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The fundamental problem with Algae oil is single species colony stability. It’s only one sub species of algae that produces high cell fat fractions and these are not good at establishing large colonies. In open water trials, mainly in New Zealand (Companies such as Aquaflow), the non fat bearing varieties tended to take over from their fatty cousins and indeed completely wiping them out. Genetic engineering a robust fatty Algae species has proved to be much more difficult than originally hoped. Exxon are still active in the area exploring the opportunities of using cold inland lakes in Canada.Surprisingly the idea has been around since the mid seventies.
The fundamental problem with Algae oil is single species colony stability. It’s only one sub species of algae that produces high cell fat fractions and these are not good at establishing large colonies. In open water trials, mainly in New Zealand (Companies such as Aquaflow), the non fat bearing varieties tended to take over from their fatty cousins and indeed completely wiping them out. Genetic engineering a robust fatty Algae species has proved to be much more difficult than originally hoped. Exxon are still active in the area exploring the opportunities of using cold inland lakes in Canada.
Surprisingly the idea has been around since the mid seventies.
