Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'algae'
"first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil"-researcher
A study scheduled for presentation at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society will show "the first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil," according to lead researcher Ben Wen, Ph.D., vice president of United Environment and...
Follow the tweets on biofuels
For those of us who love Twitter. I've aggregated four hash tags relating to biofuels in a single handy to view feed called #biofuelhashtags. It aggregates #algae #ethanol #biodiesel and #biofuels into one place. You can see it in the...
PetroSun pays catfish farmers in Mississippi to convert ponds to algae
uploaded from pacres on flickr. PetroSun is paying catfish farmers in Mississippi to convert their ponds to algae production. Here's the deal, according to Terri Chiang, an authorized agent for PetroSun BioFuels "initially, we have arranged for the landowner to...
Algae biofuels at around $33/gal
A piece on Greentech Media puts the cost of biofuels from algae at around $33/gal(US). That leaves plenty of room for process/growth/yield optimisation then. ...
Algae to biofuel: vertigrow's view
It would only take 10% of the surface area of the state of New Mexico to meet the US energy needs if it were devoted to algae production according Val Kurtz, ceo Valcent Products, speaking in this video. Thanks...
Nexant Chem Systems looks at algae for biofuels
Nexant ChemSystems, a petrochemical consulting firm, is setting up a multi-client study into algae for biofuels. It will be thorough....
Greenshift wins algae grant
Green shift gets grant from Montana state to develop algae, according to Greenshift. Good to see algae getting some traction so early in the year, but there's a long way to go yet. ...
The good, the bad, the ugly 2008/2009
The best piece of work on Biofuels 2008? For me that was the The Gallagher Review of the indirect effects of biofuels production. If you're a serious player in this market, you should read that report. Worst technology to...
Taking the long view
There's a piece about algae-based biofuel firm Sapphire Energy on Xeconomy, it's talking about the way that plunging oil prices require alternative fuel start-ups to take a long view. I guess that more realistic valuations of biofuel companies and a...
A list of alage to biofuel firms
The blogger behind nualgi has done us all a favour, and listed a whole bunch of firms that are trying to make money out of algae-biofuel. Worth a look. ...
Researchers at Khon Kaen University Discovered a New Algae Species
Over on the Olegae blog they've come across a development in Thailand that could potentially be used in biofuel production.I guess the usual caveats about extractability, conversion rates and yeild need to be borne in mind, but, once again, the...
UK algae biofuels challenge
The UK's Carbon Trust has launched the Algae Biofuel Challenge to try and flush some good ideas for biofuels from algae off the top of the pond and closer to commercialisation. Worth applying. ...
Interesting Algae Links
In the spirit of not repeating what others have done I'd urge you to look at this post on the Biofuels and Straight Veg Oil forum about algae. It brings together some interesting resources about algae research in the US. ...
Shell is involved in six new biofuel research ventures
Shell announced on 17 September that it was involved in six new research agreements for biofuels. This builds on a number of piecemeal announcements including an interest in a Hawaiian biofuel from algae venture and an agreement with Codexis. The...
National Algae Association
I've just been pointed at the US-based National Algae Association, which recently appointed Will Thurmond as Chairman, Research and Development Round table. Membership of the organisation is $750/year Researchers can join for £250. ...
Solazyme algae-based biofuel ok for Jet fuel
Solazyme's algae-based biofuel is ok for Jet fuel, according to Domestic Fuel. Solazyme received more funding last month, and plans to build a commercial scale factory some time in 2010. ...
Solazyme raises finance
Reports on the internet say that Solazyme has raised more finance, up to $45.4m for its algae based biofuels programme. I've had a trawl through EDGAR (worth bookmarking in my opinion) but the company's filings are all on paper... grrr...
Enterprise-rent-a-car appoints Sayre as academic biofuel director
Enterprise-rent-a-car appoints Dr Richard Sayre as academic biofuel director at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The position was created by the family which owns Enterprise (and also Alamo and National Car rental brands) with a...
Inside Ineos' waste to ethanol plant
And finally, is usually a piece about a skate-boarding duck used to round off a news show of unremitting depression. This is at least optimistic, its about Ineos' plans to use waste to develop gas that will be fed to...
1000 entries and what have we learned?
Put out the flags. I've reached the 1000 post mark. I started this in October 2006 with an open if sceptical mind. Its been a lot of fun so far. I've met a whole bunch of people who have commented...
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