Tagged as one of the most promising source of renewable oil these days, OriginOil Inc. was profiled by several high-profile media outlets this week following its announcement of a new, single-step algae oil extraction process.

During the segments, Eckelberry explained OriginOil’s inherently eco-friendly production process by elaborating that nothing goes unused in an algae production system – that is, the process not only purifies dirty water, digests carbon dioxide and produces a biofuel, but even the remaining biomass can be used as a fertilizer.

He also commented on OriginOil’s ability to solve a critical issue for scalable algae-to-oil production: “We’ve pioneered a single-step extraction technology that will get the oil out of the algae in one simple, elegant step. We are taking this solution to market while continuing to enhance our end-to-end system for the growing algae industry,” said Eckelberry.

You can watch the video on Algae Oil here.

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We have read and heard about them but apparently, the much celebrated feature of turning algae-to-oil alternative is finally being realized. Apparently, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced that the company was featured on CNN’s television segment called “Energy Fix” on February 26. The segment, hosted by CNN anchor Poppy Harlow, aired nationally on multiple occasions and featured OriginOil’s breakthrough algae-to-oil technology and algae’s potential to replace petroleum.

In the interview, OriginOil CEO Riggs Eckelberry explained that algae is a third generation biofuel feedstock. First generation biofuel was based on food crops such as corn and sugarcane. Second generation, such as cellulosic ethanol, is not based on food crops but still uses lots of land and water. The third generation doesn’t need farmland, can use dirty water, is not a food crop, grows very fast, and loves CO2. Eckelberry concluded by saying that algae is the prime candidate for what we need in this country for biofuels.

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