Wednesday, July 29, 2009

SunEco & J.B. Hunt to commercialize Algae Fuel

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The algae is grown in ponds and produced at a SunEco pilot plant in Chino, California.

The company has been working on a proprietary process for making the oil for more than five years, and has scaled it up from beakers to barrels, according to Dan Gautschi, chairman and CEO. The process yields a high-quality animal feed supplement as a byproduct.

J.B. Hunt provides transportation services to customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The two companies have signed a cooperative agreement, which could lead to J.B. Hunt becoming a significant purchaser of biodiesel made from SunEco algae oil, officials say.

SunEco launched its first large scale project in California’s Imperial Valley, at a former fish farm near the town of Niland. The development sits on more than 350 acres of land, with 200 acres of ponds, and is under expansion.

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