Sentences with phrase «open pond algae»

We also build large open pond algae farms and use these to capture carbon and sequester it permanently (see my other post in the @Fran Barlow Hansen thread).

Not exact matches

The company, which last year purchased an 81 - acre site in California's Imperial Valley to scale up and test its synthetic algae strains across 42 open ponds, plans to genetically modify algae to optimize its oil output.

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.

Algae and cyanobacteria are complicated critters: although they can grow in open ponds, unwanted microbial strains can easily contaminate the water and interfere with the growth of the fuel - making strains.

(Closed reactors are less susceptible to contamination by outside algae than are open - pond systems.)

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 bioreactors.

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.

You might feel unsure about spirulina due to it being pond scum or algae, but it's worth opening yourself up to.