Bio diesel from algae introduced next year

PNOC president and CEO Peter Anthony A. Abaya said. He
noted the company will talk with the firm middle of next month. He, however,
declined to name the US firm. The US eco-technology company, according to Abaya,
is rapidly becoming an industry leader in the renewable energy market and is
pioneering the algae-to-bio fuel technology.

Working on the
science
“We are not only looking at
jatropha as a potential source of bio
diesel but we are also working at the science of deriving bio diesel from
algae,” he said. Abaya noted the development and eventual commercialization of
bio fuels from algae is part of PNOC-AFC’s medium-term plan. According to him,
the US-based firm has a technology that mass produces algae from which the
primary vegetable oil product is extracted. The oil is then refined into a
cost-effective, non-polluting diesel bio fuel. The algae-derived fuel, Abaya
said, will be an energy efficient replacement for fossil fuels and can be used
in any diesel powered vehicle or machinery.

Useful by
products
The secondary algae by product can be utilized in animal feed
or agricultural fertilizer. “The simplicity and speed of the algae’s
reproduction are keys to its success as a bio fuel source. Using the natural
process of photosynthesis, maximum exposure to sunlight and the effective
absorption of carbon dioxide lead to the algae reproducing rapidly,” he
said. 

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