Clean Energy Pathways, Inc. (CPWY)

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What are the Advantages of Algae Biodiesel?

The single largest advantage of biodiesel algae is the significantly greater potential yield of harvest when compared to corn or soy. Algae has the ability to generate more than 100,000 gallons of oil per acre over the course of the year depending on the type of algae, method of oil extraction, and manner that the algae is grown. Approximately 100 million acres of algae would have the ability in this case to equal the approximately 140 billion gallons of biodiesel algae required to replace all of the world’s crude oil. Traditional biodiesel crops just cannot equal this production rate. Most algae used to create diesel will grow at a rate which is 50 to 100 times greater than traditional crops used for the process, but do not require freshwater or soil to be grown. Another nice side effect of algae farms is that as the algae grows, it removes carbon dioxide from the air and replaces it with oxygen which has made them attractive to be placed near manufacturing plants that create a large amount of carbon dioxide.