BioFields is a Mexican industrial group that produces
biofuels from blue-green algae (
cyanobacteria).
The company was founded in 2006, it has a commercial agreement with
Algenol
Algenol, founded in 2009, headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida, Algenol is an industrial biotechnology company that is commercializing patented algae technology for production of ethanol and other fuels. The technology enables the production of ...
Biofuels the company that owns the technology to Direct Ethanol, which allows the production of blue-green algae based biofuels. BioFields got the first license to use such technology in Mexico, specifically in Puerto Libertad, in
Pitiquito
Pitiquito is a small town in Pitiquito Municipality in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora.
Area and population
The municipal area is 11,979.96 km² which makes up 6.46% of the state total. The municipal population counted in 20 ...
,
Sonora, because the conditions of the place are ideal for the development of this technology (approximately 328 days of sunshine a year), it also has a nearby source of
carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide ( chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is trans ...
from the exhaust of a large power plant, it is close to the sea and has great extent of dry, non-arable land.
BioFields’ technology Direct to Ethanol uses non-toxic blue-green algae to produce biofuels in a fully enclosed secure system. This technology optimizes the metabolism of blue-green algae creating a new pathway for the use and fixation of carbon resulting in the synthesis of ethanol. The blue-green algae proliferates rapidly and uses efficiently sunlight, carbon dioxide and inorganic elements, for the production of ethanol or other biofuels.
The capture of
carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide ( chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is trans ...
allows to accelerate the process of
photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration, can later be released to fuel the organism's activities. Some of this chemical energy is stored i ...
using the blue-green algae to convert the sun's energy in the form of intracellular sugar, which provides vital energy to grow and reproduce as well as to double its population in a few hours and it can be grown on farms allowing the biofuels production at an industrial level.
Their first project is Sonora Fields, consisting of 22,000 hectares of land in the desert of Sonora, Mexico.
References
External links
BioFields Renewable and Sustainable Energy
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Algal fuel producers
Alcohol fuel producers
Energy companies of Mexico
Renewable energy in Mexico