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A technology prize to shift oil production to algae.
By Jim Bowery
Copyright July 3, 2006
The author grants the right to copy and distribute without modification.
Introduction

The O-Prize is designed to realize the great potential of oil from algae with the lowest risk over the shortest time.

The potential of algae oil is to, in stages:

1) Enhance neurological development via nutritional supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids and,
2) Provide an abundant renewable source of green or environmentally friendly fuel oil...."

Read more from: http://www.geocities.com/jim_bowery/oprize.html

Will keep you updated on further developments in this domain

Oilgae - Oil from Algae

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Oilgae.com - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae provides links, provides directory and web links resources for the algae-based biofuels & biodiesel. It is intended to be useful for research, information, inputs, news for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters and importers of algal oil and algal fuels. It will make an effort to provide info on biofuel feedstock, algal feedstocks, algae oil info and link, details on fuel from algae, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, bio-fuels, algal oils production and uses, and biofuels trade & market resources, data, statistics such as price, prices, demand-supply for buyer, seller, manufacturer, trader, supplier, exporter and producer

See the link for a May 2006 article of biodiesel from sewerage algae in New Zealand - http://www.eroei.com/articles_06/17_may_06_biodesel_algae.html

Oilgae - Oil from Algae

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Oilgae.com - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae provides links, provides directory and web links resources for the algae-based biofuels & biodiesel. It is intended to be useful for research, information, inputs, news for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters and importers of algal oil and algal fuels. It will make an effort to provide info on biofuel feedstock, algal feedstocks, algae oil info and link, details on fuel from algae, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, bio-fuels, algal oils production and uses, and biofuels trade & market resources, data, statistics such as price, prices, demand-supply for buyer, seller, manufacturer, trader, supplier, exporter and producer

A blog earlier, I posted a link that provided the entire report of the US dept of energy's aquatic species program that looked into biodiesel production from algae...while possibly the most important research report available to the public so far, it is quite a long one - over 300 pages - and not every one of us could have enough time to read through it...

For all those who belong to a world more hectic than mine, here is a summary of that report - http://www.fuelandfiber.com/Athena/biodiesel_from_algae_es.pdf

Oilgae - Oil from Algae

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Oilgae.com - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae provides links, provides directory and web links resources for the algae-based biofuels & biodiesel. It is intended to be useful for research, information, inputs, news for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters and importers of algal oil and algal fuels. It will make an effort to provide info on biofuel feedstock, algal feedstocks, algae oil info and link, details on fuel from algae, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, bio-fuels, algal oils production and uses, and biofuels trade & market resources, data, statistics such as price, prices, demand-supply for buyer, seller, manufacturer, trader, supplier, exporter and producer

A blog earlier, I posted a link that provided the entire report of the US dept of energy's aquatic species program that looked into biodiesel production from algae...while possibly the most important research report available to the public so far, it is quite a long one - over 300 pages - and not every one of us could have enough time to read through it...

For all those who belong to a world more hectic than mine, here is a summary of that report - http://www.fuelandfiber.com/Athena/biodiesel_from_algae_es.pdf

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The link provided below is probably the most seminal research conducted so far in the field of algal biodiesel...by the US dept of energy...

It is a long file, but provides excellent info: A Look-back at the Aquatic Species Program -
http://www.biodieselamerica.org/files/articles/Biodiesel%20from%20Algae.pdf

Hope this is of use

Oilgae Home - Biodiesel from Algae

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Oilgae.com - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae provides links, provides directory and web links resources for the algae-based biofuels & biodiesel. It is intended to be useful for research, information, inputs, news for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters and importers of algal oil and algal fuels. It will make an effort to provide info on biofuel feedstock, algal feedstocks, algae oil info and link, details on fuel from algae, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, bio-fuels, algal oils production and uses, and biofuels trade & market resources, data, statistics such as price, prices, demand-supply for buyer, seller, manufacturer, trader, supplier, exporter and producer

This is one of the oft-quoted web pages for large-scale biodiesel production from algae - http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html , from University of New Hampshire, the key person in this group is Michael Briggs

Hope you find the link to be of help

Oilgae - Biodiesel from Algae

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Oilgae.com - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae provides links, provides directory and web links resources for the algae-based biofuels & biodiesel. It is intended to be useful for research, information, inputs, news for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters and importers of algal oil and algal fuels. It will make an effort to provide info on biofuel feedstock, algal feedstocks, algae oil info and link, details on fuel from algae, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, bio-fuels, algal oils production and uses, and biofuels trade & market resources, data, statistics such as price, prices, demand-supply for buyer, seller, manufacturer, trader, supplier, exporter and producer

This is one of the oft-quoted web pages for large-scale biodiesel production from algae - http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html , from University of New Hampshire, the key person in this group is Michael Briggs

Hope you find the link to be of help

Oilgae - Biodiesel from Algae

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Oilgae.com - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae provides links, provides directory and web links resources for the algae-based biofuels & biodiesel. It is intended to be useful for research, information, inputs, news for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters and importers of algal oil and algal fuels. It will make an effort to provide info on biofuel feedstock, algal feedstocks, algae oil info and link, details on fuel from algae, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, bio-fuels, algal oils production and uses, and biofuels trade & market resources, data, statistics such as price, prices, demand-supply for buyer, seller, manufacturer, trader, supplier, exporter and producer

Got this link suggestion from Michael Cohen, a faculty at Sonoma State University, California - thanks!

Plankton to Provide Clean Oil - see full news item

"A system for producing energy from marine algae, to replace fossil fuels and reduce pollution, has been developed by Spanish researchers and will be operational in late 2007...

...Biofuel Systems SL (BFS), the Spanish company developing the project, told IPS that "the system will produce massive amounts of biopetroleum from phytoplankton, in a limited space and at a very moderate cost."

The executive explained that the photo-bioreactor to be produced by his company is not the same thing as algae-based biodiesel projects from other countries...

BFS, with the support of the University of Alicante, "has designed a totally new system for producing biopetroleum -- not biodiesel -- by means of an energy converter," he explained.

--end of article...

I would request you to read the article in full from the link provided above, it provides some useful data

What is really intriguing is the claim that they can produce bio-petroleum from these phytoplanktons...Guess I need to do some more reading in this regard, since from what I have learnt, the triglyceride present in the feedstock such as fixed oils and algae oil can be converted into biodiesel though transesterification, I am not aware of a process that converts these oils into petroleum/gasoline. I'd be grateful if anyone of you could provide some details in this regard

Have a nice day

Btw, have you checked out the new open source project for biodiesel from Algae we have kicked off at Algae? Admittedly, this is just a thought and an experiment at this stage, but we have been getting quite a few enthusiastic responses, do check out algOS - Oil from Algae Open Source @ Oilgae

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Oilgae.com - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae provides links, provides directory and web links resources for the algae-based biofuels & biodiesel. It is intended to be useful for research, information, inputs, news for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters and importers of algal oil and algal fuels. It will make an effort to provide info on biofuel feedstock, algal feedstocks, algae oil info and link, details on fuel from algae, bio-fuel, bio-diesel, bio-fuels, algal oils production and uses, and biofuels trade & market resources, data, statistics such as price, prices, demand-supply for buyer, seller, manufacturer, trader, supplier, exporter and producer