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European consortium to develop novel solar lighting for improved algae growth in open ponds and bioreactors - 3 months ago
Solalgen Peak oil, population growth and global warming all are drivers of the need to develop secondgeneration biofuels, which do not compete with agricultural food production. Solalgen, (www.solalgen.eu), an R&D ...- more





















Solazyme and Bunge Form Joint Venture in Brazil April 3, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com outh San Francisco-based Solazyme and Bunge Global Innovation LLC , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food ... more
GeneArt® Precision TALs March 21, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com TALE proteins offer precise gene editing capabilities. ife Technologies has announced the launch of GeneArt® Precision TALs, generally referred to as TAL effector proteins (TALE), which will ... more
OriginOil Demonstrates Low-Energy Algae Appliance to National Algae Association NAA workshop attendees view latest algae processing technologies (video, photos) Los Angeles, CA February 7, 2012 – OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB: OOIL), a leading ... more
http://www.originoil.com/pdf/OriginOil_Algae_Production_and_Networking_Workshop_NAA Algae – Its Strategic Use Ancient History Algae compressed & fossilized into petroleum. Nature processed the whole biomass – did not separate the oils. Today’s Strategy Lipids and biomass are being separated. But are they utilized ... more
BioProcess Algae and GPRE Break Ground on Iowa Production Facility February 2, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com ioProcess Algae LLC and Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. have announced that they will start construction of BioProcess Algae’s ... more
Algae Producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil Announce Joint Commercial Agreement Development of dry-land aquaculture could transform desert farm economies of the American Southwest and Mexico Mexicali Valley, Mexico and Los Angeles, CA February ... 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
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
ckeck out Origin Oil http://www.originoil.com/company-news/originoils-french-joint-venture-participates-in-large-scale-algae-projects.html more
An interesting paper published on dewatering of microalgal cultures.You can read it online at the url provided below. A large amount of studies has been completed on the harvesting and recovery ... more
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that water use is much less if algae are grown in the U.S. regions that have the sunniest and ... more
The proponents of the algae solution say that it has saved the world once and can do so again. Many millions of years ago, it helped clean up what was ... more
Hi Paulo, We beleive that we have the most cost effective bioreactor, and are prepared to share our knowledge on signature of a non disclosure agreement. more
Fossil fuel has not run out yet. When it begins to we will see panic, hardship and more wars. Why not prepare pre-emptively. more
Everyones behind the gold rush. Everyone wants to grow algae, make oil and become an oil baron. With carbon credits or carbon tax coming about, it may make sense to just ... more
@ SrividyaNice post.It will help if you make the url clickable. Either u or the administrators. more
Why is there anything wrong with the existing combustion systems. more
Best wishes Ryan. For the classes. I also wish your hope to become true in less than 10 years. more
I like the way you handle your misjudgement Shankar ! more
Alternative Fuels for Military Applications was the title of the report by RAND.ABO comments about it here.http://www.algalbiomass.org/comments-on-rand/ more
I have not heard of W2 Energy. Nor have i heard of second generation algae bioreactor.As the news story was short, i have reproduced the whole story for your benefit.MiaW2 ... more
"The pilot facility is estimated to produce 20,000,000 gallons of algae oil / biodiesel per acre per annum [emphasis added]. Initially, the pilot facility will produce 43,070 gallons of algae ... more
Peter Horvath of Hungary, has designed the Biolamp, a public street lamp (though I suppose one could use it in one’s yard or on one’s estate just as well) that lights your way, cleans ... more
there are a couple of companies in Australia working on projects with coal fired power plants. the 2 I'm aware of are MBD Energy & Algae Tec http://www.mbdenergy.com/ http://algaetec.com.au/ more
Microalgae absorb sunlight and through photosynthesis can produce hydrogen gas. In theory these microalgae can produce hydrogen, in practice it is much more complicated.The first barrier to hydrogen production is ... more
When American algae producers, harvesting, extraction technologies, researchers,and engineering companies who agree that algae could be one solution to help get the US off of foreign oil join together in ... more
(Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of "White House Chronicle" on PBS. His e-mail is lking@kingpublishing.com .) According to a loosely-organized apocalyptic Christian movement, May 21, 2011 will be the ... more
Algae extraction technology by Origin Oil Riggs Eckelberry, OriginOil CEO, says "No one company is going to do it all, and that's why we have decided to focus on extraction, ... more
Ten interesting Algae ventures as selected by a environmental-expert.com 1. Sapphire Energy 2. Solazyme 3. Joule 4. Aurora 5. PetroAlgae 6. Algenol 7. Origin Oil 8. Phycal 9. NAABB 10. Photon8 Details at http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=9252&codi=219546 more
The US Navy will use only "third generation" biofuels. That means no ethanol made from corn . The Navy is only testing fuels like camelina and algae that do not compete with food, that have a carbon footprint cleaner than fossil fuels and that can be grown cheaper than fossil fuels.
The Navy will use only %u201Cthird generation%u201D biofuels. That means no ethanol made from corn . The Navy is only testing fuels like camelina and algae that do not compete with food, that have a carbon footprint cleaner than fossil fuels and that can be grown cheaper than fossil fuels.
What people should be most concerned about, however, is a recent study from the University of California, Davis. The study predicts the global oil supply will run out a full 90 years before the supply of alternatives is sufficient to meet demand unless there are major changes in biofuels policy.