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A Little More on Algae – Oil Drum

You are at: Oilgae Blog (Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page) A Little More on Algae – Oil Drum Here is a long list of comments on the use of algae for biodiesel production. This is from one of OilDrum.com’s discussion threads. While not every comment is an expert opinion, the discussion [...]

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[ More ] October 23rd, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

LiveFuels Alliance with National Laboratory

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061012/sfth055.html?.v=78 Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from AlgaeOilgae BlogalgOS – Biodiesel from Algae Open Source Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae provides links, directory, web links resources for algae-based biofuels & biodiesel. Intended to be useful for research, information, inputs, news for buyers, sellers, manufacturers, traders, suppliers, producers, exporters / importers of algal oil [...]

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[ More ] October 19th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Algae could be fuel of the future

You are at: Oilgae Blog (Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page) See also: Oilgae Blog Article Directory for a complete listing of all Oilgae blog posts – covering news, research and updates on biodiesel from algae & other plant feedstock, ethanol, and other renewable energy such as wind energy, hydrogen, hydro-energy, tidal/wave [...]

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[ More ] October 19th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in algae oil production, Algae-Biodiesel |

Biofuel Made from Power Plant CO2

You are at: Oilgae Blog (Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page) See also: Oilgae Blog Article Directory for a complete listing of all Oilgae blog posts – covering news, research and updates on biodiesel from algae & other plant feedstock, ethanol, and other renewable energy such as wind energy, hydrogen, hydro-energy, tidal/wave [...]

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[ More ] October 15th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Cultivation-Power-Plants |

Biofuels Come of Age as Demand Rises

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.09/posts.html?pg=4 Biofuels Come of Age as the Demand Rises By SUSAN MORAN, September 12, 2006 Senator Barack Obama, Democrat from Illinois, spoke last month at an event to celebrate plans for a new biodiesel plant in Cairo, Ill. His presence was a welcome endorsement for a budding industry. On the day that Mr. Obama joined [...]

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[ More ] October 14th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Microdiesel – Eschericia coli Engineered for Fuel Production

You are at: Oilgae Blog (Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page) See also: Oilgae Blog Article Directory for a complete listing of all Oilgae blog posts – covering news, research and updates on biodiesel from algae & other plant feedstock, ethanol, and other renewable energy such as wind energy, hydrogen, hydro-energy, tidal/wave [...]

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[ More ] October 14th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Biodiesel Market Survey – Emerging Markets

You are at: Oilgae Blog (Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page) See also: Oilgae Blog Article Directory for a complete listing of all Oilgae blog posts – covering news, research and updates on biodiesel from algae & other plant feedstock, ethanol, and other renewable energy such as wind energy, hydrogen, hydro-energy, tidal/wave [...]

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[ More ] October 13th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Boeing Says Biofuels Show Promise

You are at: Oilgae Blog (Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page) See also: Oilgae Blog Article Directory for a complete listing of all Oilgae blog posts – covering news, research and updates on biodiesel from algae & other plant feedstock, ethanol, and other renewable energy such as wind energy, hydrogen, hydro-energy, tidal/wave [...]

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[ More ] October 13th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Colorado Company Develops Algae Technology

You are at: Oilgae Blog; See also:Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Solix Biofuels Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based business, is developing technology for the massive cultivation of algae to produce biodiesel and also working toward the goal of implementing the technology, according to COO and CFO Doug Henston. Originally explored by the National Renewable [...]

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Global Biodiesel Report Identifies Industry Trends

You are at the Oilgae Blog. See also: Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Summary of the article: Within 15 years U.S. biodiesel industry consolidation will begin, Brazil will become a production leader and algae will become a viable biodiesel feedstock, according to a research report now available from Emerging Markets Online. The Houston-based [...]

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[ More ] October 6th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Aquaflow Bionomic (NZ) to Join Girvan Institute (US)

You are at the Blog of Oilgae.com – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae. See Oilgae Blog Home NZ Biofuel Developer First in NZ Invited to Join Prestigious U.S. Research Hot-House, the Girvan Institute Marlborough-based biofuel developer, Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, has made another breakthrough as the first New Zealand company to be invited to join the [...]

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[ More ] August 31st, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algae May Produce Biofuels – UPI

A rather standard news item from United Press International Companies/organizations mentioned:1. Kibbutz Ketura, Israel-based Alga Technologies2. AlgaTech3. Cambridge, Mass.-based GreenFuel Technologies Corp.4. U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy division Personalities mentioned:1. Amir Drory Also discusses: 1. Fuel economy of biofuel and biodiesel2. Tax incentives and credits for retailers and blenders of biodiesel [...]

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[ More ] August 30th, 2006 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Grow Your Own? American Scientist Online

Here is a balanced article on the possibilities of (and problems with) algal biodiesel…Author: David Schneider, Magazine: American Scientist Online. Useful read. Summary & excerpts 1. …ethanol, which contains only two-thirds the energy of gasoline gallon for gallon, whereas biodiesel ends up being only 2 percent less fuel-efficient than petroleum-based diesel.2. Conservationists have been warning [...]

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Oil from Algae Prize – The O Prize

Interesting! A technology prize to shift oil production to algae. By Jim Bowery 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 [...]

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[ More ] August 9th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

Plankton to Provide Clean Oil – Spanish Research Study

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 [...]

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[ More ] August 6th, 2006 | 2 Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Photobioreactor |

Collaborating on Biodiesel from Algae

A comment by a visitor to an earlier post on egging others to explore algae-based biodiesel prompted me to check for more resources on collaborating to explore algae-based oil… Found an interesting forum at BioForge that discusses how to collaborate on biodiesel initiatives, with a bit of focus on algae. Another well-known forum is a [...]

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[ More ] July 27th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel |

US Military Seeks Alternative Fuels

Excerpt of an article  from United Press International… “U.S. military wants to reduce its dependence on oil to power its aircraft, vehicles and ships, and is seeking plant-based materials to replace petroleum fuels. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency published a request for biodiesel fuels produced from plants, algae, fungi and bacteria that would be [...]

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[ More ] July 24th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Algae Biodiesel News from Australia

Two news items for today: (taken from Oilgae.com Algae Biodiesel News Section) Microalgae Could Provide Alternative Fuel – South Australia’s Research and Development Institute (SARDI) hopes to turn micro-algae into an alternative fuel as part of a million-dollar research program – Jul 20, 2006 – read here Algae Project Wins Renewable Energy Grant – A [...]

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[ More ] July 21st, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Fuel-Research |