News tagged with algae oil
Algae could replace 17 percent of US oil imports: study
High oil prices and environmental and economic security concerns have triggered interest in using algae-derived oils as an alternative to fossil fuels. But growing algae – or any other biofuel source ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Spanish scientists search for fuel of the future
In a forest of tubes eight metres high in eastern Spain scientists hope they have found the fuel of tomorrow: bio-oil produced with algae mixed with carbon dioxide from a factory.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Algae for biofuels: Moving from promise to reality, but how fast?
A new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of cost-competitive algae biofuel production will require much more long-term research, development and demonstration. ...
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Algae biodiesel production has to be three times cheaper
The cost of producing biodiesel from algae is now three and a half times more than producing it from oil, and twice as much as producing fuel from rapeseed. Investments in biotechnology would however make it feasible for ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 01, 2010 |
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Reseachers predict larger-than-average Gulf 'dead zone'; impact of oil spill unclear
University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" is expected to be larger than average, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the ...
Jun 28, 2010 |
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UF marine researchers rush to collect samples as oil threat grows
(PhysOrg.com) -- GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In a race against time, University of Florida marine researchers are hurrying to collect underwater marine algae samples in the Florida Keys while an ever-growing Gulf ...
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Gulf oil spill could widen, worsen 'dead zone' (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- While an out-of-control gusher deep in the Gulf of Mexico fouls beaches and chokes marshland habitat, another threat could be growing below the oil-slicked surface.
Jun 07, 2010 |
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MBARI sends underwater robot to study Deepwater Horizon spill (w/ Video)
MBARI's Division of Marine Operations, under an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sent a high-tech robotic submersible to the oily waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2010 |
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A natural tool to tackle oil spills?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine bacteria could be the key to cleaning oil spills in the sea, without further damaging the environment by using chemicals, according to microbiologists at Bangor University.
May 27, 2010 |
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Clean algae biofuel project leads world in productivity
Australian scientists are achieving the world's best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, taking them a step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel for the future.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Algae may be secret weapon in climate change war
Driven by fluctuations in oil prices, and seduced by the prospect of easing climate change, experts are ramping up efforts to squeeze fuel out of a promising new organism: pond scum.
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Grains and lamb offer new sources of omega-3
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO research on grains and lamb aimed at developing new dietary sources of long-chain omega-3 oils will be presented at the World Congress on Oils and Fats in Sydney this week.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Technology strikes a chord with algal biofuels
An award-winning Los Alamos National Laboratory sound-wave technology is helping Solix Biofuels, Inc. optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion—paving the way ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 03, 2009 |
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'Green' energy from algae
In view of the shortage of petrochemical resources and climate change, development of CO2-neutral sustainable fuels is one of the most urgent challenges of our times. Energy plants like rape or oil palm a ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Exxon to make alternative fuel from algae: report
Oil giant Exxon Mobil plans to announce a 600-million-dollar investment to produce liquid transportation fuel from algae, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 14, 2009 |
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