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Solix can cut algae fuel cost to $3.30 per gal in next stage
It's only in phase II of Solix's business plan that it will be able to drop production costs to $3.30 to $1.57 a gallon, or around $60 to $80 a barrel. Solix has set a goal of cutting the cost of making algae by 90 percent. - Read More
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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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Solix started with an algae species found in North Sea
"We started with a 50-milliliter algal culture in June," Willson says. "It was from a species found in the North Sea that contains high amounts of lipids, which are the source of oil. The algae divide asexually, and through the miracle of exponential growth, we now have countless trillions of cells. It’s staggering how abundant this resource is." - Read More
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Solix Biofuels Partnership with Belgium Brewing Co
That company has partnered with neighboring New Belgium Brewing Co. to use the CO2 shed from the latter's beer-making process to feed algae. "Our long-term target is 8,000 gallons [30,300 liters] [of oils] per acre per year." By absorbing CO2, the algae can produce a valuable item such as fuel—and similar efforts to capture carbon with algae are underway in Spain at a cement plant. - Read More
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Solix's Algae Fuel Plans
(May 2008)Solix will break ground this summer on a new plant in Colorado, growing algae in what are essentially 325-ft.-long, 1.5-ft.-high freezer pops, suspended vertically in shallow pools; a smaller array, with eight 65-ft.-long bioreactors, has entered production in recent weeks. - Read More
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