Not too long ago, I spoke with Valcent Products Inc. CEO and Principal scientist Glen Kertz about his company’s Vertigro bioreactor system.
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Initial Test Results Indicate at Least 33,000 gallons of Algae Oil per Acre Possible
Algae as a Sustainable Biofuels Feedstock: Glen Kertz Interview
Glen Kertz talks about his Vertigro bioreactor system and the promise that algae brings to the sustainable biofuels table.We also discuss the merits of symbiotic polycropping over monocropping feedstocks, carbon sequestration, the physics of a vertical-growth system versus traditional pond systems and the big question…can Vertigro scale?
Kicking Corn out of the Biofuels Clubhouse
Lauren Etter's 2,000+ WSJ article "Ethanol Craze Cools As Doubts Multiply" clearly outlines many of the strikes against corn ethanol, however many of the strikes are made against the biofuels industry as whole when the words "corn ethanol", "renewable fuels" and "biofuels" are used synonymously. There are better biofuels alternatives out there.
RiverKeeper Red Carpet: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Summer Rayne Oakes, etc.
VIDEO: Curtiss Martin crashes the RiverKeeper Mischief Night Masquerade Ball and talks with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Summer Rayne Oakes, Lorraine Bracco and Alex Mattieseen about alternative fuels for aquatic vehicles, invasive species and mycoremediation.