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Biodiesel from Algae

February 26, 2008 on 2:26 pm | In Main Category | No Comments

Neccessity is the mother of invention. –Plato

A San Francisco-based start-up company called Solazyme is working with Chevron to develop a process for making biofuel from algae, you can read more about it here. As you might imagine, Open Hand’s focus on home-delivered meal service makes us acutely sensitive to rising fuel costs. And, as you might also imagine, we are always excited to learn about potential solutions to the problems presented by our reliance on a diminishing resource.

Interesting side note: Solazyme has also developed a process for converting algae to edible oils (think cooking oils).