The Vertigo process, a joint venture between Valcent Products and Global Green Solutions announced that it is now mass producing rapidly-growing algae to be used as biofuel feedstock and ingredients in food, pharmaceutical and health and beauty products. Requiring minimal water and land usage, Vertigro algae is, according to the company, “the ultimate renewable energy.”
Since commencing operation, results from bioreactor tests have been extremely positive, said Glen Kertz, principal scientist for the Vertigro project. “We have proven that our closed loop bioreactor system can successfully produce algae over an extended period,” he said. “As our research progresses, we believe we will be able to target the exact species of algae most perfectly suited to the end product for which it is used. With this knowledge, we will be able to grow specific species in virtually any environment and maximize the algal oil and biomass produced.”
The company says it has attracted interest from far partners in Portugal and South Africa. Besides, there are pending agreements with U.S. companies.
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found you while looking into CNN segment on
vertigo today-1/2/08–also looking into plans by shell(in hawaii) and chevron in california–looks like you have lots of good stuff to read–keep it up-thank you very much
Also found you on CNN. Think this is the best ‘green’ fuel idea yet! cool study
I agree with you, it sounds like a great idea.
If it is true..Then the government should get behind it to see if we can get out of our dependency on foreign oil … And perhaps even on oil dependency…and stop sucking the oil from the ground who knows why God put that oil there …it may be the physical balance of the planet