Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Slimy future

Algae may be the future of oil, small single cell's algae contains as much as 40% oil content. The advantage of this plant over more common plants is its ability to produce thousands of gallons of oil no bigger then a common pool. Here is a video detailing the process of how algae can be turned into a useable oil. One of the leading companys in this field is Solix biosystems a leading provider large scale cultivation of algae. In 2009, Solix began operating its demonstration plant in southwestern Colorado, successfully scaling it, going from  4000 liter cultivation scale to over 50,000 liters. The facility utilizes produced water and waste CO2 from coal and gas powered plants, demonstrating the suitability of the Lumian technology to use industrial waste streams. Check out there website of there massive algae bio-reactors
  http://www.solixbiofuels.com/content/company

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