregon Blog » Blog Archive » State of the Art: BIOFUELS Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:55:18 +0000 http://www.podtech.net/home/2388/future-of-biofuels-points-to-algae#comment-192290 [...] Alas, behold the nabobs of biofuel negativity. Their hearts are in the right place, but with an ignorance of the latest technologies that borders on peculiar, the placement of their minds is questionable. The reality of the sharply rising biofuel curve is that the future is here and now. You’ve read about 81 gallons of biodiesel per acre for corn, and 40 for soy, but how about 15,000 gallons of biodiesel per acre? That’s right, for algae-based production, a proven technology. Changes the math a bit, doesn’t it? [...] […] Alas, behold the nabobs of biofuel negativity. Their hearts are in the right place, but with an ignorance of the latest technologies that borders on peculiar, the placement of their minds is questionable. The reality of the sharply rising biofuel curve is that the future is here and now. You’ve read about 81 gallons of biodiesel per acre for corn, and 40 for soy, but how about 15,000 gallons of biodiesel per acre? That’s right, for algae-based production, a proven technology. Changes the math a bit, doesn’t it? […]

]]> By: Oilgae http://www.podtech.net/home/2388/future-of-biofuels-points-to-algae#comment-126395 Oilgae Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:16:39 +0000 http://www.podtech.net/home/2388/future-of-biofuels-points-to-algae#comment-126395 Thanks for the article...it is heartening to see algae getting a lot of publicity, something I feel they deserve. I co-ordinate Oilgae.com ( http://www.oilgae.com ), a site that explores use of algae as a feedstock for biodiesel, and I can say with some amount of confidence based on my researches that algae appear to be one of the most qualified candidates for biodiesel production. While the math certainly appears to favor algae, there are a number of issues to be overcome. These have to do with (1) choosing optimal algal strains, (2) issues faced in cultivation and harvesting (believe me there are some serious bottlenecks here), and (3) cost-effective methods to extract oil and transform it into biodiesel. So yes, there is still a long way to go before it can be proven with certainty that algal biodiesel can be cost-effective on a large scale, but it is gratifying to see brilliant minds (not to forget VC money) getting into this field. And with institutes like MIT (Boston) getting into the act, I'm optimistic most of the above-mentioned issues will be overcome. Time will tell if algae are our future source of energy, but for now, they certainly appear to have many of the qualifications required for the same. Time will tell if algae are our future source of energy, but for now, they certainly appear to have many of the qualifications required for the same. Narsi from Oilgae - Oil from Algae @ http://www.oilgae.com Thanks for the article…it is heartening to see algae getting a lot of publicity, something I feel they deserve.

I co-ordinate Oilgae.com ( http://www.oilgae.com ), a site that explores use of algae as a feedstock for biodiesel, and I can say with some amount of confidence based on my researches that algae appear to be one of the most qualified candidates for biodiesel production.

While the math certainly appears to favor algae, there are a number of issues to be overcome. These have to do with (1) choosing optimal algal strains, (2) issues faced in cultivation and harvesting (believe me there are some serious bottlenecks here), and (3) cost-effective methods to extract oil and transform it into biodiesel.

So yes, there is still a long way to go before it can be proven with certainty that algal biodiesel can be cost-effective on a large scale, but it is gratifying to see brilliant minds (not to forget VC money) getting into this field. And with institutes like MIT (Boston) getting into the act, I’m optimistic most of the above-mentioned issues will be overcome.

Time will tell if algae are our future source of energy, but for now, they certainly appear to have many of the qualifications required for the same.

Time will tell if algae are our future source of energy, but for now, they certainly appear to have many of the qualifications required for the same.

Narsi from Oilgae - Oil from Algae @ http://www.oilgae.com

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