The lowly seaweed can help save the Philippines from the looming power shortage while helping develop the coastal communities by attracting investments for sea farming. This is according to Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, principal author of R.A. 9513 or the Renewable Energy Resource Act, who disclosed that the Korean Institute for Industrial Technology developed seaweeds as biofuel two years ago. Angara, who chairs the Congressional Commission on Science, Technology and Engineering (COMSTE), said seaweeds proved to be more cost efficient and advantageous than other sources of biofuel.

Seaweeds to energize the countryside. (2010, January 24). The Philippine Star, p. B-4.