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Solix says algae fuel costs 32.8 $
Algae biofuel startup Solix, for instance, can produce biofuel from algae right now, but it costs about $32.81 a gallon, said Bryan Wilson, a co-founder of the company and a professor at Colorado State University. The production cost is high because of the energy required to circulate gases and other materials inside the photo bioreactors where the algae grow. It also takes energy to dry out the biomass, and Solix uses far less water than other companies - Read More
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NRG Energy & GreenFuel Tech working on Algae for CO2 sequestration
Companies already testing algae farming include NRG Energy, the Princeton N.J., and GreenFuel Technologies, who are using algae to recycle power plant CO2 emissions safely and economically into a continuous supply of clean, renewable fuels at a 1,489-net-megawatt, coal-fueled power plant in New Roads, La.
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