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Forget biodiesel, algae could produce hydrogen

In recent years, algae has gotten a fair bit of attention for its potential use as a feedstock for producing biodiesel. While the net carbon output of algae sourced liquid fuels could be a huge boon to the environment, there is a possible path that could yield zero carbon emissions. Researchers at the University of Tennessee are working on a process to produce hydrogen from algae via photosynthesis. The process would separate a particle produced by the algae during photosynthesis. The particle would then produce hydrogen in the presence ... Read more →

What's greener than a Prius? The Algaeus, a Prius with algae fuel in the tank Sebastian Blanco

Remember Sapphire Energy, the company that uses algae to generate renewable gasoline? They's partnered up with "Fuel" director Josh Tickell for a 10-day, cross-country tour from San Francisco to ...

VIDEO: SunEco and JB Hunt test algae biodiesel, 82% particulate reduction Sam Abuelsamid

SunEco Energy has been working with partner Global ReNergy Systems for several years to develop algae biodiesel and the company has been operating a pilot facility in Chino, California for two ...

DOE readies $85 billion for algal and advanced biofuels Sebastian Blanco

The DOE is getting ready to spend $85 billion on research to create biofuels made from algae and other advanced techniques. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will be made available ...

Dow and Algenol producing ethanol from algae and saltwater Sam Abuelsamid

When the subject of algae comes up in relation to biofuels, it's usually concerning biodiesel. That's because algae are very high in oil content. However, one of the main reasons for interest in ...

First stage of Nevada algae biodiesel completed successfully 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the most promising biofuel feedstocks in recent years has been algae. Algae is high in oil content, potentially providing much higher yields of fuel than any other current crop - as much as 100 times more than soy, for example. Researchers at the University of Nevada-Reno have been testing a ...

Carbon Trust launches algae biodiesel challenge, commercial by 2020 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the more promising sources of biofuels in recent years has been algae. While there are a number of small scale tests along with some larger scale commercialization projects, the UK's Carbon Trust wants to accelerate the process. The Trust has launched an Algae Biodiesel Challenge with goal of ...

Algae Commercialization Forum starts tomorrow in Texas 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Algae and second-generation biofuels hold a lot of promise to getting the U.S. off of petroleum-based fuels. This certainly isn't a secret to anyone - if you need some background, you can check out our coverage of the Jan Kreider's talk at the recent Sustainable Mobility Seminar - but algae are not ...

DOE offers $4.4 million for university biofuel projects 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's not all li-ion battery tech that the federal government is givng support to these days; biofuels are getting some tax dollars as well. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that six biofuel projects at universities around the U.S. will be getting up to $4.4 million in funding. ...

Solazyme succeeds at creating jet fuel from algae 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bio-powered flight is not the exclusive dream of San Francisco startup Solazyme. There have bee recent bio-flight advancements from Virgin Airlines, which flew from London to Amsterdam using biofuel in February, and the BioJet I. But Solazyme announced it has reached a small milestone that could ...

Allied Minds and UW partner up in algae biofuel company AXI 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a "novel technology" that uses "commercially advantageous" strains of algae to make biofuels. While work on algae and biofuels is taking place around the world, UW might be on to something here, at least if we trust the investment firm ...

Holland, MI may get algae biofuel pilot plant 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bloomfield Hills, MI-based Sequest LLC is contemplating building a pilot algae biodiesel plant in Holland (on Michigan's west side). Holland has a number of attributes that make it a good location for this particular project. Sequest wants the plant to use waste water for growing the algae and ...

Pilot commercial algae to biofuel plant announced in Israel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Inventure Chemical and Seambiotic have announced a joint venture to create a pilot commercial plant which will use algae to produce an array of chemicals and biofuels. The plant uses CO2 as feedstock for the algae. Inventure Chemicals comes into the partnership with knowledge about ...

Sapphire turns microorganisms, sunlight, and CO2 into renewable gasoline 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If it works, this could be great/terrible. Sapphire Energy announced yesterday that they have been able to take algae and mix in sunlight, CO2 and other photosynthetic microorganisms to make 91 octane gasoline "that conforms to ASTM certification." The renewable gasoline, as Sapphire calls it, ...

CO2 captured to feed biodiesel-producing algae 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Two companies, Holcim and Aurantia are starting a new project to reuse CO2. They take the CO2 produced by a cement plant in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain and "feed" it to microalgae which then turn around and produce biodiesel. The results of this project will be tested to assess if the carbon ...

New study quantifies differences in biofuel crops, impact on environment 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There are plenty of flex-fuel capable cars on the roads, but there is not nearly enough ethanol available to power all of them on the gasoline alternative. It's no secret that corn-based ethanol is not the answer to our oil woes, but if that's the case, what alternatives should we be looking closest ...

Carter-Era research finally comes good as algae biodiesel gets a push 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Over the past couple of years, algae has been gaining a lot of attention as a potentially high-yield source of biodiesel fuel. As the controversy over food vs. fuel and water use grows for corn ethanol, researchers have been trying to find alternatives that don't require arable land and more energy ...

Solazyme will drive algae biodiesel-fueled car at Sundance 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the Sundance film festival this week, Solazyme is promoting its scalable process that makes biodiesel from algae by driving a car through the busy streets of Park City, Utah. The Mercedes is fueled by Soladiesel, the Solazyme biodiesel that is "biodegradable, nontoxic and safe" and made using ...

