Algae to Ethanol Research
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Posted by Cindy Zimmerman – March 30th, 2008
Algae is already being used to make biodiesel by companies like Solazyme of California. Now researchers are looking into using algae to make ethanol.
According to the Kalamazoo Gazette, a group of Western Michigan University researchers gave U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) a presentation of their ideas last week.
Chemistry professor Steven Bertman said, “The unifying theme is recovery of energy from waste.”
Bertman, along with Sarah Hill, assistant professor of anthropology, and John Miller, associate professor of chemistry, are awaiting a $984,000 U.S. Department of Energy grant to support the research.
They expect to project to take two years.
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Aryeh Yoffe
To whom this may concern,
My name is Ari, and I have always been interested in cleaner and alternative fuels/energy. I recently moved to israel with the hopes of finding a place to work from, when I arrived here i ran into an old friend who is growing algae in the judean hills. I was wondering what do i need to do to make, A. biodiesel and B. ethynol from algae and what types of Algae is the best to grow for this purpose. If there is anyway you can help me I would really appreciate it
Ari
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