BP plans first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol by 2010
Their projects include algae biodiesel, biobutanol from wheat straw in Britain, and partnering with Verenium in Louisiana using enzymes to breakdown grasses into alcohol.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Tag algae biofuel
Turning manure lagoons into algae farms
Logan, Utah will attempt to turn noxious, reeking manure lagoons into biofuel factories by using algae. Not only does this turn a liability into an asset, it is way less expensive than building expensive facilities to treat the sewage. The…
The big boys of industry move into next-generation algae fuels
These new [algae biofuel] startups are developing strains of algae that continuously produce and actively secrete oils and ethanol. By turning the algae cells themselves into microscopic refineries, several process steps can be eliminated along with costs. Second, these startups…
Algae engineering: Prime time for pond scum
WSJ explains how current algae-to-biofuel R&D is focused on genetic engineering to coax the algae to secrete the biofuel naturally rather than having to manually squeeze it out.
Heavy hitters in algae fuel
Earth2tech details the big money going into algae biofuel R&D, including from oil companies and the US government. Yeah, there’s been some busts here, but this technology is still in its infancy, so give it time. My guess: sooner or…