TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The step of transesterifying the hydrolyzed lipid component, further comprises: heating the hydrolyzed lipid component and alcohol to a second temperature of at least 200 degrees C and at a second pressure to form the biodiesel, provided that at least a portion of the alcohol is in a liquid phase or is in a super-critical fluid phase throughout the step of heating to form the biodiesel; heating the hydrolyzed lipid component and alcohol in the presence of an enzyme to form the biodiesel; heating the hydrolyzed lipid component and alcohol in the presence of a triflate catalyst to form the biodiesel; heating the hydrolyzed lipid component and alcohol in the presence of an acidic catalyst to form the biodiesel; or heating the hydrolyzed lipid component and alcohol in the presence of a basic catalyst to form the biodiesel. The step of transesterifying the hydrolyzed lipid component is conducted in the presence of water. The alcohol is provided in a ratio of 0.1-10 parts by weight of alcohol per 1 part by weight of the solid agglomerate on a dry weight basis. The method of producing a biodiesel from a wet biomass, further comprises: extracting the hydrolyzed lipid component from the solid agglomerate, provided that the step of extracting the hydrolyzed lipid component is conducted before the step of transesterifying the hydrolyzed lipid component; separating at least a portion of the aqueous solution from the solid agglomerate; and washing the biodiesel with alkaline water. The step of separating at least a portion of the aqueous solution from the solid agglomerate, further comprises filtering at least a portion of the aqueous solution from the solid agglomerate. The wet biomass is heated at the first temperature and the first pressure for 30-480 minutes. The step of heating the solid agglomerate and alcohol to form the biodiesel is conducted in the presence of a co-solvent. Preferred Components: The triflate catalyst is scandium(III) triflate, indium(III) triflate and/or bismuth(III) triflate. The wet biomass comprises at least 80 wt.% of water based on the total weight of the wet biomass. The aqueous solution comprises glycerol and at least one amino acid. The second temperature and the second pressure are within super-critical conditions for the alcohol. EXAMPLE - The larger reactor (10 ml) was loaded with dry algae (1 g) and water (5.3 g) and reacted for 15 minutes at 250 degrees C to form an aqueous solution and a solid agglomerate. Upon cooling, the aqueous solution and the solid agglomerate were separated by filtering under light vacuum. The solid agglomerate was filter-separated, dried and massed. The solid agglomerate and alcohol were combined. A step of heating the hydrolyzed lipid component and alcohol at the second temperature and a second pressure was carried out in 1.6 ml stainless steel reaction vessels with the solid agglomerates (60 mg). Then the reactor contents were filtered and the reactor was washed with ethanol (95%, 15 ml). The ethanol-biodiesel mixture was collected in a round bottom flask. Ethanol was evaporated under vacuum at 70 degrees C. The resultant biodiesel was re-suspended in hexane (5 ml), combined with the hexane (1 ml) reactor washed, centrifuged to obtain the biodiesel.