More on biodiesel from algae in a press release from Global Green Solutions and an article in the El Paso Times:

Glen Kertz thinks algae-filled plastic bags can be one solution to the world's thirst for fuel.

Kertz, a plant physiologist, developed a system using 10-foot-long water-filled plastic bags suspended in a greenhouse-like setting in the desert to grow algae, from which vegetable oil can be extracted to produce biodiesel.

"We expect to produce 100,000 gallons (of vegetable oil) per acre per year," which is a much higher yield than soybeans and other plants being used for biofuel, Kertz said Wednesday. He was showing off his patented Vertigro algae-growing system to news media, El Paso city officials and others at his company's 6.2-acre research facility in the Upper Valley.

"We think we can be cost-competitive with fossil fuels. That's our driving goal," he said.

Kertz, 54, is president and CEO of Valcent Products Inc., a publicly traded company, which he and investors formed about three years ago, and which now has most of its operations in the El Paso area.

It's developing the Vertigro system in a joint venture with Global Green Solutions, a 3-year-old publicly traded company with offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, the United States and Europe.

Kertz's algae-growing system "is so simple, it's ingenious," said Doug Frater, 55, president and CEO of Global Green, which has invested more than $3 million in the Vertigro test facility in Anthony, Texas, which includes a high-tech algae laboratory

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