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- Algae clean-up at sailing venue to take weeks - report
- BEIJING AFP — A huge algae bloom at the Beijing Olympics' sailing venue will take at least another two weeks to eradicate despite more than 10,000 workers being used in the clean-up effort, state media reported. The environmental problem off the coast of Qingdao has disrupted training for international...
- Research articles 2008-06-29
- Algae bloom turns Olympic sailing waters green in China
- BEIJING AFP — China's pledge of a "Green Olympics" has taken on a worrying meaning at the sailing-venue city of Qingdao, where an algae bloom has coated the coastline, according to witnesses and Chinese media. A bright green covering of algae was Friday seen smothering beaches and extending out...
- Research articles 2008-06-27
- First Heavy-Duty Vehicle Powered by 100% Algal Derived Biofuel Soladiesel™ Demonstrated at the 2008 DESC Worldwide Energy Conference
- CEO Jonathan Wolfson, to Present on Algae-Derived Fuels for Military Use at the Conference Announcing Soladiesel Passed U.S. and EU Specifications - First Cold Weather Optimized Biodiesel The Demonstration Drive of 100% Algal-Derived Biofuel Was Completed by Former Director of Central Intelligence and Under -Secretary of the Navy R....
- Research articles 2008-04-15
- Algae-munching fish clean up Chinese lake: official media
- BEIJING AFP — Chinese authorities are using algae-munching fish to clean up one of the country's most polluted lakes -- and after their diet of toxins they will be sold on to consumers, state media said Thursday. More than 50,000 silver carp fry have been introduced into Chaohu lake...
- Research articles 2008-02-20
- Algae are fueling a boom in energy research
- ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The 16 big flasks of bubbling bright green liquids in Roger Ruan's lab at the University of Minnesota are part of a new boom in renewable energy research. Driven by renewed investment as oil prices push $100 a barrel, Ruan and scores of scientists...
- Research articles 2007-12-23
- Algae-Based Energy Burns With Potential
- Common aquatic plants offer economies of scale without affecting competition for food, land resources. Scientists are turning humble pond scum into fuel. A research effort seeks to develop techniques to grow algae economically and to convert the oils produced by the tiny plants into biodiesel on an industrial...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Alternative sources of omega-3 fatty acids
- Krill and algae provide high levels of DHA and other benefitsStudies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids from fish and fish oils are beneficial for helping to prevent and treat arrhythmias,1 thrombosis,2 atherosclerosis,3,4 inflammation,5 high blood pressure6 and elevated triglycerides7 and that they improve endothelial function,8 though the mechanisms by...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Scientists put the blame on birds for toxins in Arctic animals
- For decades, scientists have struggled to explain how high levels of toxins such as mercury, DDT and other now-banned pesticides were ending up in the bodies of polar bears and other animals in the seemingly pristine Arctic north, thousands of miles away from pollution sources. Now researchers at the...
- Research articles 2005-07-15
- GREEN, CLEAN EMISSIONS CONTROL
- "As long as the economic discussion is framed as 'industry vs. environment,' there is very little room for new thinking," says the founder of GreenFuel Technologies Corp. "But when we show people that our system is a tool to profit by reducing waste, the wheels really start turning." ...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Algae
- It's the biofuel of the future.
- Videos 2008-12-08
- The IATA's Green Vision: Algae Biodiesel
- Recently I posted an item about how the International Air Transport Association is backing the use of second and third generation biofuels to lower jet emissions -- and they have set their target on algae. Unfortunately, algae biodiesel is decades and billions of dollars away. While some fuel...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Jets Could Fly on Green Fuel in 2010
- Bio-fuels made from a range of non-food plants could be powering commercial airliners as soon as next year, a Boeing executive says. [caption id="attachment_2192" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Camelina growing in a Montana field."][/caption] "We've proven the technical capability of biofuel as a drop-in replacement," says Bill...
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Taking Flight on Natural Gas: Will Airlines Use Shell's Gas-to-Liquids Jet Fuel?
- When a Qatar Airways plane landed in Doha late Monday, it became the first commercial passenger flight to use fuel from natural gas. But like all "firsts," the second, third and ten-thousandth time is a bit harder to reach. Cost tends to be the stickler in each one of these alternative jet fuel attempts....
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Week in Renewables: A Solar Google, Algae on the Road, Striking it Rich in China
- The most significant renewable energy news of this week starts with an odd new entrant to the solar market: Google wants to make mirrors for solar thermal installations. It decided to find its own way after becoming "disappointed" with the lack of great ideas showing up in renewable energy. Solar...
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Bill Gates Goes Green with Algae Fuel Investment in Sapphire
- Bill Gates Goes Green with Algae Fuel Investment in SapphireRE: Bill Gates Goes Green with Algae Fuel Investment in Sapphirewell, i'll be dip!....and i jus put a washtub of quarters in VALCENT PRODUCTS INC....oh well! time is on my side.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-20
- Wallstrip: Algae
- It's the biofuel of the future.
- Videos 2008-12-08
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- Algae expert calls LiveFuels' biofuel-from-fish approach not 'impossible'
- One of the world's leading algae experts says a new biofuel-from-fish approach pursued by algae innovator LiveFuels seems at least plausible. Dr. John Benemann, one of the authors of a seminal U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory report from 1998 on biofuel from algae and aninternationally-recognized bioenergy expert said he thinks...
- News items 2009-08-13
- Exxon Gives SGI's Algae-to-Fuel Effort $600 Million Kick-start
- ExxonMobil's $600 million partnership with Synthetic Genomics to develop next-generation biofuels from photosynthetic algae is already being cast as a shift in the conservative company's modus operandi. And why not? The largest U.S. oil company by market value has shied away from investments in alternative energy and has been especially...
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- BP Ponies Up $10M For Algae Biofuels in Martek Deal
- BP is ponying up $10 million for a partnership with Martek Biosciences to study the use of algae to convert sugar into biodiesel. BP isn't the only oil major -- or government agency -- to show an interest in the prospect of commercially viable algal-based fuels. Just last month ExxonMobil committed $600 million...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Inside Synthetic Genomics, Exxon's New Algae Partner
- Yesterday BNET's Kirsten Korosec covered a new $600 million deal by ExxonMobil to develop biofuels using algae, an uncharacteristic move for a company that has often scoffed at renewable energy. Much has been made of Exxon's decision to support algae over other alternative fuels, like cellulosic ethanol or biodiesel from...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
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