Shell Oil to grow biofuels from marine algae 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Shell Oil formed a joint venture with HR Biopetroleum called Cellana and they plan to produce biofuels from marine algae. Shell, which owns a majority stake in the venture, will start production of a demonstration facility on the Kona coast of Hawai'i Island immediately. The production volume for ...

Back to "Back to the Future" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the "Back to the Future" movies staring Michael J. Fox? Remember the Professor character played by Christopher Lloyd who refueled his DeLorean-based time machine with banana peels and half-filled beer cans? Well, we are approaching a similar solution. Not banana peels for fuel, but pond ...

Grow car fuel in the ocean? A very good idea 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Ocean_farms_could_replace_oil_fields'; Biofuels are often criticized for using too much land that could otherwise be used for farming food. Turns out, one of the better sources of biofuels, acre for acre, is algae and it grows great where real estate is a ...

Business Week takes on green tech in a special report 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There are some very simple ways to make green improvements in your life, like switching to CFL bulbs instead of using standard incandescent bulbs. Recycling is another rather simple way that you can make a difference. But, there are also other more complex ways that could green your life, some of ...

Producing renewable fuels and milk from corn and cows 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

XL Dairy Group is moving beyond milk into the biofuel business with a new facility they are building in Vicksburg, Arizona. The $260-million biorefinery will produce milk, ethanol and biodiesel. The plant will be making use of all the intermediate products to optimize the overall efficiency of all ...

Green Star completes first phase of algae biodiesel demonstration 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Green Star Products has finished the first phase of testing of an algae biodiesel pond in Montana. The first pond contains 40,000 liters of water but doesn't contain any algae yet. This phase involved controlling the water temperature, pH, evaporation and salinity. Green Star has combined some ...

ABG visits Fuel:Bio's grand opening in New Jersey 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Elizabeth, NJ, At Fuel:Bio Opening Day Ceremonies Fuel:Bio Holdings, LLC – Producers of Sustainable Fuels and Technologies - recently held opening day ceremonies under beautiful weather conditions. Various elected dignitaries from municipal, county, state and federal government spoke, ...

Project Biodiesel creates their own Youtube channel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

After recently "busting the myths" surrounding biodiesel, perhaps you are interested in giving the fuel a try yourself. Go for it! If you still need more information, why don't you check out the new Youtube channel started by grassroots organization known as Project Biodiesel. Feel free to check ...

Boeing likes algae as a source for new biofuels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Following up on the announcement from Virgin Fuels earlier in the week of their intention to work with Boeing to demonstrate biofuel in a 747-400. Now comes further information that Boeing considers algae as the best prospect as a source for aviation fuel. The aircraft manufacturer will be focusing ...

Biodiesel group De Beers on-selling unproven algae technology 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

U.S. biodiesel research company GreenFuel Technologies has licensed its process to produce biodiesel from algae to South African company De Beers Fuel fully two years before it will be ready for commercial application. That's not really so bad if De Beers want to be out in front and are willing to ...

Thailand has to import more palm oil to support biodiesel production 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Thailand has been moving heavily to promote the use of biodiesel produce from palm oil. Unfortunately, they are already running short of the palm oil, so now the government is examining whether to allow imports of the oil. The Thai government Oil Fund may also introduce new incentives to get growers ...

ABG POLL RESULTS: Best way to spend the DOE's money 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

On the 13th February we posed the question "What is the best way to spend the DOE's money?", and asked you to vote for your favourite answer. After receiving 290 votes, the results are in and it looks like Lithium Ion battery technology was the clear favourite with 29 percent of the votes. Two ...

Colorado brewery turning waste CO2 from beer into biodiesel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The reason carbonated beverages have their name is the bubbles of carbon dioxide that are emitted. One of the byproducts of the beer brewing process is carbon dioxide gas. Now an environmentally- conscious brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, New Belgium Brewery is hooking up with nearby Solix ...

AGB POLL: Best way to spend the DOE's money 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Department of Energy has been handing out quite a few grants for alternative energy research recently (see links below). But if you had your hands on the purse strings, where would you send the funds? Vote now. What is the best way to spend the DOE's money ...

Expanded coverage of very high ethanol-induced performance 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Have_any_questions_on_the_power_potential_of_E85_ethanol_Not_anymore'; Today marks the start of our "expanded coverage" of our recent trip to SVS Power in Chicago. We were turned onto the shop by Karl Jacob, the owner of the E85 Viper that we covered not too ...

PetroSun chooses Albama for algae biodiesel production 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Phoenix based PetroSun has decided to build a new commercial scale algae biodiesel production facility in Alabama. After evaluating a number of locations, Alabama probably offered up the most cash and tax breaks to lure the company. PetroSun will be meeting with officials from the state, later in ...

Wired News chats with Greenfuel Technologies and their algae-based fuels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There is no earth-shattering news to report regarding this chat with Greenfuel Technologies, but it is nice to think of a future when renewable fuels will be generated from algae. In my humble opinion, algae presents the best hope for ethanol and biodiesel production, as it can be tailored for ...

PetroSun and Algae Biodiesel in final testing stage 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

PetroSun Inc. has been working on developing algae biodiesel production and they're now almost ready to start buliding a commercial-scale production facility. The company is cultivating algae paste, and they will be supplying it to companies that produce the refinery equipment for testing. Based on ...

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