Mr Ausound -
I appreciate your actually popping open the URLs and looking
at the enclosed info. Okay, you seem to have actually read
the info; am I being naive or does it look like there's a chance
of breaking away from mid-east oil?
I'm not talking "electric cars", but just not (euphemisticly
speaking) "selling rope to someone that wants to hang us";
I don't want to put money in mid-eastern hands.
Does this look like it can get us away from mid-east oil or
am I being naive?
Let's worry about slowing down our energy consumption after
we get this noose from around our necks.
2Penny
ausound wrote:
> 2Penny <lw_rogers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> news:joOVj.293$l97.52@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>> Hey Folks -
>>
>> I've been led to understand that the slime one normally
>> associates with algae is a refinable variety of petroleum like
>> "light sweet crude" and this biofuel can be produced quickly and
>> economicly. This sounds almost too good to believe.
>
> =====================
> http://media.cleantech.com/1224/algae-biofuel-of-the-future
>
> September 18, 2007
>
> Algae is a promising biofuel feedstock. But it's a long way from
commercial
> production in volume.
> Learn why, and see who's farthest along.
>
> Algae is one of the most promising feedstocks that industry insiders
talk
> about for future biofuel production.
>
> The yields of oil from algae are orders of magnitude higher than those
for
> traditional oilseeds
> Algae can be grown in places far from farmlands & forests, minimizing
the
> damages caused to the eco- and food chain systems, and obviating the
food
> vs. fuel dilemma, and
> Algae can be grown in sewages and next to power-plant smokestacks where
> they digest pollutant and harmful emissions
> Yet, despite outrageous claims from certain circles, big technical
hurdles
> exist to being able to harvest oil from algae in quantities large enough
to
> make biodiesel or other fuels from it.
> ======================
>
> http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1490/70/
>
> Green Fuel Technologies
> http://www.greenfuelonline.com/
> just announced they had begun construction of their commercial scale
algae
> plant while PetroSun announced they'd be taking their pilot algae farm
> commercial on April 1st.
> ----------
> PetroSun's facility, on the other hand, has 1,100 acres of open ponds
> growing algae in Texas. Open ponds are cheaper, but it's more difficult
to
> control which species of algae are growing
> ========================
>
> http://www.investinalgaebiodiesel.com/
>
> Algae biodiesel companies leading the industry:
> Aquaflow A New Zealand company that expects to be the first company in
the
> world to economically produce biofuel from wild algae harvested from
open-
> air environments, to market it, and meet the challenge of increasing
> demand.
>
> GreenFuel Technology Corp. Cambridge, Mass. company working with power
> plants to build algae producing photobioreactors. Tests show its system
> captured about 80% of the CO2 emitted during the day when sunlight is
> available.
>
> HR Biopetroleum The Hawaii based company intends to be a
designer-builder
> of algae biofuels plants and to produce and market renewable fuel
feedstock
> and animal nutritional supplemental protein. Partnering with Royal Dutch
> Shell in a joint venture called Cellana, they plan to initially build a
> small research plant but hope to move to a full-scale commercial plant
of
> 20,000 hectares.
>
> LiveFuels The Menlo Park, CA research company describes itself as a min-
> manhattan project with a national alliance of labs and scientists
dedicated
> to transforming algae into biocrude by the year 2010. Their strategy
> involves developing algae that will thrive in open ponds.
> Imperium Renewables The Seatle company that has made a name for itself
from
> producing traditional biodiesel, announced that it has dedicated a 5
> million-gallon refinery to algae oil. Has established a feedstock
agreement
> where Solazyme will supply algal oil.
>
> OTEC A San Francisco bay area firm developing photobioreactors -
enclosed
> systems that produce algae in layer upon layer of tubes or shallow
ponds.
> PetroSun PetroSun is a diversified energy company specializing in the
> discovery and development of both traditional fossil fuels and renewable
> energy resources. Under the terms of a November 2007 agreement,
>
> PetroSun BioFuels will supply Bio-Alternatives fifty percent of its raw
> algal oil production from planned algae farms and extraction plants in
> Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi up to a maximum of 150 million
gallons
> per year. PetroSun BioFuels and Bio-Alternatives have agreed to locate
the
> initial algae farm, extraction plant and biodiesel refinery in
Louisiana.
> Negotiations have commenced to secure the land and permits that are
> required for the respective operations. PetroSun is in the
pre-commercial
> stage with its algae-to-biofuels production technology. The Company
plans
> to establish algae farms and algal oil extraction plants in Alabama,
> Arizona, Louisiana, Mexico, Brazil and Australia during 2008. The algal
oil
> product will be marketed as feedstock to existing biodiesel refiners and
> planned company owned refineries. PetroSun is headquartered in
Scottsdale,
> Arizona with field offices in Shreve****t, Louisiana and Opelika,
Alabama.
>
> Solazyme A somewhat secretive San Franciso based biotechnology company
that
> apparently has already harvested thousands of gallons of algal oil. They
> have engineered more than a dozen specialized strains and ramped up pre-
> commercial production. “We can easily make thousands of gallons [of
algal
> biodiesel] a month,” says Chief Operating Officer Jonathan S. Wolfson.
> Solazyme has entered into a biodiesel feedstock development agreement in
> which they will generate algal oil for Imperium's biodiesel production
> process. Jerry Fiddler, Solazyme's Chairman says, "The technology is
much
> farther along than most people realize. Our energy future includes algae
> which will serve as a biodiesel feedstock of increasing im****tance."
>
> Solix The Solix team of engineers in Fort Collins, CO are working on a
> design for a closed algae growth system that is cost competitive with
open
> systems.
>
>
>
>
> ====================
>
> Biofuel from algae by territory
>
> [edit] Canada
> International Energy, Inc [28] (OTCBB: IENI.OB)
>
> [edit] Oceania
>
> [edit] New Zealand
> Aquaflow Bionomic Cor****ation (ABC). [29]: Boeing and Air New Zealand
> announced a joint project with Aquaflow Bionomic to develop algae jet
fuel.
> [30]
>
> [edit] USA
> There are diverse companies developing biofuels from algae:
>
> Aurora BioFuels [31]
> Blue Marble Energy [32]
> Diversified Energy Cor****ation. [33]
> Global Green Solutions [34]
> GreenerBioEnergy [35]
> GreenFuel Technologies Cor****ation
> Imperium Renewables [36], former Seattle Biodiesel, LLC.
> Inventure Chemical [37]
> Kai BioEnergy Corp. [38]
> Live Fuels, Inc. [39]
> PetroSun and Algae BioFuels Inc., wholly-owned subsidiary. [40]
> Solazyme, Inc. [41]
> Shell [42] and HR BioPetroleum [43]
> Solix Biofuels [44]
> Virgin Green Fund
> Algoil Industries, Inc.
> ===================================
>
>
http://gas2.org/2008/02/19/algae-biofuel-to-be-used-in-virgin-atlantic-747-
> test-flight/
>
> Virgin Atlantic Airways will use a 20% blend of algae-derived biofuel in
a
> demonstration flight later this month. The fuel will be fed to one
engine
> through an independent system in order not to mix with the fuel going to
> the other three engines.
> -------------
> Airbus used a gas to liquid fuel, derived from natural gas, in its
flight
> from Filton, UK to Toulouse, France in mid January.
>
> ===============
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