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The Navy’s “Great Green Fleet” has decided to continue the use of algae-based biofuels blend in its warships. The fleet of warships fueled by alternative fuels is expected to be deployed by 2016. In another ten years, the Navy will dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels in its vehicles. For this the Navy will [...]
Researchers at the Tyndall Air Force Base see algae biofuels as a promising alternative energy feedstock, as they are working on a multi-million dollar project with the goal of reducing the reliance on foreign fossil fuel supplies. They started working on it three years back, and they are trying to figure out the ways of [...]
Algaetech International, Malaysia has received Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Green Excellence Award for their innovative services in algae technology. Algaetech International is into the field of micro algal research, development and consultancy as well as production and marketing of renewable energy and high value products such as anti-oxidants and other nutraceuticals. Algaetech has researched [...]
The Government of Philippines is investigating the possibilities of using algae as a biofuel feedstock in the country. The Department of Agriculture (DA) of Philippines is in talks with renowned algae experts regarding the same. The DA – Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) called together the algae fuel experts for a preliminary consultation meeting which [...]
As there is a growing concern for environmental, many countries are actively supporting the projects on renewable energy. The United States of America is no exception. Algae biofuels are getting considerable recognition in the US these days. No wonder the US president supports algae based biofuels as an alternative to the conventional fossil fuels. Interestingly [...]
Algae Bioenergy Solutions (ABS), LLC, a Georgia-based algae-to-fuel company is planning to start its algae biofuel production the beginning of July. Chuck Pardue, the president of the parent company Green Valley Biofuels has announced that the algae project will open on July 15 at its Dixon Airline Road facility. According to Pardue the location will [...]
Algae fuel experiment of two students is chosen to be carried out aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Kyle Chapo and Isaac Wells, two students from the Nebraska-based Lincoln Zoo School, a science focus program, will carry out experiments on algae oil production, simultaneously astronauts will be doing the same aboard Atlantis. The experiment was chosen [...]
Germany-based Linde Group and US algae fuel company Sapphire Energy have jointly undertaken a project on the production of algae fuels. Sapphire Energy has signed a multi-year agreement with Linde Group for the development of a low-cost system for the supply of CO2 to the commercial-scale, open pond algae cultivation systems. Linde has agreed to [...]
“Produce algae fuels @ a barrel a day, you can compete with petroleum fuels”, says Karl Seitz, the Co-Founder of the US-based algae fuel company Heliae. In an interview during the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, Seitz told that their company is measuring success not in terms of gallons or liters but by barrels. This is [...]
I came across this interesting invention when I was researching on novel ideas in algae-to-fuel technology. Streamline Automation LLC, USA has invented a technology of using ionic liquids for the extraction of fuel products from algae culture. According to the invention, an active ionic liquid is used to dissolve and/or lyse the algal cell walls, [...]
Evie Sobczak, a ninth-grader at Shorecrest Preparatory School, St.Petersburg, won Pinellas County Science Fair award for her research project on algal biofuels. With a great focus on alternative energy and concern over environmental issues, the 14 years old girl has been participating in the science fair since she was in the sixth grade. Last year [...]
A team of biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium research institute have deciphered an algae which is said to have the capacity to thrive in fresh water as well as marine water. These newly discovered microbes are termed as “rappemonads” and they may be distributed world wide. While performing phottosynthesis, like other algae, these rappemonads [...]
At Oilgae, we had constituted a team about three months back and the team had been doing rigorous amount of exploration to find out the best design that can theoretically yield biofuels at the equivalent of about $3 per gallon. We have been literally burning our midnight oil to evaluate out all possible combinations and [...]
Unlike traditional biofuel processes that require intermediates such as sugar, algae, agricultural biomass or tallow, Joule is the first to achieve and patent a direct, single-step, continuous process for the production of hydrocarbon fuels requiring no raw material feedstocks. The Cambridge, Massachusetts business claims this sets the stage for the production of a liquid fossil [...]
An interesting article written by Narsi of Oilgae providing some cool ideas for the algae fuel enthusiasts who are interested in digging up the possibilities to venture into this field. An algae biofuel specialist’s job today is not exactly easy, whether she/he is in R&D, marketing or investing. So I thought, why not have a [...]
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