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Botryococcus braunii - a Potential Source for Biofuel? - 2 years ago
Botryococcus braunii belong to the species Cholorophyceae. These colony-forming green Microalga live in both fresh water and brackish water environments. These species possess unique characteristics ...- more
CSU Researchers test emissions from burning Biofuel - 2 years ago
Many in the field of Renewable Energy hope that Algae Biofuel production reduces the amount of green house gases in the Atmosphere and very Eco friendly too. But the conclusions are ...- more
High Efficiency Micro algae research - 2 years ago
The use of fossil fuels is now widely accepted as unsustainable due to depleting resources and the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the environment that have already exceeded the dangerously ...- more
UNL team looks to tap energy from algae - 2 years ago
A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers is working to extract oil from that sticky green stuff that gums up boat motors and fishing lines. Then they'll study the feasibility ...- more
UK looks forward to produce 70 Billion litres of Biofuel - 2 years ago
Now it has been the UK's turn to focus on Algae Biodiesel on a very large scale with the Carbon Trust Initiative. The Carbon Trust has announced plans to take on ...- more
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Greetings All- i am looking for some research on the use of cultured algae on soilenrichment - e.g. omega 3 benefits soil micro fauna. more
Which Algal strain will be suitable for the research....
Friends... i wanna to do a project on " Genetic manipulation of algae to improve self-aggregation " Am inviting your comments and suggestions ...... Nimal Raveendran
hi how is going? did u get any productivity results? more
It is do difficult to get a straight answer on what kind of incentives/subsidies/sops the Govt of India provides to Algal Biofuels. I am really sick on seeing ancient policy documents all over the internet, that talk about Jatropha only. Has anyone had a breakthrough with seeking the same information that I do. If so, I would lke to request you to please get in touch with me: vikramverma2005@gmail.com
I am working on my masters and currently have resources and space to run a plant growth trial. I am looking for some algae meal/cake byproduct to study at the nutrient availability, water retention changes and biological activity. Please contact me if you have product. Shannon
Deal lovely oilgae readers I am now one year into a masters degree at Oregon State University. I am enjoying learning everything I can about soil. I have been working on ... more
I want to be on the next taste panel !!!! more
How far algae fuel fetch results developing country like India ???
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The following article may be of interest for guys who are steadily working on Algae cultivation: more
Veronica: We don't need to convert hydrogen into fossil fuel. It can directly be used in fuel cells to produce clean power for household as well as for mobile functions. more
Hi Tom,I like the articles you post over here. I would like to hear what you think about my choice of topics too..I have posted my articles at this link: http://www.cleantick.com/users/emily/blogs/rd-magazines-49th-scientist-of-the-year Check ... more
The best sensors to use are solid state sensors, but they should be true solid state sensors, not gel/polymer.They should have a built in reference electrode also solid state.This means ... more
This was an interesting article http://www.cleantick.com/portal/news/pages/1043. The idea is to produce 16 times more algae than existing technologies. The process allows algae to be cultured in vertical bio-reactors rather than in the ... more
Origin Oil 's technologies are amazing - this in particular is my favorite http://goo.gl/BlR3Y more
Hi Tom,I was just wondering if there were any commercial algal strains being sold in Asia after reading this blog: http://goo.gl/X7wnd .Try checking out this article and can you let ... more
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has any information on extremely high salinity algae cultures. The particular water I'm looking at can have up to 400,000 ppm (yeah, REALLY high) ... more
We are pleased to invite oilgae club members to our Algae Talk Session on 19 Sep 2011 at Technology Park Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Algaetech is organizing "Algae Talk Session" with ... more
Dear Members of Oilgae, I will be attending a algae talk session by Dr. Jonathan Trent, OMEGA Scientist, Ames Research Center, NASA on 19 Sep at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.I have a ... more
Innovations in Photobioreactor Design - http://www.cleantick.com/users/dunkenneth/pages/innovations-in-photobioreactor-design-materials
We have just sold every litre of oil that we can produce, and are looking for a further 30,000 MT of Rapeseed, Jatropha or Palm OIL per month. more
Got an informative article about Nannochloropsis salina when i was surfing at Cleantick.The article discusses various characteristics of the strain such as lipid productivity,photosynthetic efficiency,growth rate etc... Read at:http://www.cleantick.com/users/amandaleah/projects/analysis-of-marine-algae-strains-for-biofuel-production-nannochloropsis-salina more
CleanTick is an online cleantech community from the promoters of Oilgae. Cleantick has recently launched an online algae fuels community which aims to bring about all the algae fuel professionals, researchers ... more
Developments in microalgal harvestingbiotechnology: Genetically engineered auto/bio-flocculation. Harvesting microalgae at large scalesrepresents a significant barrier to economically feasible production of algal biomassfor liquid fuels and other useful products. Some estimates approximate ... more
Dear All,Greetings!Some of us are war torn veterans in the field of algae fuels and many of us are young turks with fancy degrees from ivy league schools having published ... more
Take the Algae Fuel Challenge - http://www.oilgae.com/challenge/
Hello My Oilgae Friends...Sorry I was out for giving lectures and for research Purpose,But is soon returning back to you.... With Juicy Informations...
hi mahesh right now r u doing organic spirulina ? more
This talk by Dan Miller presents compelling evidence for the looming climate apocalypse. We are on a path to global catastrophe. In talking about a crisis of Biblical scale, Miller gives ... more
I am looking for some one from Toronto Ontario who are currently researching Algae Oil or interested in patnering up inorder to produce cost effective algae oil to be used ... more
Hi MElSheikh,As far as I know, fatty acids compositions also change as a consequence of changing of growth conditions. For some experiments I did, I observed that ratio and types ... more
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced this month $36 million in federal grants to fund six small-scale projects in five states designed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and other ... more
Algae-based biofuel will become commercially viable! But the major obstacle ahead is the high production costs associated. Algae biofuel production costs 10 times that of palm oil, according Rene Wijffels, ... more
World Health Energy Holdings Inc. (WHEN) signed an engagement letter with Millennium Capital Resources (MCR) LLC, a project development and financial advisory firm, to raise up to $100 million in ... more
The First International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts is to be held in St Louis USA, on 17-20 July 2011. The conference will focus on all areas of ... more
The ASTM International Committee on Petroleum Products and Lubricants for approving a new jet fuel specification that will further enable the use of sustainable alternative fuels in aviation. According to the ... more
Boeing 747-8 freighter is going to be the first commercial jetliner to do a transatlantic flight on biofuels. Boeing's Keith Otsuka and Rick Braun, along with Sten Rossby of Cargolux, will ... more
A team of researchers from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Mexico have isolated a new high yielding strain from a lake in San Quintin for the increased production ... more