Karthi posted Take the Algae Fuel Challenge0

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

Karthi posted Online Cleantech Networking Community - CleanTick0

CleanTick aspires to be a catalyst for cleantech worldwide. You might ask “How?” The platform provides some useful features for the key cleantech change agents – such as researchers and scientists, ... more

Karthi posted Algae That Can Thrive in Fresh-Water and Salt-Water0

A team of biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium research institute have deciphered an algae which is said to have the capacity to thrive in fresh water as well as ... more

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Karthi posted Some Interesting Facts About Algae1

Algae is a one-celled plant that can grow in your pool if conditions are favorableThere are over 20,000 known varieties of algaeAlgae are mainly found in marine or freshwater environmentsAlgae ... more

Manohar commented on Massive algae-powered airship moves to NASA?s Ames Research Center1

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Manohar commented on Final Showdown; modern bioreactor vs. open ditches, raceways,etc.1

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

Manohar posted Prof S Elumalai of Presidency college get DRDO nod for algae biofuel research3

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

Manohar commented on Algae and human waste to run cars in New York !!?4

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

Manohar commented on An Important Algae Biofuel Happening in India2

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

Manohar commented on Algae biofuel costing - Questionable ?!?72

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

Manohar posted WHEN WHATand WHERE1

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

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oilgae is now on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/user/oilgae

Manohar posted What Happens After November 2nd?0

I am copying a mail from Riggs of Origin Oil. " If you're in the USA, you know there's widespread speculation that the Republicans will take back ground tomorrow in the House, Senate and in ... more

Manohar posted US Navy Demos Algae-Fueled Boat0

.In a move the service says is part of its strategy to float a ?Green Fleet? by 2016, the US Navy demoed for media today a boat that runs ? ... more

Manohar posted Royal Society gives ?250,000 for an innovation in algae biofuel1

A bubble-maker that looks like the flux capacitor from the Back to the Future films last night won a ?250,000 prize from the Royal Society for its ability to transform ... more

Manohar posted Algae fuel startups ! 15 of them !2

About two and a half years ago, Katie Fehrenbacher made a list of Algae fuel companies that one should know.The companies listed were GreenFuel Technologies: Solazyme, Blue Marble Energy, Inventure ... more

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Saline aquifers will provide cheap source of water but how will evaporated water be replaced and how will changing water chemistry affect yields?

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Compared to a normal plant, which grows vertically, an algae grows 360 degrees. So does it grow 360 times that of an average plant ??

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oilgae is now on facebook.. http://www.facebook.com/oilgae

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Company Uses Cement Plant's CO2 Emissions to Create Algae-based Biofuel - http://algaenews.blogspot.com/2010/04/company-uses-cement-plants-co2.html