A consortium of six R&D centres in Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre and France are participating in European CYCLALG project to develop an algae based biorefinery and validate technological processes designed to obtain biodiesel through algae cultivation. Apart from coordinating the project, NEKER will be responsible for establishing optimum, sustainable, cost-effective conditions for algae biomass production. […]

Researchers from Iran have conducted an experiment to use starch extracted from microalgae to produce biodiesel. Starch present in microalgae is the basic substance in fermentation process to produce biodiesel. In this process, a new method called gravity based enrichment was followed for screening the microorganisms based on cell density. Various starch and lipid producing […]

Scientists from Bangladesh performed an experiment to produce biodiesel from coastal macroalgae Chara vulgaris using an integrated method. Box–Behnken design based on response surface methods (RSM) was used as a statistical tool to analyse the suitable performing conditions for the production of biodiesel. Results showed high calorific value and yield of the biodiesel and thus […]

Researchers from Taiwan have developed a synthetic magnetic nanoparticle which helps to extract oil from microalgae. The nanoparticles produced from iron oxide and silicon dioxide could produce biodiesel from the magnetically extracted oil using an alkaline-based catalyst The new method could extract 97.1 percent of fats for the conversion into biodiesel compared to the existing technology. […]

The US-DOE has announced that, for an initiative entitled Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC), which aims at the development of alternative energy throughout  South Asia, the University of Florida and the Indian government will enter into a research collaboration to work on a biofuel project. The project will focus on the benefits of biofuels […]

Sukh Sidhu, sustainable environmental technologies group leader in the University of Dayton Research Institute’s energy and environmental engineering division, recently discussed the possibility of algae as an alternative fuel source with SOCHE Talks. Sidhu is part of a team at the University of Dayton Research Institute working on a a two-year, $980,000 Air Force pollution-reduction […]

ALGAE EUROPE Conference & Expo the first fair-conference in Italy dedicated to the technologies and industrial applications of algae culture, which will take place from 26 to 28 October 2010 at Fieramilanocity, Milan. The event has been designed especially for the manufacturers of technologies, plants and machinery for the production of algae, along with the companies […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder came to town Wednesday, Oct. 15, to be briefed by members of the Marshall Saline Development Corporation on the planning of the EcoAlgae plant. “We feel really good about where the project is today from where it was three months ago,” said Roy Hunter, executive director […]

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You are at: Oilgae Blog (Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page) See also: Oilgae Blog Article Directory for a complete listing of all Oilgae blog posts – covering news, research and updates on biodiesel from algae & other plant feedstock, ethanol, and other renewable energy such as wind energy, hydrogen, hydro-energy, tidal/wave […]

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You are at: Oilgae Blog; see also: Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae Home Page AP to take to biodiesel in big way: Minister Oct 10 News. The southern Indian state of Andhra pradesh, in an effort to improve the livelihood opportunities for farmers and farmless labourers, has chalked out an ambitious programme to […]