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Shell to grow algae by Hawaii sea shore


Published Dec 11, 2007
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Shell algae HR Biopetroleum
courtesy hrbiopetroleum.com

Supermajor Royal Dutch Shell and Hawaii-based algae-grower HR Biopetroleum have agreed to build an algae-for-biofuels and vegetable-oil plant on the Kona coast of Hawaii Island.

Shell said in a statement that the rapid growth of algae holds great promise for replacing non-food-crop biofuels. Algae is rich in vegetable oil and can be cultivated in ponds of seawater.

A Shell and HR joint venture called Cellana will build the plant, with Shell taking the majority share. The demo site lies amid commercial algae enterprises serving the pharmaceutical and nutrition industries.

Harvested algae will be tested for vegetable suitable for use as a diesel dilutant.

Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Southern Misssissippi and Dalhousie in Nova Scotia Canada will look for the highest yields of open air algae. Algae double their mass several times a day and produce 15 times more oil per hectare than rape, palm soya or jatropha. Long-term, it is hoped algae will be used to capture carbon dioxide.

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