Algal Biofuel Blend Reaches Market at California Gas Stations

Yale Environment 360: A U.S. company this week began pumping a mix of an algae-based biofuel and gasoline at gas stations in California, a pilot project the company hopes will be a first step in providing a large-scale alternative to fossil fuels. The fuel, known as Biodiesel B20, contains 80 percent petroleum and 20 percent algae grown by San Francisco-based Solazyme. The fuel is produced in a fermentation process at Solazyme's Illinois plant that combines sugar with an organism company officials will not identify. According...

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