PKN Orlen to work on biofuels

PKN Orlen will be growing algae at its production plant in Płock in order to work on biofuel manufacturing technology, a company press release read. Orlen will grow algae at the Płock-based trial mobile experimental station using carbon-dioxide-rich gas coming from one of the refiner installations and post-production water. Universities in Szczecin and Olsztyn have been selecting certain kinds of algae for the company, the press release also read. The oil manufactured from the algae will be examined to see if it could be used as biofuel. "We are assuming that achieving goals pointed out in the project will let us commercialize the technology and enable us to produce bio-fuels from algae based on the technical potential of the refinery in Płock," Robert Czekaj, executive director for supply chain.