Harvard Medical School researchers have engineered a photosynthetic cyanobacterium to boost sugar production, as a first step towards potential commercial production of biofuels and other biotechnologically and industrially useful carbon compounds. Here is an article about Joules patenting an organism for biofuels; a very interesting story regarding patenting an organism... Algal Research invites the international algal scientific community to publish papers in the areas of microalgae, macroalgae and cyanobacteria research, and their applications. ... Dr. In Iceland it would be possible to produce enough algal biomass to replace imported fuel with biodiesel. 
For example, algae bioreactors that use sunlight to fix carbon dioxide for the production of biofuels, which range from alcohol to oils, can also be designed as social experiences. 
The American University of Beirut recently announced it has partnered with researchers from the Lebanese Association for Energy Savings and for Environment and researchers from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Egypt to study biodiesel from algae. 
In a move that extends the scope of its algal biofuel production, San Diego's Sapphire Energy says it has modified certain cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, to produce significantly higher yields of “green” crude ... 
The research suggests that algae biofuels are expected to be price-competitive with petroleum fuels by 2020, and also that stable and effective Federal policy would accelerate production... 
The Obama Administration has already sunk $25 million into a Florida company—Alganol Biofuels—that is building an algae biorefinery using a patented technology that promises to streamline the process of... President Obama has announced new funding to catalyze breakthrough technologies for biofuels—as part of his all-of-the-above energy strategy... He recently penned an editorial in Angewandte Chemie International Edition in which he hammered the use biofuels for alternative energy. Note that Angewandte Chemie International Edition has the world's highest impact ... There are several research efforts around the world aiming to turn bacteria or algae into biofuel factories, using photosynthesis and sunlight. ... Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, are the basis of the project. Leave the Corn, Take the Algae: Time to Say Buona Notte to Food-Based Biofuels | Sustainable Finance
Thoughts about why crops shoud not be converted to fuels. |
As part of their initiative to develop new sources of renewable fuels the Department of Defense has recently made public a notification that they will soon be soliciting for an advanced biofuel production project, something that ... 
Algae–based biofuel is a new energy source that has been getting a lot of attention lately. 
NASA showcased the latest research on a method to grow algae, clean wastewater, capture carbon dioxide and ultimately produce feedstock for refining biofuels. In Florida, the state legislature has passed a bill that would see the Division of Plant Industry becoming involved with regulating algae-based biofuels in order to ensure that algae is safe and won't be a public liability for ... 
In fact, the Navy is extending - literally - its use of biofuels derived from the stuff. LONDON (Reuters) - Water management company Aqualia plans to launch a commercial-scale demonstration project using waste water to cultivate algae for biofuel production, which could fuel 400 vehicles,... 
"The most likely source of scalable biofuel for aviation is micro- or macro-algae," says FedEx's Fred Smith. More than 1500 delegates and industry experts will put algae to the test at the upcoming World Biofuels Markets (www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com),... The Energy Department is backing about $85 million for more than 30 projects to develop biofuels from algae, it said. In Australia, the Australian Government announced a $5 million grant to James Cook University to develop a macro-algae to biofuels project, and opened applications under a new $15 million Advanced Biofuels Investment ... 
It appears that algal biofuels could be a legitimate solution in the efforts to combat lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. 
Bioengineers have already developed algae that produce ethanol, oil and even diesel — and the only things the organisms need are sunlight, CO2 and seawater. Biochemist Dan Robertson's living gas stations have the ... |
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