Australian scientists are a step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel using salt-tolerant algae crops. A joint $3.3 million project led by Murdoch University and involving the University of Adelaide, now leads world algae biofuel research.

Dr David Lewis from the University of Adelaide’s School of Chemical Engineering says a key aspect of the project is to show that commercial levels of algae can be grown without competing for resources with food crops, stating: “The algae will grow on non-arable, even arid-land, without any need for freshwater in cultivation” [read more].