Sentences with phrase «production of algae»

-- Where carbon dioxide (or another greenhouse gas) generated by a covered entity is used as an input in the production of algae - based fuels, the Administrator shall ensure that emission allowances are required to be held either for the carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity that is used to grow the algae or for the portion of the carbon dioxide emitted from combustion of the fuel produced from such algae that is attributable to carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity, but not for both.

And it Doesn't include the production of algae and duckweed, which is currently at 6,000 gallons per acre per year, for oil and ethanol respectively, plus co-product biomass that can go to feed or fuel depending on demand.

-- Where carbon dioxide (or another greenhouse gas) generated by a covered entity is used as an input in the production of algae - based fuels, the Administrator shall ensure that emission allowances are required to be held either for the carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity that is used to grow the algae or for the portion of the carbon dioxide emitted from combustion of the fuel produced from such algae that is attributable to carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity, but not for both.

NASA is applying space technology to a decidedly down - to - earth effort that links the production of algae - based fuel with an inexpensive method of sewage treatment.

Plankton algae form the basis for all life in the sea and a lower production of algae will result in a lower production of fish.

The algae specialist Professor Michael Melkonian and his team from the University of Cologne have now developed a new method that could make the production of algae easier — and hence reduce the costs of the products based on this material.

Another company ready to make the leap into commercial scale production of algae fuel is Sapphire Energy, which operates a 2,200 acre algae farm in New Mexico where oil is harvested across 70 open ponds and refined on site.

Not exact matches

And while Boeing's managing director of environmental strategy, Billy Glover, anticipates an eventual portfolio of various plant types — particularly algaes — that will be used to make high - quality fuels, ramping up production will be a daunting short - term challenge for a biofuelled future.

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An algae cultivation model favored by Zivo Bioscience eschews complex and costly fermentation systems, photo - bioreactors, panels and tubes associated with microalgae production in favor of the most basic and cost - efficient models: a covered, shallow pond constructed of inexpensive, readily - available materials obtainable in many parts of the world.

OTCO provides a system of strict production standards and annual on - site inspections of not only E3Live's (Klamath Algae Products, Inc.) facilities, but the Upper Klamath Lake watershed.

Cuomo said harmful algae blooms, or HABs, have a variety of causes, including agricultural production and wastewater plants, that have not been addressed in environmental regulations.

Of course, making algae oil in any quantity remains a huge challenge, from perfecting the growth of the organism and its oil production to extracting the product in a cost - effective manneOf course, making algae oil in any quantity remains a huge challenge, from perfecting the growth of the organism and its oil production to extracting the product in a cost - effective manneof the organism and its oil production to extracting the product in a cost - effective manner.

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.»

Algae production consumes more energy, has higher greenhouse gas emissions and uses more water than other biofuel sources, like corn, switch grass and canola, Clarens and his colleagues found by using a statistical model to compare growth data of algae with conventional cAlgae production consumes more energy, has higher greenhouse gas emissions and uses more water than other biofuel sources, like corn, switch grass and canola, Clarens and his colleagues found by using a statistical model to compare growth data of algae with conventional calgae with conventional crops.

Although many dinoflagellates can survive through photosynthesis alone, some species are able to grow twice as fast by preying on other algae — and it is this feeding mechanism that is now thought to be aided by the production of toxins.

The ice algae seem to be one of the major players in this scheme — even the slight increase of the atmospheric temperature and liquid water production seems to promote algae colonization across the ice surface.

Algae are also used in the production of nutritional supplements, particularly omega - 3.

«Such information is of great importance for the development of superior strains of algae for biofuel production,» Gonçalves said.

The researchers fed the algae glycerol, a cheap waste product of biodiesel production, and urea, another inexpensive chemical that serves as a nitrogen source for the algae.

While Sandia monitors ponds and evaluates resistance to diseases, PNNL will quantify the biomass production rate of 10 strains of algae that they grow in a variety of simulated environmental conditions.

The review presents the current status of technology options for the potential exploitation of algae as feed stocks for the production of biofuels.

At least three well - funded ventures are poised to ramp up production of commercially viable quantities of algae - derived crude oil over the next couple of years.

Solix continues its work to increase algae growth rate and oil content, then reduce the capital and energy expenditures of production to keep costs below $ 80 per barrel.

