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Universities of Georgia and Puerto Rico Researchers Unite for Algae Biofuels Project

Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) and University of Puerto Rico have come together to launch a renewable energy center to grow algae for biofuels. The center will be located in Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico and it aims at reducing the dependence of U.S on fossil fuels. US Department of Defense is [...]

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[ More ] December 20th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, Algae-Fuel-Research |

The Algae Fuel Challenge

Came across an interesting page  at the Algae Fuels Community @ CleanTick which discusses the challenges in each part of the algae biofuel value chain. “Deriving fuel from algae is at research stage, and there are some daunting challenges in each part of the fuel production value chain. Energy efficient technologies, easy scalability, maximum utilization [...]

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[ More ] August 6th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae Oil Extraction, Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, Algae-Strains |

Analysis of Marine Microalgae Strain- Nannochloropsis.salina for Biofuels Production

I  came across a project at the Algae Fuels Community @ CleanTick and thought I could share this with you as well. Provided below are some highlights  on the properties of the marine algae strain-Nannochloropsis salina which I gathered after going through the details shared by one of the members in the algae fuels community [...]

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[ More ] July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, Algae-Fuel-Research, Algae-Strains |

Researchers Develop Warning System for Early Detection of Algae Mass Culture Contaminations

Researchers at the Arizona Center for Algal Technology and Innovation (AzCATI) are developing an empirical model for assessment and prediction of potential impact of contaminations on overall algal culture stability and biomass production potential. They are developing a rapid, sensitive monitoring and an early warning system with the help of state-of-the-art bio-imaging and DNA fingerprinting [...]

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[ More ] April 22nd, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, Algae-Cultivation-Open-Pond |

Alga comes in handy again

Transport biofuel made from crops such as Jatropha and Sugarcane currently make up around 3 per cent of the petrol and diesel in countries such as the UK. However the UK Government is planning to increase this to 10 per cent by 2020 to meet an EU target for renewable fuels. This however might disturb [...]

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[ More ] December 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, bio diesel, Biofuel |

Algae biofuels: WHEN acquires GNE India

World Health Energy Holdings, a public holding company with holdings in the alternate energy sector has announced its ticker symbol as WHEN. This would help propagate its interests in the renewable energy field, it feels. The company works with visionary enterprises in the multi billion dollar renewable energy arena roducing progressive, broad-based solutions for better [...]

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[ More ] November 12th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Algae Europe 2010, 26 – 28 October 2010, Milan

ALGAE EUROPE Conference & Expo the first fair-conference in Italy dedicated to the technologies and industrial applications of algae culture, which will take place from 26 to 28 October 2010 at Fieramilanocity, Milan. The event has been designed especially for the manufacturers of technologies, plants and machinery for the production of algae, along with the companies [...]

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[ More ] October 8th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae oil production, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Cost, Algae-Energy-Events, Algae-Fuel, Algae-Fuel-Research, Algae-Oil-Companies, Algae-Oil-Yield, bio diesel, Biofuel, CO2-Sequestration |

Are we in the right track ? Is fermentation the way to go?

After Solazyme’s delivery of 1500 gallons of oil to the US navy,many companies in the US have started pursuing the fermentation route- “the dark fermentation route” to produce biofuels. In fact, one thing what I noticed with Solazyme is the fact that they are not only trying to produce biofuels,  but are also trying other [...]

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[ More ] August 24th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel |

Algae waste water treatment in Bourne

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Algae-based biofuel developer Plankton Power and the Regional Technology Development Corp. of Cape Cod, Mass., announced a collaboration to construct a pilot-scale algae-based biodiesel production facility as a part of their energy from waste efforts in Bourne, Mass.The Cape Cod Algae Biorefinery will be located on five acres on the [...]

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[ More ] August 24th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, Algae-Cultivation-Sewage |

Cultivating Algae for Liquid 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 23rd, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel |

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