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    Micro-algae have been researched for over 18 years as a source of oil for biofuels, with some species containing high levels of oil up to 75% of their dry weight. They are very efficient at converting solar energy into oil, producing 30 times more oil per land area than terrestrial crops. More recently, an Israeli company developed a technology to absorb CO2 from power plant emissions and feed it to microalgae in seawater to increase their oil production, demonstrating the potential for microalgae to use waste CO2. Further research on identifying commercially viable microalgae strains for biofuels should continue building on this past work.

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    Micro-algae have been researched for over 18 years as a source of oil for biofuels, with some species containing high levels of oil up to 75% of their dry weight. They are very efficient at converting solar energy into oil, producing 30 times more oil per land area than terrestrial crops. More recently, an Israeli company developed a technology to absorb CO2 from power plant emissions and feed it to microalgae in seawater to increase their oil production, demonstrating the potential for microalgae to use waste CO2. Further research on identifying commercially viable microalgae strains for biofuels should continue building on this past work.

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    Micro-algae have been researched for over 18 years as a source of oil for biofuels, with some species containing high levels of oil up to 75% of their dry weight. They are very efficient at converting solar energy into oil, producing 30 times more oil per land area than terrestrial crops. More recently, an Israeli company developed a technology to absorb CO2 from power plant emissions and feed it to microalgae in seawater to increase their oil production, demonstrating the potential for microalgae to use waste CO2. Further research on identifying commercially viable microalgae strains for biofuels should continue building on this past work.

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    MICRO ALGAEA for Biofuels

    Micro-algae for oils for biofuels have been the subject of research for a long
    period of time. The US Department of Energy’s Office of Fuels Development
    supported a Biodiesel from Algae project for some 18 years between 1978
    and 1996. This project confirmed that many species of micro-algae contain
    high levels of oils often in the range of 25-60% of dry weight. They found
    that micro-algae are remarkably efficient converters of solar energy and are
    capable of producing 30 times the amount of oil per unit area of land when
    compared to terrestrial oil crops.

    These results are also confirmed by research supported by RIRDC at


    Adelaide University (Qin 2005). This research showed that Botryococcus
    braunii, a green micro-algae found in lakes and reservoirs in Australia, may
    contain oils up to 75% of dry weight.

    More recently, it has been reported that Seambiotic Ltd, an Israeli company
    has developed a new technology that involves the absorption of CO2 from
    fossil fuel (eg, coal) power plants. In experimental ponds, the CO2 was
    passed through a filtration system to ‘power-feed’ micro-algae in seawater
    for their oil bearing potential.
    (see www.haaaretz.com/hasen/spages/837175.html)

    Research into the identification of commercially viable strains of micro-algae


    for biofuel applications should be build upon.

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