Turning Algae Into Oil, with Help from Fish

LiveFuels http://www.livefuels.com/biomasshistory.php , a California company, is feeding algae to small fish in hopes that the fish will harvest liquid fuel.

There are two big problems associated with extracting liquid fuel from algae: getting the algae out of the water, and then getting the oil out of the algae. The pumps and centrifuges required to do this consume a lot of energy.

A California company, LiveFuels, is trying out a new, less energy-intensive approach: It is feeding the algae to small fish — and letting them do the job of harvesting.

By Matthew L. Wald

Full Story: http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/turning-algae-into-oil-with-help-from-fish/