SW Ohio's Jatrodiesel is working with algae

Jatrodiesel currently operates a Miamisburg Ohio biodiesel plant and is producing product. Currently ‘they say’ they are working on 9 plants … two of which are under construction. They also release a news brief in February that indicates they are making ground on oil extraction from algae.

“JatroDiesel unveiled a fully integrated Algae oil extraction technology. The system will be commercially available in August, 2008. The system will take the wet Algae and will extract Oil using chemicals. The extraction efficiency is 90% (*depending on the strain).”