Comments on: REG Able to Produce Algae-Biodiesel on Commercial Scale http://domesticfuel.com/2008/08/20/reg-able-to-produce-algae-biodiesel-on-commercial-scale/ Alternative Fuel News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:05:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Stout http://domesticfuel.com/2008/08/20/reg-able-to-produce-algae-biodiesel-on-commercial-scale/comment-page-1/#comment-93334 Steve Stout Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:17:16 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=5768#comment-93334 This is a ridiculous announcement. Virtually all biodiesel production methods can make biodiesel from algae oil. It is no different than making biodiesel from soy oil. There is little difference in the oil between algae strains, so I'm surprised they even mention this. The current issues with making fuel from algae include growing the algae at a commercial scale and extracting the oil from the algae. Supercritical processing looks like the best extraction method right now, but no one has figured out how to grow algae in volume. This "breakthrough" is just "marketechture," not real science. This is a ridiculous announcement. Virtually all biodiesel production methods can make biodiesel from algae oil. It is no different than making biodiesel from soy oil. There is little difference in the oil between algae strains, so I’m surprised they even mention this.

The current issues with making fuel from algae include growing the algae at a commercial scale and extracting the oil from the algae. Supercritical processing looks like the best extraction method right now, but no one has figured out how to grow algae in volume.

This “breakthrough” is just “marketechture,” not real science.

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