Seaweed offers bright future for biofuel industry

IRELAND could become a key player in the production of biofuel from seaweed, a conference was told inGalway yesterday.

Dr Stefan Kraan, manager of the Irish Seaweed Centre at the National University of Ireland Galway, said Ireland, with its rich, sustainable, seaweed resources, is poised to become an important player in the next generation of biofuel production.

He was addressing over 400 delegates at the annual conference of the International Society for Applied Phycology, the scientific study of algae.