World of Algae Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 2 - February 10 2010

Green Star Algae Technology

Green Star is currently working to set into motion some of the first high-production algae production facilities in the United States. Reliant on pending 2007 contracts, the company has advanced many plans and preparations for construction of algae production systems. The company is also enthusiastic about the development of algae feed as a food supplement for livestock.

As a bonus in Green Star's research to commercialize biofuels from algae the company discovered a breakthrough formula to increase the algae growth rates of certain strains of microalgae called Montana Micronutrient Booster (MMB).

Green Star has been making this MMB formula available to researchers on the world's five continents. Samples are being sent to research facilities that agree to share their growth research data concerning the growth booster. This data will be available via Green Star’s website.  

Translated from the Le Courrier de l'Ouest, a French newspaper (January 25, 2010) Mr. LaStella the president of Green Star says, 'My research howed that the planet is in danger and in some instances [the damage may be] irreversible. Currently, it's like we were performing a full scale experiment [on the planet] without knowing what the outcome will be. If we do not change things, we will be in no position to come back to the original point [of natural balance on Earth].'”

The article also states, “The objective of our research is [to develop] biotechnology and fuels. Our goal is to use our innovative technologies to reduce petroleum consumption and CO2 emissions. And after ten years, results seem to converge [in the concept of a biorefinery complex to produce biofuels and other useful products].”

The article further states, “Mr. LaStella [believes] very much in algae [technology]. [Algae] represent an enormous potential that can solve all the Earth's energy problems. [Algae] breed like bacteria and feed on CO2 and then release oxygen. [Algae are also quite] happy with saltwater or brackish water. [The company can] produce 37,000 liters of [biodiesel] per hectare per year [from microalgae]; and with the second generation of algae [technology] [it] will near the 100,000 liters per hectare [per year mark].”