{"id":998,"date":"2009-03-31T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=998"},"modified":"2020-01-14T17:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:18:41","slug":"indonesia-could-be-middle-east-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/indonesia-could-be-middle-east-for.html","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia could be the Middle East for Microalgae Biofuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/\">Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mujizat Kawaroe, a scientist from the Bogor Institute of Technology, or IPB, has studied cultivable microalgae under different climactic conditions for two years. However, scarce funding has slowed her research, which is currently being carried out at the IPB\u2019s Surfactant &amp; Bioenergy and Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreviously we only studied six different kinds of microalgae, but now we have 13 types in three different colors \u2014 brown, red and green,\u201d Mujizat said. \u201cWe can cultivate microalgae in ponds or even in industrial waste, which would help reduce expenditure for waste processing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microalgae\u2019s fatty acids and carbohydrates can be processed into biodiesel and bioethanol, respectively.Protein can also be used as animal feed, Mujizat said, adding that her team has already tested microalgae\u2019s survivability in industrial waste in Batam, Riau Islands Province.<\/p>\n<p>However, the technology to cultivate microalgae is still in its early stages and very costly, prompting investors to back off, Mujizat said.<\/p>\n<p>With no projects across the globe ready for commercialization, \u201ceven the IPB doesn\u2019t support us financially, because there haven\u2019t been significant results yet,\u201d Mujizat said.\u201cBut Indonesia could be the Middle East for microalgae-based biofuel. We have faith that microalgae will be successful in reducing fossil fuel imports. There are around 2 million hectares of coastline that could be used for cultivating algae.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bioenergy.checkbiotech.org\/news\/scarce_research_funding_slows_spread_microalgae_future_biofuel_source\">See more<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<p>By the way, have you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/feed\/rss.xml\">subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?<\/a>; How about <a href=\"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/mlist\/user\/subscribe.php\">joining the Oilgae mailing list?<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/forum\">our forum to discuss on with others<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legpain.guide\/g\/218\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restless Leg Syndrome &#8211; Willis-Ekbom Disease<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iit.club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IIT Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenexpo.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Expo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: Oilgae Blog. Mujizat Kawaroe, a scientist from the Bogor Institute of Technology, or IPB, has studied cultivable microalgae under different climactic conditions for two years. However, scarce funding has slowed her research, which is currently being carried out at the IPB\u2019s Surfactant &amp; Bioenergy and Research Center. \u201cPreviously we only studied six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae-fuel-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7680,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions\/7680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}