Successful algae biodiesel demonstration completed in Virginia

In Virginia, researchers at Old Dominion University in Norfolk have demonstrated a small-scale production of a B10 blend from algae oil. The University plans to increase production scale by moving three tanks from ODU’s campus to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District plant.

The U.S. Department of Energy is resuming work on algae-based biodiesel. The National Bioenergy Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden is said to be nearing a cooperative research and development agreement.

Numerous algae ventures have been in the news lately, with ventures such as PetroSun, Solazyme, Vertigro and GreenFuel working on ventures which are primarily located in Arizona and Georgia. The Dutch firm Bioking will debut its algae-based biodiesel at the UK’s Biodiesel Expo on October 17-18.

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