Breakthrough for clean biofuel research using salt-tolerant algae crops
ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n scientists are a step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel using salt-tolerant algae crops. A joint $3.3 million project led by Murdoch ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and involving the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, now leads world algae biofuel research.
Dr David Lewis from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's School of Chemical Engineering says a key aspect of the project is to show that commercial levels of algae can be grown without competing for resources with food crops, stating: "The algae will grow on non-arable, even arid-land, without any need for freshwater in cultivation" [].
Dr David Lewis from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's School of Chemical Engineering says a key aspect of the project is to show that commercial levels of algae can be grown without competing for resources with food crops, stating: "The algae will grow on non-arable, even arid-land, without any need for freshwater in cultivation" [].
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