Has anyone actually produced BD from algal oil? Are the procedures pretty much the same, any variance?

Prodiesel,

There are some companies who say they have produced biodiesel from algae. Only one I know of, Aquatec in New Zealand, advertised they had used it (as B5) in an engine. Marc at Ecogenics says he produced a few gallons as  test a while back.

Take with a pinch of salt, any company that says it is, or is capable of, producing algae biodiesel by the ton.

And therein lies the reason for all the scams and high interest in this fuel for the future. Scammers are going for the gullible mom and pops whilst the honest companies struggle to achieve production at economical levels.

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Thats my delima, seperating the hype from facts.  My main question is it viable for the individual to produce algae based fuel, and have any individuals undertaken the task, sort of like homebrew BD.

we have repeatedly stated in more than a few posts that we have made a "paltry " 175 millitres of biodiesel and that at great hazard to my health...  on the otherhand we have grown  and sold many many gallons of high lipid algae to other researchers... but we have always stated that making biodiesel out of algae still required improved  SAFEoil extraction technology and that technical problem was what was holding this technology back.

marc