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Getting Algae in the Classroom - 1 year ago
This summer I will be working on an algae outreach program in which I will help k-12 students raise, harvest, and extract algyl oils with cheap, eaisly obtainable machinery. I hope ...- more
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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