Algae

Biofuels from Microalgae (Part 1)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green

Read More: UN Biofuels Assessment Report, Microbial Biofuels, Gasoline, Biofuels, Algae, Pollution, Crude Oil, Global Warming, Department of Energy, Biofuels Assessment Report, United Nations Environment Program, Biojet Fuel, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

I begun to be involved with growing algae in raceways a third of a century ago, and from then until now, have observed that federal funding was spotty and mostly non-existent.

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Tiny Ammonia Eaters Discovered: Could Be Natural Fertilizers

sciencedaily.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Ammonia, Microbes, Marine Life, Natuarl Fertilizers, Nitrogen-Cycle, Scientific Discovery, Algae, Acquatic Life, Archaea, Green News

A better understanding of archaea's lifestyle and role in nitrogen cycles not only would rewrite ecology textbooks. It could also have practical appli...

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Fuel Uses Education and Inspiration to Make Impassioned Case for Green Energy

Josh Garrett | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Refining, Sundance Film Festival, Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Richard Branson, Movie, Neil Young, Film, Pollution, Crude Oil, Algae Biofuel, Fuel, Biomass, Henry Ford, Contamination, Oil, Documentary, Josh Tickell, Algae, Willie Nelson, Green News
Josh Garrett

Fuel does not chastise Americans for using petroleum products, but instead shows that a post-oil nation is well within our grasp -- all we need to do is extend our hands.

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New Company Turns Algae-Based Fish Oil Into Biofuel

Fast Company | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Fish Oil, Algae, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Algae Biofuel, Green Technology, Sustainability, Green News

We've seen a spate of companies getting involved in algae fuel in recent months, and all of them plan to use some variation on bioreactors and algae f...

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Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Accce, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Roadless Rule, Kimberly-Clark, President Obama, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Shipping, Bush Administration, Hybrid Cars, Water, Cash for Clunkers, Green News, Algae, Forests, Astroturf, Solar Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: 'Cash for Clunkers' -- now with more cash!; 'Astroturfing' -- no...

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Green News Report - July 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Russia, Cap and Trade, James Inhofe, Arctic Ice Melt, Green News, Algae, Paul Krugman, Climate Change, Green News Report, Deforestation, China, Biodiesel, Global Warming, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

U.S.-China summit begins today in D.C.; Arctic ice photos finally declassified... PLUS: Chicken feathers! For both biodiesel and Republican Senators..

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Alternative Energy Sources, From Algae to Cow Manure (SLIDESHOW)

The Big Money | Christopher Flavelle | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Algae, Biofuels, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News

Oklahoma-based Syntroleum Corp. converts chicken fat into synthetic fuel, using a process it calls hydro-processing. The company says the fuel produce...

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The Future of 'Green Energy' Might Be Pretty Slimy

Kevin Grandia | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Renewable Energy, Synthetic Genomics Inc, Sustainability, Algae, Green Energy, Algae Biofuel, Green News
Kevin Grandia

There's been a lot of news popping up lately about algae as a source of biofuel and rightly so! What better use for this slimy sludge for than fueling the clean energy revolution is there?

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Exxon To Invest Millions To Make Fuel From Algae

nytimes.com | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Biofuels, Evolving Energy Tech, Biofuel, Green, Oil, Environment, Algae, Exxon, Green Energy, Algae Biofuel, Green News

Exxon plans to announce an investment of $600 million in producing liquid transportation fuels from algae -- organisms in water that range from pond s...

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Maker Of 'Fuel' Documentary Promotes Algae Energy

money.cnn.com | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Algae, Future Fuel, Fuel Movie, Future of Fuels, Future of Fuel, Business News

For documentary film maker Josh Tickell, it's all about algae. The micro organism's potential to deliver America from its dependence on foreign oil...

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Venice To Get Half Of Its Electricity From Algae

treehugger.com | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Italy, Biofuels, Algae, Venice, Green Energy, Green Technology, Green News

Most talk of algae and renewable energy on TreeHugger involves liquid biofuels, but a new plan being put forth in Venice hopes to use algae to generat...

