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vertigro: generating biomass rapidly

vertigro: generating biomass rapidly

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This blog tracks the development of Valcent Inc's efforts to mass produce biofuel developed from growing algae veritically in this plastic bags in desert settings. Whereas Corn/Soybeans can produce a few hundred gallons of biofuel per acre, algae can pr

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  • Bloomberg Interview

    Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 20:43 in valcent, valcent products inc, algae biomass

    Here's a Glen Kertz interview on bloomberg. Kertz says it takes 1700 gallons of water to get 1 gallon of ethanol from corn. He says it takes 3 gallons of water to grow a gallon of ethanol via algae....

  • Vertigro by Vacent

    Posted on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 at 16:46 in vertigro, valcent products inc, algae biomass

    I decided to start this blog to track coverage for a technology known as Vertigro which produces a an "algae derived fuel" and is made by Valcent Products Inc.A CNN News Story prompted my interest....