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Hopewell launched the algae demonstration project in November. Until at least September, algae will be used to clean wastewater from nitrogen instead of conventionally engineered solutions. This new technology is a more cost-saving, green approach to nutrient removal, which results in cleaner waters in Virginia’s rivers and in the Chesapeake Bay.
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The College of William and Mary and its Virginia Institute of Marine Science have formed a collaborative research initiative to investigate a promising new technology to produce biofuel from the algae growing naturally in rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.
The enterprise, called ChAP—the Chesapeake Algae Project—is an integrated research approach to algae-based [...]

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Marlborough bio-energy entrepreneur Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, has teamed up with a Chinese company Greenleaf Environmental of Sichuan.
The companies are investigating sites in China for the Blenheim-based company’s patented approach to growing wild algae in sewage ponds to clean up the waste, and refine the algae for biodiesel.
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The Minister of Energy Hon Gerry Brownlee will open the largest wastewater algae to bio-crude oil demonstration project in the world this week.
The project combines NIWA’s scientific expertise on advanced wastewater treatment and algal production pond technology with Solray’s bio-crude oil conversion technology and is hosted by Christchurch City Council at [...]

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An effort to treat waste water from Cadiz using algae has been discussed by officials.  
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Origin Oil recently filed for patent protection of the new Attached Growth System, its tenth patent application, entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Growing Algae on a Solid Surface.” OriginOil will integrate the process into the demonstration algae system now being built at its headquarters.
Growing algae in water is a challenge because [...]

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Sankat Mochan Foundation (SMF) plans to use AIWPS for cleaning the Ganga under the second phase of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) in Varanasi.
Veer Bhadra Mishra, President of SMF and a member of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) said “The engineering fraternity has a role to play in neutralising [...]

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A pilot project is underway in Vermont. Testing whether algae along with milfoil, an invasive water weed, can generate energy on farms. This system builds on cow power- recycling even more of the waste to grow the algae.
Mark Hoffman is busy growing the farm’s newest crop inside a small greenhouse at [...]

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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 Massachusetts [...]

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Louisiana Economic Development in partnership with KEMA Inc. recently released a feasibility report on Louisiana’s commercial prospect for algae-to-energy ventures, in response to the growing need for alternative feed stocks in the renewable fuels industry.
The report demonstrates that Louisiana offers several advantages for algae industry development, including abundance of low-cost land, [...]