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You are at: Oilgae Blog. Algae in bioreactors – clear, water-filled chambers that lets the microorganisms absorb sunlight – need carbon dioxide to feed and grow. Typically, the carbon dioxide is pumped in from a smokestack at a nearby power plant. Injecting that CO2 and circulating it around the tank, however, requires quite a bit [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Greentech Media Inc., the industry-leading online media company covering green technology news and analysis, released the most recent quarterly data showing that venture capital investment in green technologies exceeded $2.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, a modest decrease from the previous quarter’s total of $2.9 billion. “Greentech VC [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Signal Hill, Calif.-based Primafuel has unveiled its international Algae Biorefinery Program intended to combine upstream algae production and downstream biorefinery systems that will inevitably serve as an innovative platform for commercializing algae technologies. Primafuel holds an exclusive licensing agreement with the Ben-Gurion University Microalgae Biotechnology Lab, a team recognized internationally [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. The U.S.’s first commercial jet flight powered by biofuel runs one engine on African weed mixed with a smidgen of algae Continental jet 516 took off on 7 Jan 2009 in Houston with one of its two engines powered by a 50-50 blend of jet biofuel and petroleum-based kerosene. The [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. University of Kentucky researchers are among a growing number around the world looking at algae as a potential answer to our energy puzzle.While most of the research into these oily aquatic plants focuses on how to turn them into liquid fuels, UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research is also looking [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Kalahari Greentech Inc. a global energy company, today announces it’s forward looking statement for 2009. Commenting on the outlook for 2009 CEO Konstantinos Kardiasmenos said “We are pleased that signed the deal, in 2008, with Vaau Energy and we anticipate the co-operation between Kalahari and Vaau Energy to be further [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Continental Airlines Inc. conducted a demonstration flight today using biofuel, the first such test in the U.S. with a commercial jet, as the industry experiments with ways to curb pollution that leads to global warming. A fuel blend made from algae and jatropha scrub plants powered the unmodified twin-engine Boeing [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Green-tech venture capital funding soared last year, aided by mega deals in thin-film solar companies, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Cleantech Group. During 2008, green-tech venture investments jumped to $8.4 billion, a 38 percent increase, according to the report. Group’s senior research director, Brian Fan, said in [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. The story by Mr. DAVID WASHBURN on “Trying to Turn San Diego into the Green Houston” investigates the possibility of San Diego becoming the “green Houston” because of all the research and development into algae as a biofuel. He says, The story went on to talk about how states are [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. California-based Primafuel announces its international Algae Biorefinery Program. By combining upstream algae production and downstream biorefinery systems, Primafuel offers an innovative approach to commercializing algae technologies. Primafuel’s proprietary process reduces costs and maximizes the economic potential of algae by producing a range of high-value products and renewable fuels. Primafuel’s algae [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. GreenShift Corporation today announced that it has received a grant award of $375,000 to further the development of GreenShift`s patented and patent-pending algae bioreactor. The funding is provided through the Montana Board of Research and Commercialization, a unit of the Montana Department of Commerce. The objective of the grant award [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. The academics and the folks at General Atomics think they can get biofuels from algae sustainably and affordably. David Hazlebeck, the General Atomics biofuels chief, said the company has developed a plan to build a 40-acre demonstration plant that would produce algae fuel for $1 per gallon within three years. [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Marine algae good for green fuel Scientists see marine algae as the most promising bet for a green fuel that would help ease the dependence on fossil fuel and powervehicles of the future. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Californa San Diego (UCSD), scientists along with their counterparts from its [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Huge water-borne farms can turn the tide against increasing greenhouse gases If a group of Japanese scientists is to be believed, the fate of humanity may rest on colossal floating islands of sargassum and Sostera marina. The team envisages 100 vast nets full of quick-growing seaweed, each measuring six miles [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. A picture of Fred Tennant, vice president of business development for Petro-Algae, examining plastic tubes filled with algae from floridatoday.com. The algae is used to innoculate larger tanks. Tennant said”This is where we grow our babies,”. PetroAlgae plans to produce 6,000 gallons of biodiesel per acre per year at the [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Reuters.com has published a picture of Nicholas Eckelberry, co-founder and inventor of OriginOil, standing next to two test batches of nannochloropsis algae at the company’s laboratory in Los Angeles http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=7690856 By the way, have you subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?; How about joining the Oilgae mailing list?; and our forum [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. GreenShift Corporation today announced that it has received a grant award of $375,000 to further the development of GreenShift`s patented and patent-pending algae bioreactor. The funding is provided through the Montana Board of Research and Commercialization, a unit of the Montana Department of Commerce. The objective of the grant award [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Came across an interesting abstract for algae cultivation: “A method for producing biomass of microalgae and fishes economically by establishing a symbiotic relation between the above two organisms in a culture pond exposed to sunlight or artificial illumination.” A method for producing microalgae and fish biomass in commercial quantities through [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Lots of good questions and brief but useful answers – a good reference. Link here By the way, have you subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?; How about joining the Oilgae mailing list?; and our forum to discuss on with others? Share this article Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Google Buzz StumbleUpon [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Scientists have known for some time that artificially created algal blooms could be used to absorb greenhouse gases, but the technique has been banned for fear of causing unforeseen side effects in fragile ecosystems. However, based on the UK team’s evidence that the process has been occurring naturally for millions [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Rodney Andrews, Director of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research, said the country’s demand for energy means fossil fuels like coal won’t be going away anytime soon. And while algae may strike some as science fiction, it has been drawing attention on several fronts: Sapphire Energy of San Diego [...]
You are at: Oilgae BlogUOP general manager renewable energy and chemicals Jennifer Holmgren says UOP researchers were told they would never get the low freeze point, the high flash point or the high energy content needed for an aviation biofuel.But they have done just that using a process similar to one already used to produce [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Several firms are betting that the oils from algae might replace the petrochemical oils used to manufacture plastics, says this post. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have shown it’s possible, and PetroSun is using some of the algal oil from its farm to conduct bioplastics research, it [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Here’s a detailed and useful post on the problems and stand in the way of algae becoming the dominant biofuel feedstock. While I’d say that the author has looked only at one aspect of algae energy (the biodiesel part), and not much from the algae ethanol or algae to hydrocarbons [...]
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