Sentences with phrase «in algae biofuel»

OriginOil is seen as a leader in the algae biofuel industry, and had success last year in an algae pilot project with MBD Energy of Australia.

Just as in algae biofuel production on land, the floating OMEGA bags use water, solar energy and carbon dioxide — which in this case is absorbed through the plastic membrane — to produce sugar that algae metabolize into lipids.

The question remains: Is Big Oil's investment in algae biofuels based on confidence in a credible alternative to fossil fuels, or is it nothing more than a public relations stunt?

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.

And Synthetic Genomics, the company he founded in 2005, aims to create fuel - producing microbes, including algae biofuels in a $ 300 million agreement with ExxonMobil.

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.

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.

And unlike the corn used to produce ethanol in the United States, algae do not compete with food for farmland, one of the biggest problems with current biofuels.

For example, scientists with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography figured out how to curb an enzyme that breaks down the lipids in algae that are crucial for making biofuel.

Utility - scale solar power plants and second - generation biofuels such as algae have led the field in recent financing rounds, but funding is now branching into less developed technologies such as bioplastics, green building materials and water desalination.

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

Advances in algae - based biofuel technology may restore some of their optimism

Hence, the present technology to convert algae into biofuels is in an undeveloped state.

«Algae may be a potential source of biofuels and biochemicals even in cool climate.»

And unlike other biofuel feedstocks, algae production has minimal impact on freshwater supplies — especially when it can be undertaken in ocean waters or even wastewater.

Washington State University researchers have developed a way to grow algae more efficiently — in days instead of weeks — and make the algae more viable for several industries, including biofuels.

Even in a cool climate as in Finland, algae might be used to produce biochemicals and biofuels, besides use in capture of industrial carbon dioxide emissions.

The aviation industry in particular is interested in the potential of algae - based biofuels.

This signaling pathway could be used to optimize the photosynthetic efficiency of plants subject to water and nutrient deficiencies, with potential applications in agriculture and reactor - based crop development for green chemistry and algae - based biofuel solutions.

Ever since he heard about biofuel photobioreactors, Bryan Willson, has seen raw power in tiny algae, nature's fastest - growing organisms.

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.»

There are other people who have talked about changing microalgae — green algae that floats in the water — into advanced biofuel, but [using] seaweed is unique,» said DuPont's Nathan Danielson, a program manager who oversaw the companies» DOE grant application.

Biofuel Shell is particularly interested in biofuels, especially algae, as is ExxonMobil, which last year invested $ 600 million in Craig Venter's company Synthetic Genomics.

NAS found algae biofuels would need up to 15 million metric tons of nitrogen and up to 2 million metric tons of phosphorus, unless the elements are recycled or included in byproducts.

In fact, Trent said, the technology is nearly cost - competitive with land - based production methods for algae biofuels that require vast industrial - scale, open - air pond farms or in closed bioreactorIn fact, Trent said, the technology is nearly cost - competitive with land - based production methods for algae biofuels that require vast industrial - scale, open - air pond farms or in closed bioreactorin closed bioreactors.

Historically, commercial companies have outspent universities and the federal government at least 10 - to - 1 in research of algae fuels, an inverse pattern compared with investment for other forms of biofuels.

Last month, Sapphire Energy, an algae biofuel company that participated in the Continental test flight, said it would be producing 1 million gallons of diesel and jet fuel a year by 2011 (Greenwire, April 28).

Boeing was involved in all four flights, including a Virgin Atlantic flight using a coconut - and babassu - derived biofuel blend; an Air New Zealand flight using a jatropha - derived biofuel blend; a Continental Airlines flight using a blend of algae - and jatropha - derived biofuel; and a Japan Airlines flight using an algae -, jatropha - and camelina - derived biofuel blend.

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.

After constructing the first synthetic bacterial cell and the first minimal bacterial cell, JCVI scientists are using the groundbreaking techniques used in these milestones to construct synthetic flu vaccines, develop unique new sources of insulin, and more efficient means to produce algae - based biofuels.

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..)

Today Pollack published an overview on algal biofuels that features two San Diego algae biofuels startups — Synthetic Genomics and Sapphire Energy — and mentions the concerns raised in some quarters about growing genetically engineered algae in open ponds.

Plant biologists have sequenced the genome of a particularly promising species of green alga, providing a blueprint for new discoveries in producing sustainable biofuels, antioxidants, and other valuable bioproducts.

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

Here's another algae biofuel company to watch: Solix Biofuels, based in Fort Collins, Colorado has announced that it has raised $ 10.5 million in a first round of funding, and has reached an agreement with investors for a

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 generate electricity and allow the city take one large step towards being entirely off fossil fuels: The idea is to take two kinds of algae which are brought in attached to ships, Sargassum muticum and Undaria pinnafitida, and use it in a new 40 MW power plant.

Venture capital for algae biofuels, smart grid start - ups and thin film firms is leading the way to record investments in green technology.

More on Algae Biofuels: New Algae Biofuels From Sapphire Energy Chemically Identical to Gasoline ExxonMobil Bets on Algae in First Major Biofuel Investment BP Gets Into Algae: Signs Multi-year Development Agreement with Martek Biosciences

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.

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 generate electricity and allow the city take one large step towards being

This week at Fast Company, we looked at BP's move into next - generation biofuels, a plan to grow algae quickly and efficiently in abandoned mines, EnerDel's hybrid makeover of the Humvee, and the world's tallest green building.

photo: Nick Holland via flick Aviation Biofuel Japan Airlines Finds Biofuels More Efficient Than PetroFuel in Test Flight Aviation Biofuels Could Be Commercially Used in 3 Years: Boeing New Algae - Based Aviation Fuel Passes Key ASTM Tests for Jet Fuel

[*) 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.]

Abundant, clean and easy to process, algae can produce energy for transportation equivalent to the energy in biofuel produced by crops that cover a land mass three times the U.S.

Boston architects Howeler + Yoon and Los Angeles digital designers Squared Design Lab have designed a conceptual structure for Boston, where an unfinished building would be covered in modular pods growing algae for biofuel.

At a biofuels conference in Washington, D.C., Julia Paltseva (MESM 2016) poses by a surfboard made entirely of algae.

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.

The hype and investment around algae biofuels has not resulted in commercially viable biofuels.

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.