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Production of Biodiesel from Algea in my pond! - 2 years ago
I have a rather large pond at the bottom of my garden that is full of algea, can I harvest this algea to make diesel to run my car on? - more
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- Haynes commented on Production of Biodiesel from Algea in my pond!
is there anybody in Twin Falls Idaho that is interested in algae diesel
what kind of algae is used to make bio diesel and where can you buy it.
Good post. more
I have been reading in this forum that Oil from Algae becomes viable in raceway ponds / PBR the moment oil reaches $ 100 per barrel .Is it true !!Is ... more
Instead of starving, feed proteins. Sounds interesting. more
Good that some scaling is happening in open ponds too. more
That is great news for Algae.TecGermany is the hotbed of not just algae but also carbon capture and storage in Europe.FWB is a great exchange to be listed in .REad ... more
I saw the some news about this in oilgae newsletter recently. !! more
@ GopinelliThanks for your comments. It sounds pretty interesting. " I too have a huge claim, but not as huge as BARD. Theoretically my system, can produce 110 metric ton dry biomass ... more
I have said repeatedly a few months ago, when Solazyme signed up strategic and financial partnership with the Japanese food giant and Uniliver, that it appears that Solazyme is heading ... more
Hi Mia Franceska Thanks for posting it.I did some more search and got some responses on this huge claim.As usual Dr NO alias Dr John Benamenn's comment is sarcastic, pessimistic ... more
News Alert: OOIL lands an order worth up to $1 MillionWelcome Back!Let’s get right into it. Last time I alerted you to OOIL was on December 9th, 2010. At the time OOIL traded for ... more
Is this a measure of the apettite for algae to oil/ hvp like solazyme to go public !!? more
Rising for a second consecutive day, a two day rise of 67.9% January 27Remarkable. Especially considering that I thought that the issue wont be fully subscribed, given my understanding of ... more
OOne Mr Puneet had m messaged me as below. SSome of you who are experts in this field, pl do reply.TPPPuneet: Can u please tell me,if any mechanical oil press can ... more
The EBI report has done more harm to the industry than good. more
Can u tellme what are these speciality chemicals! more
WOW more
Skyonic is a start up. Joe Jones is the CEO. Skyonic like Calera is opting to to scrub flue gas of coal plants and extract ... more
Alan ! Well said. There is no arguement left for open raceway ponds model anymore. More than the cost, the foot print draws my attention, although there is a huge diff ... more
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/krwg/news/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1728821/Regional/NMSU.In.Las.Cruces.Receives.Federal.Grant.For.Algae.Fuel.Research more
Here is an abstract of an article in Sciencemag.org" Microalgae are considered one of the most promising feedstocks for biofuels. The productivity of these photosynthetic microorganisms in converting carbon dioxide ... more
Prof S. Elumalai has been a serious researcher on algae from bio fuel. It is heartening to note that my city Chennai is now getting big time in the oil ... more
This is something similar to what is being tried in California."An algae-based wastewater treatment project is planned to be started in May, at Laguna wastewater treatment plant in the city ... more
According to Prof Stephanopoulos, the technology makes use of an engineered microbe. The technnology is an attempt to convert carbohydrate feedstocks into lipids. Once the carbohydrates are converted into lipids, the methodology ... more
Good to know that India too is joining the algae biofuel race. There is an urgent need for a number of private companies to team up with the best of ... more
Vertigro is an interesting concept, to have tall pbrs like the one's Alan designs, next to a coal plant to consume the CO2 and grow algae 24 hours. IN once ... more
When Sapphire Energy announced the appointment of an Oil Industry veteran Dean Venardos a fortnight ago I new there is more news from them.Dean Venardos has a wealth of experience in refinery ... more
World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. gets a ticker symbol of WHEN , a public holding company operating in the alternative energy sector. That is a terrific symbol to get. WHAT's ... more
Will Zimmerman, professor of Biochemical Dynamical Systems at the University of Sheffield, was awarded the very prestigious Royal Society Brian Mercer award for innovation on Oct. 14, for his work ... more