Friday, January 26, 2007
James Madison University's Algae to Oil Project - Green Gold Search
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The Search For ‘Green Gold’ - Jan 2007
If JMU Seniors Reach Their Goal, Algae May Help Fill Your Tank, By Heather Bowser, The Daily News Record
Excerpts:
1. A group of James Madison University seniors are experimenting with a new source of biodiesel fuel — green algae. For the last few months, the students used high-tech machinery to begin the process of converting algae into fuel.
2. They’re also trying to figure out how to feed their "little green friends" a steady diet of poultry litter.
3. Unlike algae’s landlocked biodiesel cousins — namely, veggie, corn, peanut and soybean-based fuels — saltwater algae grows and reproduces more quickly, produces lots of fuel, and can be harvested in the ocean away from food crops, the students said.
4. The goal, he says, is one day to build an algae farm in the ocean.
5. Algae is valuable because in the ocean their crop wouldn’t compete for land farmers need to grow food on.
6. The seniors will present their research at the annual College of Integrated Science and Technology Senior Symposium at the end of the academic year.
Personalities & organizations mentioned: James Madison University senior Ryan Geary, Chris Bachman professor at JMU; Kevin Hofmaenner, student, JMU
See the full news item here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae
Oilgae Blog
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
About Oilgae - Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae - among other related plants - you think "Hey! Why not oil again from algae!"
The objective of Oilgae is to facilitate exploration of oil production from algae as well as exploration of other alternative energy avenues.
Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? - see Oilgae for more.
The Search For ‘Green Gold’ - Jan 2007
If JMU Seniors Reach Their Goal, Algae May Help Fill Your Tank, By Heather Bowser, The Daily News Record
Excerpts:
1. A group of James Madison University seniors are experimenting with a new source of biodiesel fuel — green algae. For the last few months, the students used high-tech machinery to begin the process of converting algae into fuel.
2. They’re also trying to figure out how to feed their "little green friends" a steady diet of poultry litter.
3. Unlike algae’s landlocked biodiesel cousins — namely, veggie, corn, peanut and soybean-based fuels — saltwater algae grows and reproduces more quickly, produces lots of fuel, and can be harvested in the ocean away from food crops, the students said.
4. The goal, he says, is one day to build an algae farm in the ocean.
5. Algae is valuable because in the ocean their crop wouldn’t compete for land farmers need to grow food on.
6. The seniors will present their research at the annual College of Integrated Science and Technology Senior Symposium at the end of the academic year.
Personalities & organizations mentioned: James Madison University senior Ryan Geary, Chris Bachman professor at JMU; Kevin Hofmaenner, student, JMU
See the full news item here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae
Oilgae Blog
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
About Oilgae - Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae - among other related plants - you think "Hey! Why not oil again from algae!"
The objective of Oilgae is to facilitate exploration of oil production from algae as well as exploration of other alternative energy avenues.
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Making Biofuel from Pond Scum
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Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? - see Oilgae for more.
Making Biofuel from Pond Scum - by Shelley Schlender, 26 Jan 2006
Excerpts:
1. Oil-rich plants such as soy may offer a cleaner energy alternative to diesel fuel, but Jim Sears, a Colorado-based entrepreneur says these food crops can't meet all our diesel needs.
2. "Right now," [Sears] points out, "if we were to use all the normal sources we know about, such as canola oil, soy, things like this to make biodiesel, the industry thinks they could make 3.7 billion liters a year. That sounds like a lot, but Americans currently use 227 billion liters of diesel a year."
3. Fortunately, algae could produce 100 times more biodiesel per hectare than either canola or soy. It can thrive in places where other crops can't grow at all, and it only requires the equivalent of 5 centimeters of rain a year.
4. CSU and Sears' small company, Solix Biofuels, have teamed up for this oil from algae research.
5. The strain used by Sears' company (Solix Biofuels) produces enormous amounts of fat: up to 50 percent of its body weight.
6. While producing oil from soy or canola generally requires a three to five-month growing season, some algae are so prolific, over half a batch can be harvested for oil production every day.
7. "Actually we wouldn't have to convert any of our arable land," [Sears] observes. "We could use desert land to grow this algae. It doesn't require good soil. Just flat land, carbon dioxide and sunlight."
8. Making biofuel from algae is a truly carbon-neutral technology. "It's essentially solar powered fuel."
9. Eric Jarvis, a scientist at NREL cautions that it may take longer than expected to see algal biodiesel on a commercial scale. "I wouldn't expect it to meet a large demand for diesel in that (short) time frame, but I'm hoping to see some good demonstration projects in the next 5 to 10 years."
10. The National Renewable Energy Lab plans to step up their development of biodiesel from algae within the year, and they estimates that along with Colorado State and Solix Biofuels, roughly a dozen other groups around the world are developing similar projects, increasing the likelihood that soon, algae biodiesel will be the fuel of choice for trucks, boats & trains...
Personalities & organizations mentioned: Jim Sears of Solix Biofuels, Bryan Willson, who directs this Engines and Energy Conversion Lab at Colorado State University, Eric Jarvis, a senior scientist at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae
Oilgae Blog
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? - see Oilgae for more.
Making Biofuel from Pond Scum - by Shelley Schlender, 26 Jan 2006
Excerpts:
1. Oil-rich plants such as soy may offer a cleaner energy alternative to diesel fuel, but Jim Sears, a Colorado-based entrepreneur says these food crops can't meet all our diesel needs.
