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A GreenFuel Technologies bioreactor in operation.
Gallons of Oil per Acre per Year
Corn = 18
Soybeans = 48
Safflower = 83
Sunflower = 102
Rapeseed = 127
Oil Palm = 635
Micro Algae = 5000-15000
Michael Briggs at the Univ. of N. Hampshire Biodiesel group estimates that using open. outdoor, racetrack ponds, only 15,000 square miles could produce enough algae to meet all of the USA's ground transportation needs. Transportation accounts for 67% of US oil consumption according to the Atlantic Monthly, July/August 2005. We'll say more about the 15,000 square mile number below. If all of this land were in one rectangular piece, it would be 120 miles by 125 miles—about 1/7th of the area of the state of Colorado.
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GreenFuel bioreactor in field test
GreenFuel Technologies in Cambridge, MA is field testing a closed system that uses the CO2 in power plant flue gases (13% of flue gases in the test) to feed algae. (3,4) In so doing, it significantly reduced the CO2 concentration in the exhaust
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Interesting site and claims.
Cultivating Algae for Liquid Fuel Production
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