We continue to be excited with the environmental possibilities of Algenol, a new biofuel made from algae. Four important aspects include:
- Algae grows in saltwater inside “DIRECT TO ETHANOL® photobioreactors using no freshwater, and valuable freshwater is a co-product.
- The “DIRECT TO ETHANOL® technology uses marginal land, such as low-cost, non-arable land or desert land and will not compete with food crops.
- Algenol recycles carbon dioxide from industrial sources and converts it into valuable transportation fuel in an energy-efficient manner. For every gallon of Algenol’s ethanol being used, a gallon of fossil-fuel gasoline is displaced. Scientists at GeorgiaTech examined the DIRECT TO ETHANOL® process and confirmed it meets the Renewable Fuel Standard of a 60% reduction in carbon footprint compared to gasoline. It also met the more stringent advanced biofuel standard of an 80% reduction in carbon footprint from gasoline.
- Algenol’s enhanced algae are non-toxic, non-invasive and are not plant pests. For more information, check out the Algenol website.