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Algae Producing Fuel Through Photosynthesis With the Help of Engineering

Mila Luleva — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:12:44 +0000

New species of blue-green algae was engineered by chemists at University of California, Davis. The aim of the team, led by assistant professor Shota Atsumi, was to find a replacement of petroleum and natural gas to produce chemical feedstock. The findings were published in the latest Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences. The unique study looked […]

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Genetically Modified Marine Algae to Increase Biofuel Production

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:51:33 +0000

Biologists at the University of California – San Diego disproves last month’s report of National Academy of Sciences to the Department of Energy that claimed algal biofuel production might be limited by freshwater, by demonstrating that marine algae can be bioengineered to produce biofuels as freshwater algae do. Researchers led by Stephen Mayfield showed that the marine […]

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Algae into Biocrude – The Quick Method

Benji Jerew — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:08:00 +0000

Crude oil reserves around the world were formed millions of years ago as ancient microorganisms, such as algae and plankton, died and sank to the sea floor. Under extreme heat and compression due to sedimentary rock formation, the ancient biomass slowly decomposed anaerobically, resulting in deposits of crude petroleum buried in the strata. Biofuels researchers […]

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Algae-Based Biofuels Not "Silver Bullet," Study Says

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:35:17 +0000

The process of switching from petroleum is not all milk and honey, a recent scientific report says. The researchers, Andres F. Clarens and Lisa M. Colosi from the New University of Virginia analyzed algae biofuels and compared them to canola and switchgrass biofuels from a wheel-to-wheel perspective. Algae-based transportation fuels usually come with minimal land […]

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Algae Biofuel Produces 4 Times More CO2 Than Regular Diesel, Scientist Reveals

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:47:55 +0000

I don't know why, but each time a biofuel solution rises up from the masses of alternative energy sources, later there are news saying biofuel is still more polluting than fossil fuel. Now it's time for algae biofuels to pass through the test of actual "alga-to-wheel" pollution.

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Toyota Spreading Their Wings in Algae Biofuel Production to Replace Fossil Fuels

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:26:32 +0000

I've always admired people who managed to do several things at once, focus on totally different directions and still act like they believed in each and every one of them. Likewise is Toyota, which has made hybrid cars a worldwide success, and now are aiming towards pure electric cars by collaborating with Tesla Motors. Still, Toyota has another surprise in the pocket.

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Algae Biofuel Production Emits More CO2 Than Algae Absorb, Says Study

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:55:09 +0000

Biofuels do their job as a carbon-saver only if they swallow more carbon than they emit. Choosing biofuels with a positive carbon output looks to me like wasted money.

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Your Breath's CO2 Captured and Used for Creating Airplane Biodiesel

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:07:23 +0000

It's interesting to know, when you're aboard a plane, that its fuel is derived from algae, and you practically fly on a living creature's output. What's more interesting when you're in an airplane is knowing that those algae were fed with the CO2 you exhaled when sitting and waiting for the airplane... in the airport!

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