Blatant Reality

Well, who would have guessed that a small county in central Missouri would be the first in the nation to house an algae biofuel production plant.

Saline County is on the verge of leading a historical breakthrough in renewable fuel.

 

Green Star Products Inc. announced today, July 31, that EcoAlgae USA has received a signed resolution from the Saline County Commissioners to construct a commercial algae production facility in conjunction with an integrated biorefinery complex.

 

The EcoAlgae project will involve algae production at the heart of this biorefinery complex because its high production biomass feedstock only requires sunlight, CO2 and brackish or saltwater.

 

“(This will be) the first facility of its type in the nation,” said Marshall-Saline Development Corporation Executive Director Roy Hunter, the man who spearheaded this project. “It’s going to bring national recognition to Saline County as a renewable fuels region.”

 

“(This) should make us a home base for research and advanced renewable fuels in the future.”

 

According the United Biorefineries Corporation algae produce 100 times more oil per acre than traditional food oilseed crops.

You can bet that I will be following this story closely. I hope this deal goes through because it will be interesting to see what the actual production numbers will be for one of these plants. I mean, some projections have algae biofuel as being one of the most efficient biofuels so far but then you have those that say algae is still way too expensive.

I don’t know what exactly will happen but it is good to see the US getting in on the algae action.