Algenol’s "Ethanol Producers"
Posted by Srikant Rajan | # |
07:22:26 am on June 13, 2008

Its algae all the way for biofuels.Algenol Biofuels wants to put use algae to directly produce ethanol.This Direct to Ethnaol ITM process exploits the specific property of algae cells to produce sugar by using sunlight and carbon dioxide through photosynthesis.Algenol CEO Paul Woods says"Most algae have a really tiny ability to make ethanol, and we’ve enhanced it greatly. We take in sunlight, massive amounts of carbon dioxide, and we grow (algae) in what look like a huge soda bottle on its side".

Algae has also found favor with biofuel developers who grow it up as a crop, harvest it and further process to produce "Renewable" gasoline.However in Algenol’s technology they are typically not grown but just utilized to produce ethanol.While it is certainly a unique and offbeat view ,this technology’s cost effectiveness and environmental impact still needs to be analyzed.

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