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The Search For ‘Green Gold’ - Jan 2007
If JMU Seniors Reach Their Goal, Algae May Help Fill Your Tank, By Heather Bowser, The Daily News Record
Excerpts:
1. A group of James Madison University seniors are experimenting with a new source of biodiesel fuel — green algae. For the last few months, the students used high-tech machinery to begin the process of converting algae into fuel.
2. They’re also trying to figure out how to feed their "little green friends" a steady diet of poultry litter.
3. Unlike algae’s landlocked biodiesel cousins — namely, veggie, corn, peanut and soybean-based fuels — saltwater algae grows and reproduces more quickly, produces lots of fuel, and can be harvested in the ocean away from food crops, the students said.
4. The goal, he says, is one day to build an algae farm in the ocean.
5. Algae is valuable because in the ocean their crop wouldn’t compete for land farmers need to grow food on.
6. The seniors will present their research at the annual College of Integrated Science and Technology Senior Symposium at the end of the academic year.
Personalities & organizations mentioned: James Madison University senior Ryan Geary, Chris Bachman professor at JMU; Kevin Hofmaenner, student, JMU
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About Oilgae - Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae - among other related plants - you think "Hey! Why not oil again from algae!"
The objective of Oilgae is to facilitate exploration of oil production from algae as well as exploration of other alternative energy avenues.
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