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Solix Biofuels Partnership with Belgium Brewing Co
That company has partnered with neighboring New Belgium Brewing Co. to use the CO2 shed from the latter's beer-making process to feed algae. "Our long-term target is 8,000 gallons [30,300 liters] [of oils] per acre per year." By absorbing CO2, the algae can produce a valuable item such as fuel—and similar efforts to capture carbon with algae are underway in Spain at a cement plant. - Read More
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Atlanta firm to develop Ohio University algae bioreactor
(Oct 2008) Atlanta firm Green Bios Technologies has licensed a new type of algae bioreactor from Ohio University developed by internationally renowned engineering professor David Bayless. The company plans to develop the reactor for customers interested in its diverse potential applications, which include curbing air pollution, treating municipal waste, carbon sequestration and growing feedstock for biofuel or pharmaceutical uses. - Read More
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U of Virginia launch three algae oil projects
# University of Virginia team launches three algae-to-fuel research projects In Virginia, researchers at the University of Virginia have commenced three projects to improve yields from algae-to-fuel production
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Biocrude from Algae in Texas
(May 2008) In Texas, US Sustainable Energy is awaiting lab results from a test of biocrude production using 20 pounds of algae as a feedstock. The company recently ran its initial test of 20 pounds of 5% oil-content algae feedstock with 40 percent water content, and resulted in an ignitable oil product.
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Virginia project in growing algae in sewage
# In Virginia, researchers at Old Dominion University have successfully piloted a project to produce biodiesel feedstock by growing algae at municipal sewage treatment plants. The researchers hope that these algae production techniques could lead to reduced emissions of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon dioxide into the air and surrounding bodies of water. The pilot project is producing up to 70,000 gallons of biodiesel per year.
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308 billion $ to build enough algae farms
The University of New Hampshire Biodiesel Group said it would cost $308 billion to build enough algae farms to replace gasoline with algae-based biodiesel, and $47 billion per year to run the production system for 140 billion gallons, or $0.34 per gallon before transportation and retail costs. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory said it would take an algae field of up to 15,000 square miles
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Neptune Industry will use a “floating sock” algae system
In Florida, Neptune Industry will use a “floating sock” algae system, based in a rock quarry to produce algae for biodiesel. The facility will also use fish waste to accelerate the algae growing process. The Florida City site is funded by a Florida Farm to Fuel grant, and utilizes carbon dioxide tanks to provide CO2 to the algae, and uses its “floating sock” system to rotate the algae to provide CO2, sunlight and nutrients to the entire system.
Bionovitas to take 4 years for commercial algae oil production
(May 2008) In Washington state, algae start-up Bionavitas said that it will take up to four years to reach commercial levels of production, but that its waste water treatment business is developing faster. The company is attempting to develop a bioreactor that overcomes the “shade wall”, in which algae begins to block sunlight and reduce its reproduction rate. - Read More
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Algae Yield Required for Break Even
(Sep 2008) Wood estimates the facility will need to generate 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel a year per acre of algae ponds to break even, but that the ponds might be able to generate as much as 15,000 gallons an acre. - Read More
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