tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:28:23 +0000Blog for discussing <a href="http://www.oilgae.com">oil, biodiesel &amp; fuel production from algae</a>.http://www.oilgae.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Ecacofonix)Blogger1196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6045154694968728983Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:56:00 +00002010-01-20T05:56:36.970-08:00Algae-Cultivation-SewageYou are at: Oilgae Blog. 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. Excess nitrogen in thehttp://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/hopewell-algae-project-prototype-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-1918359553527107104Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:36:00 +00002010-01-20T05:36:35.949-08:00You are at: Oilgae Blog. Energy Quest, Inc, an emerging leader in alternative energy and the development and production of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner announced today it is to begin construction on a turn key biomass (Wood Waste) to Power/Algae Energy plant producing 26.8 megawatt (24 net). The plant will consist of four 6.7 megawatt (6.0 net) http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/energy-quest-inc-to-build-power-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-7567525999548250879Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:30:00 +00002010-01-13T00:43:31.066-08:00Algae-Aviation-FuelAlgae-FuelYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Qatar Airways are trying to develop a biofuel that will enable them to keep on flying and become carbon neutral.The project will be a joint affair between Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park, and Qatar Petroleum. The trio has established the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform which will focus on devoloping economically viable and sustainable biofuel production http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/qatar-airways-enters-aviation-biofuel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-312196814176738168Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:01:00 +00002010-01-11T23:06:32.248-08:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Climate change mitigation-related stories were among the top ten most read science stories from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2009.Los Alamos National Laboratory team-up with Solix Biofuels Inc. to use the laboratory’s sound wave technology in optimizing production of algae-based fuel ranked as the seventh leading story for 2009.Acoustic focusing – the use of soundhttp://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/extraction-of-biocrude-from-algae-top.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-4466619019983347198Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:58:00 +00002010-01-11T23:00:12.868-08:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The AgCenter announced in mid-December that it had received "conditional approval" from the state Board of Regents to establish the LSU AgCenter Biofuels Research Center, and it now has "one year to get the institute up and running," said John Russin, associate vice chancellor of the LSU AgCenter.Timber processing leaves behind tons of branches, bark and debris -- biomass http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/lsu-agcenter-explores-algae-for-biofuel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-146957868916984219Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:50:00 +00002010-01-11T22:55:06.102-08:00Algae-Energy-ProductsAlgae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Meghan Starbuck, an assistant professor of economics at New Mexico State University, is working on a way to turn microalgae, and millions of their tiny, slimy friends, into a successful fuel industry for the state."Algal biofuel can be refined into a variety of fuels, including gasoline. I would run my car on algal-based gasoline, if I could get my hands on a couple of http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/turning-green-algae-into-piles-of-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-4427154298112413629Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:29:00 +00002010-01-08T20:30:33.379-08:00Algae-Energy-EventsYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Growdiesel Climate Care Council announces the International Workshop on Algae Biofuel on the 12th & 13th of April 2010 in India.  The workshop is focused on next generation of Biofuels using Algae as a main feedstock. The workshop offers an excellent opportunity for investors, entrepreneurs, Biofuel companies, renewable fuel experts, their associates and academia to share http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/algae-biofuel-workshop-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-4214463013737620429Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:25:00 +00002010-01-08T03:27:55.228-08:00Algae-Energy-EventsYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Press Release:Proposed Algae Production Certification Program 3 day intensive training courseTo all Algae Producers, Researchers, Equipment Companies and Economists:The National Algae Association has written the first algae production certification program for the algae industry. Starting in the first quarter of 2010, the NAA will be offering an intensive - 3 day course http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/call-for-instructors-national-algae.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5422438993629936057Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:37:00 +00002010-01-08T03:24:55.223-08:00Algae-Energy-EventsYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Press Release:To all Algae Producers, Researchers, Investment Companies and Team Leaders:Due to the continuing volatility in oil prices, the lack of jobs in the US and the funds already dedicated to research, commercializing the algae industry is now on the fast track. The NAA has challenged the industry to build the first 100 acres to prove out costs and economies of http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/call-for-presentations-and-papers-naa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-7576380777266814314Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:49:00 +00002010-01-07T02:03:44.318-08:00Algae-Energy-CostAlgae-EnergyYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The article is found interesting as it deals with the negative aspects of biofuels from microalgae. The energy balance which is an essential factor influencing sustainability of biomass production is discussed. It can be determined that at first glance, microalgae appear to be an attractive source of biomass.A more detailed consideration of energy requirements, however, http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/biofuels-from-microalgae-are-not-yet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-1945232494830086091Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:09:00 +00002010-01-05T23:58:16.760-08:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-Energy-InvestmentsYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Money from the state tech fund is also going to two South Texas businesses. Houston-based ScanTech Sciences, which is developing a food sterilization process through electronic pasteurization, was awarded $2 million. Another $1 million is going to Brownsville-based Photon8 Inc., which is working on producing bio-fuel from algae. The grants are to help with the development http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/utpa-receives-more-than-3-million-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-4626208677442921231Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:06:00 +00002010-01-05T23:08:12.549-08:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-StrainsYou are at: Oilgae Blog. Endicott Biofuels, LLC, a Houston-based, next-generation biodiesel producer, and TransAlgae, Ltd., an algal biotechnology company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of algae as a potential transportation fuel and renewable chemical feedstock source. TransAlgae’s mission is to develophttp://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/collaboration-formed-to-develop-fuels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-125829679178335741Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:42:00 +00002010-01-05T22:46:21.511-08:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Fort Collins, Colo.