Process simplifies transformation of algae to oil, water and usable byproducts Engineers have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in... Read more
Prospects for economic and sustainable fuel alternative enhanced with discovery Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a method for greatly enhanci... Read more
Scientists today described technology that accelerates microalgae’s ability to produce many different types of renewable oils for fuels, chemicals, foods and personal-care products within da... Read more
SAT expects the unit to be producing 1.2 million liters (317,000 gallons) of biodiesel per year The state of Pernambuco in Brazil’s northeast is going to become home to the country’s first a... Read more
Inside The Solazyme Kitchen You read that right: Algae. You might have thought it was just for biofuels (or just for floating in the ocean), but algae-based oils are the food additive of the... Read more
A kind of “cyber-garden” with over 300 “photobioreactor” hanging bags of algae After smart tech takes over the home and the car, gadget gardening looks like it could be the next front... Read more
Engineer says cheap biodiesel can be made on any scale year-round The biofuel farm contained only a small wind turbine, solar panel and container of green scum packed within a tub-size frame... Read more
They grow significantly faster than land-based biomass The available amount of fossil fuels is limited and their combustion in vehicle motors increases atmospheric CO2 levels. The generation... Read more
A team of chemical engineers at the University of Arkansas has developed a method for converting common algae into butanol, a renewable fuel that can be used in existing combustible engines.... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers are continuing to develop strains of algae that yield a greater volume of oily compounds that can be processed into biofuels. But as more new and established... Read more
Image by jurvetson via Flickr A new analysis suggests so because of the need for copious fertilizer Growing algae for use in biofuels has a greater environmental impact than sources such as... Read more