AlgaeBill posted Alage Products0

Greetings All- i am looking for some research on the use of cultured algae on soilenrichment - e.g. omega 3 benefits soil micro fauna. more

SAMDevelopment commented on Algae BioMax system enhances crop market value1

I want to be on the next taste panel !!!! more

Hasseli posted Harvest pretreatment of algae0

The following article may be of interest for guys who are steadily working on Algae cultivation: more

IanJ posted Highes salinity algae0

Hello all,   I was wondering if anyone has any information on extremely high salinity algae cultures.  The particular water I'm looking at can have up to 400,000 ppm (yeah, REALLY high) ... more

Parkavi posted Algae Talk Session0

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

Parkavi posted Any Questions on NASA Omega system?0

Dear Members of Oilgae, I will be attending a algae talk session by Dr. Jonathan Trent, OMEGA Scientist, Ames Research Center, NASA on 19 Sep at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.I have a ... more

Sumukhi posted Algae Fuels Community @ CleanTick ? One-stop Destination for All about Algae Fuels!0

CleanTick is an online cleantech community from the promoters of Oilgae. Cleantick has  recently launched  an online algae fuels community which aims to bring about all the algae fuel professionals, researchers ... more

Bhani posted dry weight matters0

how much dry algae derive from a Kilogram of wet algae(just after the harvest)in macro as well as micro algae.does it differ species to species? more

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

Sumukhi says

Take the Algae Fuel Challenge - http://www.oilgae.com/challenge/

RobertTulip posted Climate Apocalypse0

This talk by Dan Miller presents compelling evidence for the looming climate apocalypse. We are on a path to global catastrophe. In talking about a crisis of Biblical scale, Miller gives ... more

Abomohra commented on fatty acid composition change??2

Hi MElSheikh,As far as I know, fatty acids compositions also change as a consequence of changing of growth conditions. For some experiments I did, I observed that ratio and types ... more

Abomohra posted DOE Announces $36M in Advanced Biofuels & Chemicals Funding0

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced this month $36 million in federal grants to fund six small-scale projects in five states designed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and other ... more

Natalia posted First International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts0

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

Natalia posted Airlines Gained Technical Approval for the Use of Algae Biofuels0

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

Natalia posted The First Commercial Jetliner to do a Transatlantic Flight on "Biologically Derived Fuel?0

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

Jacintha posted UABC Researchers Mutate Dunaliella salina Using Ultra-violet Rays for Increased Production of Triglycerides0

A team of researchers from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Mexico have isolated a new high yielding strain from a lake in San Quintin for the increased production ... more

Larsyn commented on Growing algae in sewage - a fuelish idea2

An LLC after my own heart. This is the kind of thing I have been advocating all along. more

Bhani posted is macroalgae a better option for a start0

it is known fact that macroalgae are abundent in our waterresources and it is easier to cultivate commercialy. why we are not talking much of it for biofuel and food suppliments. more

Alagarsamy says

hello My dear Friends iam sorry that i could not focus my full attention .. Tamilnadu is now under Dr J.jayalalithaa ...the most dynamic chief Minister will be happy to know Algae biofuel blooms in Tamilnadu

SAMDevelopment posted Controls and sensors for a PBR2

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

SAMDevelopment commented on Scaling Up.5

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

Algaepreneur says

FYI, GM is going to be a huge issue in the US. According to the EPA, the rules and regulations are in place, and they will not hesitate to shut down operations if the rules and regs are not followed.

RobertTulip posted Potential for algae to transform the world economy1

Potential for algae to transform the world economyRobert Tulip1. The world economy relies on the movement of carbon from the earth’s crust into the atmosphere as its main source of energy. ... more

Bhani posted Algea farming in a big way in India0

WHEH Planning 250-Acre Algae Farm in IndiaWorld Health Energy Holdings, Inc., a public holding company operating in the alternative energy sector, has announced that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, GNE-India, has ... more

Bhani commented on Nano silica and micro nutrients for Diatom Algae6

hi Alan, there is plenty of rice husk ash available with me. more

SAMDevelopment commented on Materials needed to build a PBR7

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

SAMDevelopment commented on Nano silica and micro nutrients for Diatom Algae6

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

Bhani commented on Nano silica and micro nutrients for Diatom Algae6

so far i know, rice husk ash has very high silica content. Is it good enough as nutrient for algae culture?   more

Natalia posted 21 billion gallons of algal oil with American grown algae !1

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

Bhani commented on oil extraction8

as we know that spirulina is a high grade and valuable species.why don't you think of it as herbs/medicine instead. more

SAMDevelopment commented on Nano silica and micro nutrients for Diatom Algae6

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

Sumukhi posted Join the World Algae Leaders @ London - 27 & 28th April, 20110

The date to the highly anticipated European Algae Biomass executive forum is approaching fast. Hosted in London on the 27 & 28 April 2011 and organised by ACI, it will ... more

AlgaeNova says

There is no God to help us to save this planet. We have to do it ourselve!

AlgaeNova posted ALGAE IN DARKNESS3

The world’s oceans teem with unicellular algae that carry out photosynthesis in the sunlight. It has been known for a while that the particularly abundant diatoms (unicellular algae with a ... more

AlgaeNova posted A Response........1

Dear Oilgae friends,first of all an excuse to all the ones that have written to me and which I have not answered yet. Please forgive me - it is not ... 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

Larsyn commented on govt policy4

The uses of Algea other than Biofuel are numerous. The research if centered on other uses of algae will pay dividend much more rapidly thus providing profits to uses for ... more

Karthic says

Please cast your vote of you like my project: http://planetforward.org/idea/the-biowinol-technologies-process-uses-sequestered-co2-plus-wind-energy-to-generate-h2-and-then-converts-these-gases-into-ethanol-and-other-industrial-products/

Karthic posted OSU BioWinol project seeking public input0

Oklahoma State University's Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is seeking input from those interested in energy development and advances in related technologies. OSU graduate students under the tutelage of ... more