2. "Right now," [Sears] points out, "if we were to use all the normal sources we know about, such as canola oil, soy, things like this to make biodiesel, the industry thinks they could make 3.7 billion liters a year. That sounds like a lot, but Americans currently use 227 billion liters of diesel a year."
3. Fortunately, algae could produce 100 times more biodiesel per hectare than either canola or soy. It can thrive in places where other crops can't grow at all, and it only requires the equivalent of 5 centimeters of rain a year.
4. CSU and Sears' small company, Solix Biofuels, have teamed up for this oil from algae research.
5. The strain used by Sears' company (Solix Biofuels) produces enormous amounts of fat: up to 50 percent of its body weight.
6. While producing oil from soy or canola generally requires a three to five-month growing season, some algae are so prolific, over half a batch can be harvested for oil production every day.
7. "Actually we wouldn't have to convert any of our arable land," [Sears] observes. "We could use desert land to grow this algae. It doesn't require good soil. Just flat land, carbon dioxide and sunlight."
8. Making biofuel from algae is a truly carbon-neutral technology. "It's essentially solar powered fuel."
9. Eric Jarvis, a scientist at NREL cautions that it may take longer than expected to see algal biodiesel on a commercial scale. "I wouldn't expect it to meet a large demand for diesel in that (short) time frame, but I'm hoping to see some good demonstration projects in the next 5 to 10 years."
10. The National Renewable Energy Lab plans to step up their development of biodiesel from algae within the year, and they estimates that along with Colorado State and Solix Biofuels, roughly a dozen other groups around the world are developing similar projects, increasing the likelihood that soon, algae biodiesel will be the fuel of choice for trucks, boats & trains...
Personalities & organizations mentioned: Jim Sears of Solix Biofuels, Bryan Willson, who directs this Engines and Energy Conversion Lab at Colorado State University, Eric Jarvis, a senior scientist at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae
Oilgae Blog
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
About Oilgae - Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae - among other related plants - you think "Hey! Why not oil again from algae!"
The objective of Oilgae is to facilitate exploration of oil production from algae as well as exploration of other alternative energy avenues.
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Algae oil to be refined by Carlsbad company
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Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? - see Oilgae for more.
Algae oil to be refined by local company - By Stella Davis - from Current Argus, Jan 24, 2007
Excerpts
1. A Carlsbad family with roots steeped in Eddy County and the agriculture industry is seeking $1.4 million in WIPP acceleration funds to build a $2.8 million biodiesel plant in Carlsbad that will refine oil from algae and other feedstock.
2. Th co plans to partner with Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management (CEHMM) to produce the biodiesel fuel.
3. The co considers that it is critical for the algae oil and plant to be parallel. If they don't have a plant in Carlsbad, then they would have to take the algae oil to another plant
4. Co will process soy and canola seed until they are ready for the algae oil to go to the plant.
5. The director of the CEHMM program says that the success of their oil from algae program is "in the feeding of algae"
6. The CEHMM director sees Carlsbad as a prime spot for algae production and sees the possibility of the creation of a multi-billion dollar industry, because, "We use non-arable land and brine water to produce algae as an abundant source of oil that does not compete with food," he said. "We are sitting on an ocean of brine"
Organizations & personalities mentioned: Ronnie Walterscheid, his wife, Sheila; his brother Phillip and his wife, Melissa; daughter Katie Aves and her husband, Richard and patriarch of the family Henry; Cetane Energy; Doug Lynn, CEHMM interim director; U.S Department of Energy
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae
Oilgae Blog
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
About Oilgae - Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae - among other related plants - you think "Hey! Why not oil again from algae!"
The objective of Oilgae is to facilitate exploration of oil production from algae as well as exploration of other alternative energy avenues.
Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? - see Oilgae for more.
Algae oil to be refined by local company - By Stella Davis - from Current Argus, Jan 24, 2007
Excerpts
1. A Carlsbad family with roots steeped in Eddy County and the agriculture industry is seeking $1.4 million in WIPP acceleration funds to build a $2.8 million biodiesel plant in Carlsbad that will refine oil from algae and other feedstock.
2. Th co plans to partner with Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management (CEHMM) to produce the biodiesel fuel.
3. The co considers that it is critical for the algae oil and plant to be parallel. If they don't have a plant in Carlsbad, then they would have to take the algae oil to another plant
4. Co will process soy and canola seed until they are ready for the algae oil to go to the plant.
5. The director of the CEHMM program says that the success of their oil from algae program is "in the feeding of algae"
6. The CEHMM director sees Carlsbad as a prime spot for algae production and sees the possibility of the creation of a multi-billion dollar industry, because, "We use non-arable land and brine water to produce algae as an abundant source of oil that does not compete with food," he said. "We are sitting on an ocean of brine"
Organizations & personalities mentioned: Ronnie Walterscheid, his wife, Sheila; his brother Phillip and his wife, Melissa; daughter Katie Aves and her husband, Richard and patriarch of the family Henry; Cetane Energy; Doug Lynn, CEHMM interim director; U.S Department of Energy
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae
Oilgae Blog
algOS - Biodiesel from Algae Open Source
About Oilgae - Oilgae - Oil & Biodiesel from Algae has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae - among other related plants - you think "Hey! Why not oil again from algae!"
The objective of Oilgae is to facilitate exploration of oil production from algae as well as exploration of other alternative energy avenues.
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