Getting water in your fuel line is bad news with any car, but in diesel engines it can be a particularly nasty issue. Here's what happens if water gets in.

Researchers at the University of Michigan are working on a way to make renewable diesel fuel from algae. A new $2 million grant from the Department of Energy will help those researchers ...

It takes only days to make the fuel from algae, and it burns in diesel engines.

If his gamble pays off, Sprouse will turn the algae into enough biodiesel fuel to make himself rich, ease the country's reliance on petroleum and help fight global warming.

With $2.5 million, researchers want to show how algae could make diesel fuel to fight climate change.

Investments in the area of algae-to-biofuels will have to have some champions, just like the solar, wind, fuel cell, and ethanol industries have experienced.

Now Silicon Valley startup Solazyme [NSDQ:SZYM] is testing diesel fuel derived from refining renewable oils--produced by specialized algae--in two Volkswagen turbodiesel models.

"So, things like the particulate matter, the black soot coming out the back of a diesel pipe, that’s significantly reduced when you use an algae-based fuel.” ...

When researchers conceived of turning algae into diesel fuel three decades ago, the idea sounded like something out of the old sci-fi movie Soylent Green. But in July, ExxonMobil teamed up with ...

Two-year test by Volkswagen shows promise of algae and plant sugar as a replacement for petroleum-based diesel Volkswagen of America, Inc. has opened the renewable fuels door wider now that its ...

Black algae growth, water contamination—the list goes on. So buying from a high-volume station at least improves the chances that you're getting fresh fuel. But is it good-quality fresh fuel?

Genetically modified blue and green algae could be the answer to the world's fuel problems. Bioengineers have already developed algae that produce ethanol, oil and even diesel -- and the only ...