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Not exact matches

The Energy Department focuses on the next generation of energy technologies — from advanced nuclear reactors to algae biofuels — conducting basic research in its network of 17 national laboratories, and aiding private companies struggling to bring risky new technologies to market.

He is collaborating with Exxon Mobil to produce biofuels from algae and with Novartis to create vaccines.

In order to obtain such a third - generation biofuel from algae, polysaccharides like cellulose, which are main components of cell walls, have to be dissolved.

As Boeing's Daggett says: «There are still a lot of hurdles to overcome, but 10 to 20 years is a reasonable time frame for production of biofuels from algae.»

Ramping algae biofuels up to commercial - scale production will also be a challenge: Going from 0 to 60 million acres will require considerable research, development, and investment.

If the economics and environmental incentives pan out, biofuel made from algae could do it too.

«We estimate that this biofuel would cost the airline industry $ 5.31 / gallon, which is less than most of the reported prices of renewable jet fuel produced from other oil crops or algae,» said Deepak Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at Illinois, who led the analysis.

Interest in algae - based biofuels has blossomed in the past year, sparking major investments from Exxon Mobil Corp. and Dow Chemical Co., and it has gained steam on Capitol Hill, as well.

Next Steps Algae biofuels should benefit from recent changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, a set of regulations that require gasoline in the United States be blended with a certain amount of renewable fuel.

But if oil prices rise enough for algae fuels to be cost effective, scientists hope to use what they've learned from that process to make biofuels that are both clean and profitable.

Another survivor that managed a soft landing was Solazyme, a San Francisco startup that developed a biofuel from algae and sugar that seemed to hold promise until the company's stock price began to crash last year.

Fuel from algae is being sold in California, a first step toward a future of advanced biofuels.

The simplest way to make biofuel from algae is to essentially wring out the natural oils and refine them, much like petroleum.

Mother ship Eve's jet engines will run on kerosene initially but are also capable of running on butanol, a biofuel that can be made from algae.

Its first outside funding round, in late 2008, raised $ 10.5 million to build the first facility producing commercial, cost - effective feedstocks and biofuel from algae.»

Algal biofuels remain a distant prospect, but oil from algae might prove to be a more sustainable food

But rather than searching for ways to stretch the oil we still have — like a modern Hanukkah — it makes more sense to accelerate development of clean alternatives such as electric cars or biofuels from algae — and avoid dirty ones like turning coal or tar sands to liquid fuels.

Given the EU cap of 7 % on the final consumption of biofuels produced from agricultural crops, there is increased interest in advanced biofuels produced from non-food materials, including algae.

Researchers at Michigan State University have built a molecular Swiss Army knife that streamlines the molecular machinery of cyanobacteria, also known as blue - green algae, making biofuels and other green chemical production from these organisms more viable.

Future technologies that need R&D: high - efficiency photovoltaics (say, 50 % conversion)(as well as lowering the cost of PV), energy storage systems for intermittent sources like solar and wind (hydrogen storage, other methods), advances in biofuel technology (for example, hydrogen production from algae, cellulosic ethanol, etc..)

While a few other groups have tested similar processes to create biofuel from wet algae, most of that work is done one batch at a time.

The oil industry giant is in the midst of trying to create biofuel from algae.

The students, representing 45 different science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions and organizations, exhibited their creations, including state - of - the - art cancer - detection methods, an inexpensive prosthetic arm made almost entirely from a 3 - D printer, algae - based biofuels, and an innovative design for urban water management.

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[*) Of course the less money one would invest in biofuels, the smaller the incentive to create cheaper and more sustainable newer generation biofuels — derived from algae or crop residue — instead of the whole food crops or forest biomass.]

The Government of Canada is supporting a three - year project that will result in the construction of a $ 19 - million, demonstration - scale facility in Alberta that will use algae to recycle industrial carbon dioxide emissions from an oil sands facility into commercial products such as biofuels.

Algae and other microorganisms can be finicky about temperature, can produce toxins, and the complications of growing vast amounts and harvesting biofuel from them are immense.

Marie - Odile Fortier, an environmental engineer at the University of Kansas, is part of a team of researchers who are developing an innovative pathway to create biofuels made from algae grown in municipal wastewater.

As a result of the 2007 law, written by Democrats, a significant part of that effort is now focused on developing advanced biofuels like those made from algae with reduced carbon footprints.

«ShareAlgae being cultivated in a small - scale micropond at Sapphire Energy headquarters in La Jolla, California In California, a new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of cost - competitive algae biofuel production will require much more longterm research, development and demonstration.»

At a large - scale, these technologies could help speed commercialization of domestically produced, cost - competitive biofuels from algae.

Then there's the hundreds of millions of dollars ExxonMobil has spent both to research and develop carbon capture and sequestration technologies as well as to investigate the promise of producing advanced biofuels, particularly from algae.

It seems like it's not quite what we're going to get for the first flight this month: «it will not be an algae or halophyte - derived alternative, second - generation biofuels that come from renewable and sustainable feedstocks.

We encourage Virgin to not give up on finding truly sustainable second - generation biofuels (made from algae, for example) that don't compete with food and fresh water resources.

Minor changes to an existing Federal tax incentive for second - generation biofuels (i.e., biofuel made from cellulose, algae, duckweed, or cyanobacteria) could mitigate the current elevated risk of investing in the industry that is retarding its advance, according to a new paper by a team from the International Council on Clean... Read more →