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Turning Algae Into Energy
By GARKO
Shell is seeking to build a commercial plant producing biodiesel from algae in two years' time, following the launch yesterday of a joint venture to start a research project in Hawaii.
The joint venture, with Hawaii-based Biopetroleum, will start slow with a small research plant but expects to step up to a full-throttle commercial facility of 20,000 hectares. A Shell spokesperson said it predicts yields of about 60 tonnes of oil per hectare a year, meaning a full-scale facility would generate 1.2m tons of biodiesel from algae a year.
The two corporations did not disclose the size of the investment, but Shell did admit that they will own the majority of the company, called Cellana.
Shell has not participated in production of first-generation biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel from vegetable oil, keeping their focus on newer generation fuels that can be extracted from non edible plants or plant waste. It has cited that government aid for biofuels need to shift greater incentives to newer generation sources on the grounds that they can be expected to have much more optimum environmental performance, particularly in slashing carbon dioxide emissions.
Graeme Sweeney, Shell's head of future fuels, admitted that biodiesel from algae is going to need such assistance to be viable. He said: "The issue for us is that we are here investing in providing sustainable sources to biofuel with low environmental toxicity."
As a source of biodiesel product, algae possesses multiple benefits over more common crops. It consumes less space and can grow in salt water, relieving pressure on agricultural
land and fresh water, which has been among the biggest problems experienced by first-generation biofuels ventures. It also has higher yields.
Shell said its "conservative" projections of an annual fuel production of 60 tonnes per hectare was 15 times the four tonnes per annum possible with jatropha, a biofuel alternative source being pioneered by D1 Oils in a joing venture with BP.
But Mr Sweeney concurred there was a long road ahead of Cellana to verify the commercial stength of the process.
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