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It grows, gets harvested, goes through chemical processes, and becomes usable fuel. First used as fuel in 1944
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US Department of Energy -Aquatic Species Program in 1978. The Aquatic Species Program spent over 18 years with the goal of developing transportation fuel from algae
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1990 Japan's Research Institute of Technology implemented a research program with the goal of developing systems to fix CO emissions research program focused on microalgae in open outdoor pond systems
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Algae can be converted into various types of fuels, depending on the way it’s used and the part of the cells used. Algae biomass can be converted into biodiesel through a refinery process.
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around this time, it was easy to find that algae was used to be a renewable resource so as it grows fast, it is realized that it could be a effective and cheap use of biodiesel
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Techniques to regulate the fertilizers into the water used to limit algae overgrowth within an area was discovered
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The first algae oil-powered bike shows the potential of using algae as renewable energy
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A study carried out in 2011 estimated that the US lost $900M in losses for the fish industry due to algae over-manifesting
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These are algae that grow too much for the nutrience in the water to keep up, and could lead to millions of dollars in costs and beach cleanups - Mexico specifically in 2014