Researchers look to algae for fuel

ConnPost.com
By Devon Lash STAFF WRITER
Updated: 04/27/2009 12:38:53 AM EDT

It's abundant, it's cheap, it's in our backyard -- and Carmela Cuomo thinks it might fuel our cars one day.

Cuomo, coordinator of the University of New Haven's marine biology program, is examining whether algae from Long Island Sound can be harvested and cultivated to produce biodiesel fuel.

Institutes nationwide are investigating algae as a fuel source, including Arizona State, San Jose State and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cuomo said, and energy companies and the
U.S. Department of Defense have invested heavily in research.

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