American Assn. of Algae Biofuel Producers

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Comment by David on August 28, 2008 at 4:54pm

Thanks Matt!

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Comment by Matt S on August 28, 2008 at 3:03pm

Rebecca, if WE at the AAABP have anything to say about it, this IS the beginning of change. Watch the PBS program titled "Dimming the Sun" and you'll see that all of us really haven't much choice. The more the merrier at this party. If there are enough of us, how can they keep us from changing? (Even our minds?)

Comment by Reb S. on August 4, 2008 at 8:01am

The Universtiy of New Mexico - is leading the way in some area's of Research for Algae Biofuels.

I am not sure if you have sent a request to them for informaiton and support in your group, but they might be useful. I have a friend who is an advisor there and will notify him.

Its a great idea.
Very effiecient - hopefully its time has come along with other renewables.

The positive thing about this site, is it is opening the door for conversation and networking for all renewables.

I think the greatest waste I have seen thanks to this site..... - is the waste of American solutions and idea's to help our country.

They are there - and have been all along...they have just been neglected and unseen - and they are from Americans!

I hope this is the beginning of change.

Keep on Keeping on!
Go Boone Go!

Comment by Matt S on August 3, 2008 at 6:36pm

Hi John,

Thank you for your information. At SCIPIO we've been working day & night to move things forward. We've done so well we're about 3 weeks ahead of schedule. As our webmaster is under the weather at the moment, we are planning a nice website roll-out for some time soon.

Comment by John C. Johnson on July 24, 2008 at 5:00pm

There are several companies in the US already into this. Here is two links. http://www.globalgreensolutionsinc.com/s/Home.asp
http://www.valcent.net/s/Home.asp You will have to copy and paste. Go into their links. They both have quite a bit of information on their sites. Here is a sample....

Vertical Algae biofuel Growing by Glen Kertz

" Vertigro Energy is a joint venture between Global Green Solutions and Valcent Products. Vertigro's algae-to-biofuel technology mass produces algae and extracts algae oil. This oil can be refined into a cost-effective, non-polluting diesel biofuel. The algae derived fuel will be an energy efficient replacement for fossil fuels and can be used in any diesel powered vehicle or machinery. In addition, 90% by weight of the algae is captured
carbon dioxide, which is "sequestered" by this process,
contributing significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gases."
"By going vertical we can increase the surface area and the volume of material that gets exposed to sunlight. We have a dynamic closed loop system that continuously recycles algae which is stored in a tank, then pumped up into the vertical reactors where gravity takes control where the algae is exposed
to produce oil, then returned to the tank to be again recycled.
Algae is the fastest growing plant on the planet and it
sequesters the greatest amount of carbon dioxide and at the same time, it produces lipids, basically vegetable oil and a LOT of it. As much as 50% of the body weight of algae is a high grade vegetable oil. So while we are sequestering carbon dioxide we are also producing high grade lipids that can be used for a
variety of purposes.
An acre of corn will produce about 18 gallons of oil per year. Palm will produce 7-800 gallons per acre per year. Algae can produce up to 20,000 gallons per acre per year and that is in an open pond system, not in our vertical reactor system.
If we took 1/10 of the state of New Mexico, converted to vertical reactor algae production, we could meet all the energy
demands of the United States. We can tailor the algae carbon
strains to produce jet fuel, diesel or whatever you wish, based on the species of algae that we grow."
www.valcent.net

Comment by Charles A. Laster a.k.a. Little Feather on July 22, 2008 at 3:21pm

One of the great side benifits of algae is its value as a CO2 scrubber for industry. CO2 emissions can be fed through an alge tank converting the CO2 to oxygen and then the algae growth used as a bio fuel.

Comment by brandon scuffins on July 15, 2008 at 6:45pm

In response to Fran:

Absolutely! Many people are unaware that the vast majority of petrol oil came origionally from algae. The algae oil can be refined by existing oil refineries with no mods needed at all, and produce fuels that are either comperable or superior to petrol based fuels.

Comment by Matt S on July 14, 2008 at 9:10pm

Hi Fran,
As far as I'm aware, as was the case with peanuts, the world is still waiting for another George Washington Carver to emerge. Should we at SCIPIO find him (or her) that person will have all the support they need to bring as many replacements for petrochemical materials and fuels as possible.
Yes, algae can be made into bio-jet fuel, bio-diesel, and also by using the CENTIA process from Diversified Energy, a bio-gasoline just for you!

Comment by vinbeazel on July 10, 2008 at 8:36pm

Great name for a group! We have been studying the idea of having algae production on wind farms. Check out the discussions on EnergyTalk LIVE; hosted by AlternativeEnergy.com/groups

Here is my UK blog:

http://pickensplan.blog.co.uk/

Comment by No longer a member on July 10, 2008 at 8:21pm

Hi Matt!

I would love anything that liberates us from kowtowing to the Middle East. Alternate fuels made in the US could go a long way towards cutting off the money to terrorism. I like the ideas around using algae instead of corn oil and natural gas to produce biofuels. Can algae be used to make anything we can use right this minute? Something you can pump directly into an application designed to run on petroleum without modification?

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