3. Raising Crude Palm Oil prices 16 Jan 2008: … At least one million tonnes in BioDiesel capacities sit idle – an estimated US$250 million in investment….
4. Growing concerns about Palmoil 14 January 2008 The draft rules by the European Union would probably have the biggest effect on growers of palm oil in countries like Malaysia and Indonesia, according to Matt Drinkwater, a biofuels analyst with New Energy Finance in London. “ Some proposed developments in Southeast Asia will almost certainly be blocked by these provisions,” he said, explaining that the rules would make it much harder to plant on recently cleared land or export fuels to Europe that emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases produced during the process of manufacturing biodiesel from palm oil.
5. The Algae Oil alternative n/a <US$300 (MYR 1.000) Feedstock Costs per ton BioCrude 3-5 ton 250-300 ton BioCrude per hectare per year Yes No Food-for-Fuel 30-36 months 60-90 days Time to first harvest US$1.000 (MYR 3.300) n/a Feedstock Price per ton BioCrude Palm Oil Algae
6. What is an Algae BioReactor? An Algae BioReactor produces Algae in a closed system. The Photosynthesis process, when exposing the algae to sunlight, enables the Algae to feed on CO 2 and to produces oil and O 2 . Algae can double in Biomass each 2-3 days and contains between 40 and 70% vegetable oil.
10. Crude Palm Oil Price development Source: http://www.palmoil.com/index.php?q=D1VTW1NASgIEAhEbVg9RAAYB
11. Schematic and Components BioCrude for BioDiesel Algae BioReactor CO 2 Command and Control Test and Analyse CO 2 Cleaning Algae Cake Algae Cake for Food and Pharmaceutical industries “ Oil Separator” Fertilizer Algae Feedstock for BioDiesel Production
12. Algae for 10.000 ton BioDiesel per year Approx: 5,4 Years Payback time full investment: Approx: €270.000 per month Monthly Operating Margin: Total: €460.000 per month Oil: €360.000 per month CO2: €75.000 per month Algae Cake: €25.000 per month Monthly Revenues: € 190.000 per month Monthly Operating Costs: 30,0 Ton per Day 10.950 Ton per Year Total BioCrude output: € 18.000.000 USD30.000.000 * SGD 40.000.000 Total Investments: