ASU has been named a U.S. Department of Energy award recipient to advance algae bioenergy technology Humble microalgae may seem minor at first glance, but when optimally farmed and converted into biofuels, the potential of this renewable resource to combat climate change is anything but insignificant. Through the extraction of lipids, they can be converted into biofuels. And, like plants, photosynthesizing algae absorb carbon dioxide, or CO 2 , and release oxygen into the atmosphere. But algae c