May
17
First Shot Fired In the Algae War
May 17, 2012 | 1 Comment
Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a pair of bills recognizing so-called “algaculture” following passage in the Arizona state legislature that will see the Grand Canyon State encourage and support the algae industry. Arizona is the second American state, after Ohio, to classify the algae industry as agriculture. It’s a shot best heard by state [...]
Apr
5
A Major Algae Genome Sequence Complete
April 5, 2012 | 1 Comment
A Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) team has assembled the draft genome of Nannochloropis gaditana, a marine algae that may be capable of producing the lipid yields necessary for a viable fuel source. The overriding goal is to discover the best algae species for biodiesel production. Researchers understand they must come up with a way to [...]
Mar
9
Starting Seaweed Cultivation Research
March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment
The numbers for productivity of seaweed are stunning compared to everything other than algae on land. The problem is the cultivation, growing the preferred species, harvesting it and getting it to shore for processing. Prof. Avigdor Abelson of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Zoology and the new Renewable Energy Center, with his colleagues Dr. Alvaro [...]
Jan
31
Algae Production Gets a Breakthrough
January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments
At the UKs Sheffield University (SU) a team led by Professor Will Zimmerman in the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering believes they have developed an inexpensive way of producing microbubbles that can float algae particles to the surface of the water, making harvesting easier, and saving biofuel-producing companies time and money. One of the [...]
Aug
10
Algae Metabolism Is Now Documented
August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment
In a collaboration of universities across the U.S., Iceland and the United Arab Emirates the metabolic network of the algae strain Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been documented. This will provide a new platform for genomic data analysis and phenotype prediction. A metabolic network reconstruction encompasses existing knowledge about an organism’s metabolism and the genome. The research [...]
May
31
A Big Industrial Move For CO2 to Algae
May 31, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Linde Group is currently the leading supplier of CO2 in the U.S., providing CO2 for processes like dry-cleaning, welding gases and cooling food products. Linde is an industry leader that employs about 48,000 people and earned nearly $18 billion in the gases and engineering sector in 2010. Linde has announced a partnership with Sapphire [...]
Apr
21
Where Will The Algae Be Grown?
April 21, 2011 | 11 Comments
There’s a question that will stimulate the American with a real estate itch to be scratched. It will likely stimulate a lot of attention worldwide as well. One way to an answer has come from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). High oil prices, environmental and economic security concerns motivate a [...]
Mar
4
Algae Based Butanol Production Gains Working Processes
March 4, 2011 | 2 Comments
This week two new algae process paths made it out into view. One deals with algae directly producing butanol and the other is a growth process for algae that exploits an already concentrated algae growth medium with innovative processing. First and simplest, and likely most easily adoptable is from a team of chemical engineers at [...]
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