Algae biofuels are receiving more and more attention in the media and from the Obama Administration. Evidence of this can be seen through increasing number of algae related stories in the news as well as several recent actions by the administration, most important of which is the US Department of ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Williams in April 2010
When you go to the zoo, it can be fascinating to see the zookeeper feed the zoo’s many inhabitants. However, I doubt many have ever considered just how expensive it is to feed all the zoo’s residents on a daily basis. One zoo located in the UK has ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Williams in July 2009, about Agriculture & Food, Architecture, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior
OriginOil recently announced a big breakthrough that could potentially advance the entire algae biofuel field. In April, they announced that they had developed an extraction process that separates oil and water from the algae biomass in one step without heavy machinery or chemicals. Up until this point, creating a process ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Williams in May 2009, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Energy Saving, Green energy, Industry & Business
A carbon neutral liquid fuel? A path to energy independence? A way to end world hunger? Could algae really be the answer to all three of these questions? A recently published book titled "Green Algae Strategy: End Oil Imports and Engineer Sustainable Food and Fuel" by Mark Edwards argues that ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Williams in May 2009, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Health, Industry & Business
As I've stated in several articles already (seen here, here, and here), algae biofuels are quickly coming to the forefront of peoples' attention. However, many are probably wondering why are the companies focusing on aviation fuel first? Because of the industry's laser like focus on creating aviation fuel ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Williams in March 2009, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Industry & Business, Transport, Travel
Last month, Professor Mark Z. Jacobson at Stanford University conducted a scientific comparison of a handful of energy sources including some alternatives like wind, solar, and tidal. In this study, looked at different aspects of each energy source and compared them in categories such as water usage and problems with ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Williams in February 2009, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Transport
Recent weeks have seen a number of developments around algae biofuels. Luckily, there have been more high notes with the highest having to be Continental's recent successful test flight using a biofuel mix containing algae. Not only was this flight successful, but another possibly unexpected benefit was discovered. It ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Williams in January 2009, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Transport, Travel
Recent weeks have seen a whole host of advances in the field of algae based biofuels. Before I go into them, let's do a little recap of why algae is a much superior fuel source than most other biofuels for those new to this topic. First off, algae can ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan Williams in December 2008, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil
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