English 한국어 Algae eyed as next biofuel source in RP by '08 Updated April 2, 2007 | Iloilo City, Philippines Roxas City – After sugarcane, coconut, jatropha, cassava and sweet sorghum, here comes algae. The PNOC Alternative Fuels Corp. may introduce the use of biodiesel from algae next year, saying it is about to enter talks with a US-based firm engaged in algae technology on how to derive and market biodiesel from algae. PNOC-AFC president and CEO Peter Anthony A. Abaya on Wednesday said the company would be talking middle of next month with the firm. He declined to name the US firm. The US ecotechnology company, he said, is rapidly becoming an industry leader in the renewable energy market and is pioneering the algae-to-biofuel technology. “We are not only looking at jatropha as a potential source of biodiesel but we are also working at the science of deriving biodiesel from algae," Abaya said. Abaya...
