The Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation of New Zealand has "set itself the objective to be the first company in the world to economically produce biofuel from wild algae harvested from open-air environments, to market it, and meet the challenge of increasing demand".
They inform us that their two-step process harvests algae directly from the settling ponds of standard Effluent Management Systems and other nutrient-rich water, and that the process can be used in many industries that produce a waste stream, including the transport, dairy, meat and paper industries.
Their FAQ adds that they showed a proof of concept in December 2006 with a normal diesel engine Landrover whose engine ran on a B5 blend (5% biodiesel mixed with petroleum diesel) created using biodiesel derived from algae harvested from effluent management system ponds.
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