OriginOil, Inc., has released a new entry-level, low-cost algae harvester that it believes will make it easier, faster and cheaper for producers and researchers to try and buy OriginOil's proprietary harvesting technology.

Driven by a major design breakthrough, the new price point of the Algae Appliance Model 4 is expected to greatly accelerate adoption of OriginOil's chemical-free, continuous-flow, very low-energy system. The company intends to make it easy for Model 4 users to upgrade to industrial scale models of the Algae Appliance.

'Algae producers know they don't have the right technology for sustainable harvesting, but they aren't sure the new technology will work for them. This leads to wasteful and lengthy evaluation periods,' said Riggs Eckelberry, OriginOil's CEO. 'This new trial-size model cuts through that process by letting producers evaluate very quickly and make a decision to move up to full scale. Meanwhile, we expect the Model 4 to find a permanent place in research labs.'

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