PKN Orlen to test algae production for biocomponents

In Poland, PKN Orlen has teamed with universities in Szczecin and Olsztyn to trial a mobile experimental station to produce algae for biodiesel production at its production plant in Płock using carbon-dioxide-rich gas coming from one of the refiner installations and post-production water. The universities will be involved in helping to choose the appropriate algae strains to use in the project. Its main objective is to develop a technology to make biocomponents from oil-producing algae and Baltic Sea diatoms at the refinery.