Progress seen in biodiesel fuel production locally (NM)

CurrentArgus.com (New Mexico)

By Stella DavisCurrent-Argus Staff Writer
Article Launched: 07/08/2008 09:25:49 PM MDT

CARLSBAD — A major milestone has been reached in local efforts to produce a high quality biodiesel fuel from algae oil.

The Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management recently harvested commercial-scale quantities of algae from its test salt water ponds located at New Mexico State University Agriculture Science Center in north Eddy County, according to Wren Prather-Stroud, spokeswoman for the nonprofit organization based in Carlsbad.

She said the produced oil appears to have all the right profiles for making high quality biodiesel fuel.

The algae are harvested from the ponds and pressed into a green paste, from which the oil is extracted.

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