-based Solix Biofuels is producing a steady stream of algae-based biofuel from its six-month old demonstration facility, CEO Doug Henston told the Cleantech Group.Solix, which developed a process using photo-bioreactors to make algae-based biofuel and chemicals, is sending the biofuel to potential partners for testing, Henston said.Solix’s Web site says http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/01/solix-produces-biofuel-from-algae-oil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6170841598282334357Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:50:00 +00002009-12-30T00:59:14.416-08:00Algae-Energy-EventsYou are at: Oilgae Blog.An interesting article entitled How Algal Biofuels Lost a Decade in the Race to Replace Oil in Wired.comBy the way, have you subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?; How about joining the Oilgae mailing list?; and our forum to discuss on with others?http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/how-algal-biofuels-lost-decade-in-race.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-3179177924444045802Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:03:00 +00002009-12-25T22:13:00.680-08:00Algae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria (NFMC) (Sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India) , Department of Marine Biotechnology, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu is organizing workshop entitled SHORT-TERM TRAINING ON ADVANCED RESEARCH TECHNIQUES (START) from 8th to 19th February 2010.Download Brochure Here By the way, have you http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/workshop-on-advanced-research.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5526813347497429998Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:26:00 +00002009-12-24T02:36:41.673-08:00Algae-EthanolYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The project will be designed to turn the manure from the dairy’s 400 cows into pure ethanol that can be blended with gasoline as fuel. Unlike conventional ethanol, it would require no fossil fuels to produce. The distillery would run on methane from a manure digester. The byproduct of the distillations would include concentrated nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer, which http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/baylor-professor-turning-cow-manure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-8917654568983421585Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:24:00 +00002009-12-24T02:25:45.499-08:00You are at: Oilgae Blog.The proposed Bio-Ethanol plant in the municipality of Murcia will have a complementary bio-diesel oil production out of plastic cellophane and bio-mass. Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry, MBCCI, External Affairs Vice President Jose Ma. Zayco said the 61 Barangays of Bacolod City will be providing the Bio-Fuels International Phils., BFIP, some 40 tons plastic http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/plant-to-produce-bio-diesel-oil-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5438522836680706317Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:41:00 +00002009-12-24T01:43:09.135-08:00You are at: Oilgae Blog.Aquentium, Inc, a publicly traded company in the United States with a strategy to bring green technologies to the global marketplace is pleased to announce the company’s expansion into Central and South America with the appointment of Mr. Manfredo Ferrada as Managing Director of Central and South America business and development of Aquentium advanced technologies to http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/aquentium-announces-expansion-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-2631305597723744389Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:10:00 +00002009-12-21T00:50:06.367-08:00Algae-Energy-ProductsAlgae-CO2-CaptureYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Frederic Scheer, the owner of cereplast talks about bioplastics made from algae. Cereplast is a company that designs and makes sustainable plastics from starches found in tapioca, corn, wheat and potatoes Cereplast hopes to offer a plastic made with algae for commercial sale by the end of 2010 and is projecting its annual sales will have doubled by then.See moreBy the way,http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/cereplast-sees-algae-as-viable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5362735798814782961Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:55:00 +00002009-12-20T20:58:01.615-08:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-Energy-InvestmentsYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The New Mexico Environment Department has reached a settlement with Marathon Oil Corp. under which the Houston company will pay $5.1 million in environmental projects and penalties to resolve air quality violations alleged by the state at Marathon's Indian Basin Gas Plant near Carlsbad.The environmental projects include $3.75 million to build and maintain new pollution http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/algae-biofuel-project-in-carlsbad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6038700030768134146Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:51:00 +00002009-12-20T20:53:15.986-08:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-Energy-InvestmentsYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Punjab-based Beckons Industries is planning to set up a bio-diesel plant using algae as a feedstock at Derabassi (Punjab) at an investment of Rs 600 million. The plant will be the first of its kind in this part of the region. For the purpose, the company has technological collaborative agreement with Austria-based company Energia and also an agreement with Germany-based http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/beckons-to-set-up-bio-diesel-plant-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-7921838792803790924Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:33:00 +00002009-12-20T20:42:04.297-08:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.At Seattle's Blue Marble Energy, chemists are cooking up a perfume made from the waste products of a local organic brewery, including rancid beer grains, green algae and a "sludge" consisting of 50,000 different kinds of bacteria. The grains replace petroleum in the production process making the perfume, called Eos, completely carbon neutral.See moreBy the way, have you http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/blue-marble-energy-produces-perfume.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-8807071269199935239Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:57:00 +00002009-12-20T20:25:48.601-08:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have announced the selection of 19 integrated bio-refinery projects to receive up to $564 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.California-based Sapphire Energy will receive a non-ARRA loan guarantee for up to $54.5 million through the Biorefinery Assistance Program (BFA)http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/sapphire-energy-receives-545-million.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-8634131420802559261Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:10:00 +00002009-12-15T20:15:25.982-08:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-Carbon-CaptureYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Seambiotic, one of the oldest companies in algae, has signed a deal with China Guodian Corp. to build algae farms near power plants in that country.The first farm, opening in 2010 in Penglai, will cover 12 hectares and cost about $10 million. Seambiotic specializes in open "racetrack" ponds. In these ponds, flue gas from a power plant is circulated into water where http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/algae-in-china-for-co2-capture-and-food.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-1681300113249309531Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:57:00 +00002010-01-03T22:39:20.085-08:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Foster Wheeler will provide engineering services to help PetroAlgae develop commercial solutions that will allow existing oil refineries to convert micro-crop biomass into green fuels, according to a memorandum of understanding signed by the companies.PetroAlgae believes the partnership will fully advance processes that will transform large quantities of biomass into greenhttp://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/12/foster-wheeler-to-help-adapt-petroalgae.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0