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Clean Energy and Power Announces Appointment of Dennis Shen President to Lead Strategic Technology Development

Clean Energy and Power, Inc.announced today that Dennis Shen former Chief Operating officer of Biocentric Energy Holdings Inc., and lead developer of the Algae Bioreactor has joined Clean Energy and Power as President.
“With Dennis on board we now have a proven ‘Green’ technology visionary whose focus has been in many areas of the clean energy [...]

[ More ] February 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Uncategorized |

Skyonic Corporation Awarded Grant for Carbon Capture Project

Skyonic Corporation, an Austin-based carbon-capture technology company, announced it has been selected to receive $3 million in stimulus funding under the competitive “Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO2 Use” grant administered by the Department of Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL).This grant, along with private investment, [...]

[ More ] February 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-CO2-Capture |

Marshall Graduate Gives Algae Research Grant

A Marshall University graduate has donated $50,000 to the university’s College of Science to support aquatic research. College Dean Charles Somerville says Shelba Pew’s donation will help in the study of algae in larger rivers. Pew graduated from Marshall in 1936. Somerville says the preliminary study could help in the development of energy resources.

[ More ] February 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Fuel-Research |

UNL Hopes to Tap Into Algae as Energy Source

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Algae may be the next frontier for biofuels, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is poised to be among the nation’s leaders in this research.
Part of the greenhouse complex at UNL’s Beadle Center will be revamped into an algal biofuels research facility this year. Scientists will begin growing algae in small containers, [...]

[ More ] February 6th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Fuel-Research |

Algae Advocates Praise EPA Findings

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The EPA in its Renewable Fuels Standard found that biofuels could have a significant impact on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions when compared with gasoline or diesel fuel. The finding now classifies algae-based biodiesel and renewable diesel as an “advanced biofuel” under U.S. federal guidelines. The EPA announcement is in [...]

[ More ] February 6th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Algae Knew about Quantum Mechanics 2 bln yrs Before Humans

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In a new study, a team of chemists from the University of Toronto in Canada have observed quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis in marine algae, which suggests algae knew about quantum mechanics nearly two billion years before humans.
“Our latest experiments show that normally functioning biological systems have the capacity to [...]

[ More ] February 6th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Strains |

Growing Green: Bodega Algae and Bigelow Laboratory Collaborate to Develop Algal Biofuel Technology in New England

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Press Release:

Massachusetts-based renewable energy company Bodega Algae and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, have received a six-month, $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and test a prototype for growing high concentrations of algae for use as biofuel. The [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Uncategorized |

National Algae Association Announces Additions To Agenda For West Coast Workshop

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Press Release:

The National Algae Association is pleased to announce the following additions to the agenda for its West Coast Chapter Workshop on February 25th & 26th, 2010 at the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by BioCentric Energy:
Abdul S. Abdul, Ph.D., PHDPresidentNESA & Associates

Scott Frasier
Vice President
OriginOil

Bill [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Uncategorized |

Algae-based CO2 Capture at Power Plants – PowerPlantCCS

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Here’s an interesting site (and blog) focussed on CO2 sequestration at power plants worldwide. Aptly called Power Plant CCS, it provides the latest updates on CCS at power plants worldwide. Interestingly, it has a special emphasis on researching the newest and novel methods for CCS at these plants.
I find this emphasis [...]

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-CO2-Capture |

Hopewell Algae Project Prototype for the Country

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Hopewell launched the algae demonstration project in November. Until at least September, algae will be used to clean wastewater from nitrogen instead of conventionally engineered solutions. This new technology is a more cost-saving, green approach to nutrient removal, which results in cleaner waters in Virginia’s rivers and in the Chesapeake Bay.
Excess [...]

[ More ] January 20th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Cultivation-Sewage |