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For Algae's Next Trick, It Will Clean Up The World

Huffington Post, Reuters | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Algae, Biofuels, Carbon Sequestration, Green Technology, Green News

If you've been at the bottom of the food chain for millions of years, you'd better have a few tricks up your sleeve. Algae, the tiny green plants with...

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Alternative Fuel: Air Force Spending To Be Greener By 2011

Treehugger | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: US Military, Darpa, Air Force Algae Jet Fuel, Renewable Energy, Algae, Algae Jet Fuel, Air Force, Green Technology, Algae Biofuel, Green News

Science Applications International Corp. has announced that it has been awarded a $25 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agenc...

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When Will Algae Fuel Be Cheap Enough?

Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Renewable Energy, Algae, Biofuels, Green Energy, Algae Fuel, Green News

Algae have gotten short shrift in the decade or so since the Clinton administration axed its research funding at the National Renewable Energy Laborat...

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Colorado Company Takes Algae-Based Fuel to the Next Level

Green Inc. | Matthew L. Wald | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Co2, Automobiles, Biofuels, S Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Green News, Solix, Algae, Climate Change, Biodiesel, Soy, Green News

A Colorado company will break ground early next year on an algae farm that is intended to produce thousands of gallons of substitutes for gasoline and...

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Transition Topic III: Alternative Energy Alternatives

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Algae, Obama, Ethanol, Energy Independence, Green Energy, Biofuel, Green Technology, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Corn-based ethanol saves little oil and contributes even less to minimizing carbon dioxide emissions, drives up the cost of food, and requires almost as much energy from fossil fuels.

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Green Energy: Cost-Efficient Process Expected To Turn Algae Into Fuel

AP | Posted 10.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Algae Energy, Algae, Green Energy, Algae Green Energy, Global Warming, Green News

BORCULO, Netherlands - Set amid cornfields and cow pastures in eastern Holland is a shallow pool that is rapidly turning green with algae, harvested f...

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Algae Jet Fuel: It's Green, It's Slimy, It's Renewable

CleanTechnica | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Jet Fuel, Algae, Algae Jet Fuel, Algae Power, Green Energy, Green News

There are a lot of renewable energy sources out there being talked about, but it seems to me that two are kind of buzzy among the ecogeeks that aren't...

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5 Things You Didn't Know Were Biofuels

Huffington Post | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Algae Biofuel, Green Biofuel, Alternative Biofuel, Algae, Cattail, Cattail Biofuel, Giant Grass, Giant Grass Biofuel, Elephant Grass, Agave, Agave Biofuel, Green Drinks, Kudzu, Kudzu Biofuel, Sugarcane, Tijong Grass, Green, Green Living, Environment, Energy, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Food Politics, Politics of Food, Green News

When talk turns to biofuels, it often soon turns to food shortages next. Biofuel doesn't have to be made from food staple crops, though. Here are fi...

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Algae, An Interim Answer to the Energy Crisis: What You Almost Learned in Grammar School

Paul Abrams | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Algae, Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil, Green Energy, Green News
Paul Abrams

What the teachers did not tell you, because they did not think you needed to know, was that some of that food made by algae is in the form of oils that can be converted to diesel or even gasoline.

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China Tries To Rid Waters Of Algae For Olympics

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Sports, Olympics, Beijing, China, Algae, Regatta, Blue-Green Algae, Chinese Algae, Green News

QINGDAO, China — China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are sup...

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Olympics Get Greener: Sailing Venue Plagued By Algae

Bloomberg | Wing-Gar Cheng | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Olympic Sailing Venue, Beijing Olympics, Olympic Sailing, Science, Algae, Olympics, Home News

Beijing Olympics organizers grappling to cut pollution in time for the Summer Games face a new threat: a plague of algae at the sailing venue in Qingd...

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Algae: Biofuel, Cooking Oil, Health Supplement (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Environment, Algae, Green Living, Algae Biofuel, Carbon Footprint, Video, Green News

Algae may be the newest contender in the biofuel business. Biotech company Solazyme is developing multiple uses for algae, replacing petroleum, cookin...

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