Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing

The Green Car Website reports that researchers at Tsinghua University in China reveal that sugarcane juice is a good feedstock for biodiesel production. The researchers discovered that heterotrophic fermentation allows algae to accumulate at much higher proportions of oil within less time. According to the report, the work illustrates the feasibility of sugarcane juice served as a fermentable carbon source for oil production. Researchers admit this is just the beginning for biodiesel production using microalgae to meet commercial needs.