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April 25, 2008

Could We Grow 100,000 Gallons of Oil per Acre? Yes, Says Vertigro Algae Biofuel [Video]

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I happened across this video on algae biofuel today: a company I’ve never heard of, Valcent Products, claims they can grow algae to produce oil yields of 100,000 gallons per acre. That’s the upper range of estimates I’ve seen for algae production—an absolutely phenomenal amount of oil—which Valcent attributes to their ‘high density vertical bioreactor’ system. Check it out (more video after the jump):

» See also: Scientists Researching How Plants Can Make Petroleum

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If you want to hear more from Glen Kertz, CEO of Valcent Products, see him discuss the details of the Vertigro system:

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