A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to ...

If the future holds true to the plant's potential, then algae could be converted to fuel and replace up to one-third of the natural gas needed to power the plant. So far researchers are trying to ...

combined with microscopic algae. Hydroprocessing allows refineries to catalytically remove impurities or reduce molecular weight and can manipulate algal oils to achieve kerosene-like fuel ...

companies even promised to produce “fuel from thin air,” using only water, sunlight and CO 2. Researchers knew that many species of algae produced energy-dense lipids that could be converted to ...

Algae biofuels have been touted as the fuel of the future. They lock away carbon, grow very fast and everywhere, and produce a lot of oil. So why hasn't it taken off yet?

The first attempts to produce a biologically-based fuel to replace mineral petrol and ... "Cultivating Clean Energy. The Promise of Algae Biofuels." Report by the Natural Resources Defense Council ...

Algae biofuel is produced by using algae as the ... The U.S. government launched a renewable fuel program back in 2005, to expand the consumption of renewable fuel as an energy source, and to ...

In addition to strains for making bio-fuel, the report also signposts those which could be used as sources of food, Omega-3 oils, or aquaculture feed. This shortlist of ‘super-algae’ will give ...

The company is currently working with a non-disclosed major oil and gas corporation to study using the company’s algae-based solution to produce aviation fuel, bringing Gross back to his initial ...

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have discovered an innovative method to tackle this problem by turning harmful algae into a powerful tool for cleaning water. Their study, published in ...

Algae fuel enters the limelight once again. Several we weeks ago, I wrote about Exxon Mobile’s foray into the algae energy space and in the past few days, the first algae fueled car hit the road in a ...