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Innovations in Photobioreactor Design - http://www.cleantick.com/users/dunkenneth/pages/innovations-in-photobioreactor-design-materials
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
Are the requirments for sensors and controls for inputs basicaly the same for photo' and hetro' algae reactors? Can you site some companies that have control systems ready to apply to ... more
Hi Gopinelli, Well finally someone who is getting a clue about how to solve the problem of growing algae in a large enough scale to make a profit and be able to ... 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
Paulo, if you send me what you have designed so far I will make comments on those ideas. If you want to keep this dialog private use my e-mail address. alanschaefer@att.net If ... more
Bhani, I think you are right about the silica content of rice husks and straw. Besides burning to ash how else might one reduce the straw and husk material to ... more
What is your source for nano-silca? We have a very large Frac sand processing factory and open mine less than twenty miles from us. Do you think they would have any ... more
http://www.powerplantccs.com/forum/Algae nova is right. There is no one to fend for us. We need to save ourselves.Algae to oil is all our eyes are on.But the world may reach a ... 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
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
Congratulations to Surajit Khanna and the rest of the crew for your successful efforts in bring a new commerical algae venture into existence. Below is a copy of a news release by the NAA. T Home of ... more
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.
November 26 2010 03:00:15 PM Hello FOA, I will spend some time and see how far I get along the road looking for an answer for the question: Which is better a ... more
I understand that John Benneman was carrying a placard which read " Abandon Hope " in the 3rd Algae World summit in Singapore ! Is that right !!
Bionavitas is supposed to be making low cost PBRs, isnt it ? Anyone who has tried their pbr ? more
I agree with Shankar. Now the price question has been resolved to a great extent. Let us congratulate Solazyme for delivering a large quantity, the first of its kind, a pioneering ... more
Interesting comments. There are those who are very optimistic who are going ahead and setting up a project and here are people who think it is infeasible. I do understand that there ... more
The gold dust twins of advanced biofuels, Jonathan Wolfson and Harrison Dillon at Solazyme have been working nearly a decade on their Solazyme brainchild and ran the gamut on ways to grow algae before settling on their 'grow in the dark' strategy. KRUPALI
Paul Woods, who has shepherded Algenol Biofuels from a little-known start-up to near household-recognition status within biofuels, landing a signature partnership with Dow and a massive grant from DOE for its unique algae-to-ethanol process. KRUPALI
House sent an unmistakable message of support to the hundreds of companies, scientists, entrepreneurs and government agencies working to accelerate the development of algae-based fuels, which will create jobs, decrease emissionsand reduce nation%u2019s dependence on imported fossil fuels Mary Rosenthal
Jason Pyle of Sapphire Energy said opening incentives up to algae biofuel projects will mean jobs for states including New Mexico and California.
Blake where did you get the number of $150 per square meter for a cost for a modern PBR? A square meter is not a good way to compare ditches with ... more
Best of luck Parkavi ! more
I came across this radio / BBC site about richard branson and algae.I have always been fascinated by Richard Branson.I am not able to get the accent perhaps due to the ... more