Bob Morris Posted on Sun May 10, 2009 13:45 pm.
Desert Biofuels Initiative, Inc. is a Phoenix, Arizona-based non-profit social venture aimed at advancing the development of a robust sustainable biofuels infrastructure in the Sonoran Desert region, throughout the U.S., and around the globe. Let Desert Sweet Biofuels explain, they’ve switched from raising shrimp in the desert to producing algae for biofuel. It is indeed [...]
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Bob Morris Posted on Sun May 3, 2009 7:45 am.
OriginOil may have found a more efficient and cheaper to separate oil from algae. They use ultrasound and electromagnetic pulses to break down cell walls. MIT Tech Review Then the algae solution is force-fed carbon dioxide, which lowers its pH, separating the biomass from the oil. Not only is this much simpler than existing methods, [...]
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Bob Morris Posted on Sun Apr 19, 2009 21:45 pm.
Sapphire Energy expects to double output of jet fuel and diesel to 1 million gallons by 2011, 100 million gallons by 2018, and 1 billion gallons by 2025 – all from algae. Sapphire’s products and processes in this category differ significantly from other forms of biofuel because they are made solely from photosynthetic microorganisms, using [...]
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Bob Morris Posted on Wed Apr 8, 2009 9:01 am.
“Effectively, seaweed harvested off a beach in the Outer Isles could be heating a crofter’s kettle for their cup of tea the next morning.” CleanTechnica has more on the Biomara project to produce algae and seaweed in remote areas for conversion to biofuel Given the huge amounts of offshore wind and tidal power Scotland has, [...]
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Bob Morris Posted on Sun Apr 5, 2009 14:40 pm.
A plan to use algae to simultaneously treat wastewater and produce the raw materials for biofuels won the inaugural Clean Energy Prize on Friday. The students at Univ. of Michigan who won the top prize of $65,000 plan to use it to start up the business. “We’re trying to address two major global concerns: clean [...]
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Bob Morris Posted on Mon Mar 9, 2009 14:45 pm.
Catfish farmers used to hate seeing algae in their ponds. Now they’re switching to raising it to produce biofuel. Pond scum is their friend.
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Bob Morris Posted on Thu Feb 5, 2009 8:45 am.
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