Harrison Dillon

Harrison Dillon, president and CTO of Solazyme, displays some of the oil his biotech company has produced from algae.

Algae produce natural oil similar to the oil burned by millions of cars, and the South San Francisco, Calif.-based company is working to use that ingredient to pursue renewable-energy opportunities.

CNET News.com reporter Kara Tsuboi visited Solazyme this week. Click here to watch video of her tour, which included tasting a sample of cooking oil and riding in an algae-fueled car.

June 26, 2008 12:26 PM PDT

Photo by: James Martin/CNET News.com