As a possible step toward the goal of doubling food production by 2050 to feed our expanding human population, researchers have transferred a key photosynthesis gene from a blue - green algae into a tobacco plant, according to a Nature news story.

As for releasing a synthetic organism into the environment — for example, a souped - up algae for energy production, which one ecologist worried could cause havoc — at least for now, the risks are not much different from those of more conventional genetically modified products, which are covered by existing rules, said science policy expert Michael Rodemeyer of the University of Virginia.

The tiny microbe works its magic at near - boiling temperatures, providing the first example of a blue - green alga capable of juggling multiple forms of energy production in such an inhospitable environment.

More fresh water in the surface water layers makes it harder for the nutrient - rich bottom water to rise to the upper layers where the sunlight ensures the production of plankton algae in summer.

The centerpiece is a sealed growth chamber, or photo - bioreactor, made from a clear polymer to let sunlight through; inside is a strain of algae selected for its high rate of oil production.

Pseudo-nitzschia is a microscopic algae that occurs naturally in coastal waters, and is of particular concern due to its production of the neurotoxin domoic acid.

«If trends continue, we can expect probably a doubling of primary production,» in photosynthetic activity undertaken by millions of algae, he adds.

Tom Todaro, CEO of Targeted Growth, a molecular biology firm that tweaks camelina and algae genes to create productive feedstocks, said algae is eight to 10 years away from production, whereas camelina is ready now.

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..)

Reduced rate of calcium carbonate production in marine algae (crustose coralline and green algae)

The Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) is seeking a dynamic, innovative and creative phycologist to conceive, design and conduct a program of independent and collaborative, field and collection - based systematic research on algae; to publish results of scientific research; to contribute to and provide advice on the development and use of the National Herbarium of Canada algae collection; and to work with other museum staff on the development and production of exhibits, outreach and educational programs.

One of the striking findings from laboratory experiments was that calcifying algae, which first suffer particularly in terms of growth and carbonate production from ocean acidification, can partly restore their functioning via evolution.

Scientists have sequenced the genome of a green alga that has drawn commercial interest as a strong producer of quality lipids for biofuel production.

The researchers targeted Chromochloris zofingiensis, a single - celled green alga that has drawn commercial interest as one of the highest producers of the best lipids for biofuel production.

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The production of huge biomass quantities in these distinctive soda lakes and the food web that this green algae supports are also of international scientific value, and provide critical support to birds, which visit the property in large numbers as part of their migration in response to seasonal and episodic changes in the environment.

As most of the earth is covered by ocean the next questions could be of the UV / VIS - spectrum of water:» How deep under water floating algae can photosynthesize and what is the effect of ozone hole to the primary production on the southern ocean?»

Land use change can cancel out much or all of the benefit of a low - carbon biofuel if it, in fact, results in the emissions just being shifted somewhere else through crop production just moving, so the algae route is very important here.

Widescale Biodiesel Production from Algae Michael Briggs, University of New Hampshire, Physics Department

Sapphire selects and genetically modifies algae to maximize their internal production of lipids, or fats and then squeezes that from algae.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, algae's biggest drawback for commercial production is the extreme cost of harvesting the algae and removing the water.

Algae is extremely attractive as a natural resource for biofuel production because of its tremendous efficiency at conversion of sunlight into a usable biofuel, up to 30 times more energy per acre than terrestrial crops.

Third generation renewable fuels production systems, such as photosyn - thetic algae, are unlikely to supply significant quantities of feedstock oil by 2020 and may involve consideration of the water requirement tradeoffs.

These authors postulated an extended Barents Sea Ice Sheet, the western part of the huge Eurasian Ice Sheet51, 55, that had reached the shelf edge causing polynya - like open - water conditions (triggered by strong katabatic winds) with phytoplankton and sea ice algae production, subglacial meltwater outflow and the deposition of suspended material on the slope at site PS2138 - 2.

After a period with maximum extension of the ESCIS covering the southern Lomonosov Ridge (including the area of cores PS2757 - 8 and PS87 / 086 -3) and causing ice - shelf grounding (ice rise) with no ice algae production underneath (Fig. 6, Scenario 1), the ice shelf started to retreat.