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Australian Project Capturing CO2 with Algae

Australia’s first CO2 emission reduction project using algae is being implemented at Tarong Power Station. The Queensland Government has allotted $ 1 million for the first phase of the project, which is on track at the South Burnett power station after successful trials conducted at James Cook University. The project uses algae to capture the [...]

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[ More ] December 15th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Flue gas-CO2-Sequestration |

Australia’s Carbon Price may Accelerate the Adoption of Algae.Tec’s Technology

According to Algae.Tec, the introduction of a price on carbon by the Australian Government in its Clean Energy Future (CEF) package, would accelerate uptake of the Algae.Tec technology by carbon dioxide emitting industries. Here is a Press Release by the company in this regard. AUSTRALIAN PRICE ON CARBON TO ACCELERATE UPTAKE OF ALGAE.TEC TECHNOLOGY Perth, [...]

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[ More ] July 18th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Aurora Algae Takes Forward Commercial Facility Construction

For the design and construction of its commercial facility in Maitland, Australia, Aurora Algae has given the initial engineering contract to MWH engineering firm, a global company in wet infrastructure, and John Holland (JH), the largest multidiscipline construction contracting business in Australia. The facility will be built on Aurora Algae’s recently secured 1,500 acres of [...]

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[ More ] June 22nd, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algae World Australia – Mass Production of Algae for Biofuels & Bioproducts

Another conference in the CMT event series! With the idea of tracking the algae industry developments down under, CMT is organizing the Algae World Australia on August 16-17, 2011 in Queensland, Australia. Australia is attracting many algae fuel researchers and investors, as a result many projects are in force in the country, these days, and [...]

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[ More ] May 19th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Energy-Events |

Aurora Algae – Escalating Production

With its already erected six one-acre ponds in Northwest Australia, Aurora Algae is opening another five-acre modular pond in or around July, this year. The six ponds are producing 15 tons of dry, ash-free biomass per month. Aurora’s CEO Greg Baffalis suggests that starving the algae makes the algae accumulate more lipids than the non-starving [...]

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[ More ] May 4th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algae Rock Australia

Australia seems to be developing fast into a hub of algal biofuels. Algae Biofuels seems to hold the future of Australia, a country that is basically a desert, cut off from the global biomass trade by a tyranny of distance, with a carbon emissions problem. It is moving fast, excitement is high, and there’s a [...]

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[ More ] March 3rd, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

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