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Algae Aquaculture Technology Inc. – Columbia Falls, Montana – Turning algae into energy: Biorefinery plant exploring new technology

July 5, 2011 /

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By all outward appearances, Michael Smith has spent a great deal of time and money manufacturing pond scum.

But one man’s refuse is another man’s riches, and to hear Smith explain it, the algae he’s growing at a biorefinery plant in Columbia Falls has vast potential as an innovative energy technology.

Smith is president and co-founder of Algae Aquaculture Technology Inc. http://algaeaqua.com/AACT/Welcome.html (AACT) based in Whitefish. He and other scientists have engineered a system that uses industrial waste, like wood chips from the lumber manufacturing process, to cultivate algae and convert it into methane.

By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/business/local/article_632b2a3e-a71b-11e0-924e-001cc4c03286.html

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