"Algae are simple aquatic organisms that contain proteins, oils and carbohydrates, which when properly cultivated, can be used to make a variety of products, including renewable biofuels ...

Sweeney denies this is all a publicity stunt but they are smart to invest in biofuels from marine algae. The economic viability of the process has to be proven but algae is the most promising non ...

Algae biofuel can reduce vehicle lifecycle CO2 emissions ... a lifecycle analysis of an algae cultivation and fuel production process currently used at pre-commercial scales by Sapphire Energy.

The process aims to grow microorganisms in a ... The cost of production has been an issue for other forms of algae oil. As a biofuel, algae has been too expensive, according to Bruce Bugbee ...

Forming the basis for the Brundtland report "Our Common Future" (1987), "sustainable development is a process of change ... The Promise of Algae Biofuels." Report by the Natural Resources Defense ...

recently unveiled a pilot project that will produce algae that could be used for biodiesel production, and clean up carbon emissions in the process. GPRE has teamed up with BioProcess Algae LLC to ...

which is then converted to biodiesel through existing refining processes (Figure 3). Advantages to this process include the facts that microalgae is an aquaculture, that it reproduces rapidly ...

Biofuel production from renewable marine-biomass would be ... We will develop efficient bioethanol production process from algae starch by using our core technology, cell surface engineering.

The oil and gas giant says it could be making 10,000 barrels a day within a few years--a small drop in the amount of oil it produces, but a huge boost in the amount of algae-based biofuel.

Backed by EU financing, a Spanish water company this week produced its first crop of algae that will be used to manufacture biofuel as an alternative to the more controversial crop-based transport ...