Algae May Play Key Role on Vermont farms

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A pilot project is underway in Vermont. Testing whether algae along with milfoil, an invasive water weed, can generate energy on farms. This system builds on cow power- recycling even more of the waste to grow the algae.

Mark Hoffman is busy growing the farm's newest crop inside a small greenhouse at the Blue Spruce farm in Bridport, Vermont. Hoffman is managing this project for Algepower- a Montpelier company that has developed and patented a photobioreactor to cultivate algae as a fuel and food source.

The project is being funded in part by Central Vermont Public Service- Vermont's largest utility.
CVPS is pursuing a number of clean energy initiatives- including it's largest - cow power - which enables farms to turn cow manure into energy.

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