without competing for farmland. Here at the University of Queensland, Prof Peer Schenk

and his team are developing a low cost high output algae farm. This farm is solar powered,

it is off the electricity grid and it uses new cost saving technology for mixing, harvesting

and drying of micro algae and can also use any type of water including salt water which

makes it very versatile. They can be used for animal feed, for biodiesel production,

for human consumption and for health products. UQ's algae energy farm aims to show that the

technology is farm ready and this could allow farmers to grow algae for feed reducing dependency

on expensive nutritional supplements. Because the algae are high in nutrients, it will allow

farmers to supplement the animal feed especially during the dry season. We're also working

on reducing the cost for biodiesel production.