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among very few diatoms are producing recoverable oil.still if think abt yield is only 45-50%. so viablity is ?. more of it is quality also?. Need some advise regarding some ...- more
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Wonder what is the latest timeline that is suggested by experts for algae fuel commercialization...I recently read that Synthetic Genomics suggest that it could be beyond 2025, perhaps even 2030 when we can realistically expert algal fuel to be in the market
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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: [email protected]
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The following article may be of interest for guys who are steadily working on Algae cultivation: more
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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
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Algae Fuel Challenge at Oilgae!! http://www.oilgae.com/challenge/
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
Hello Patel, I have a solution. Please write to me on biz_3k Thanks 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...
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what may be flocculating agent of microalgae ?( please dont say about chemical,i want to know self flocculating agent, like may be polyscharride, protein, or any others agents) Does anyone here deal in algae self flocculation?
An LLC after my own heart. This is the kind of thing I have been advocating all along. more
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if there any fund for students to attened conferences. more
Dear all, i am trying to develope algae harvesting technique via autoflocculation. now i am working chlorella vulgaris esp-6. i need to find the flocculation agents ( gene or others). have anybody work in this area? any suggestion for me?
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