algae biofuel

It appears that algal biofuels could be a legitimate solution in the efforts to combat lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. That’s the verdict of a study by ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, MIT and Synthetic Genomics in the paper Environmental Science and Technology. Its study looked into how various technology options could affect greenhouse gas emissions and [...]

Who says chickens can’t swim?! The US navy is about to make them sail in using biofuel made from chicken fat. According to Reuters, the Defence Logistics Agency has purchased 450,000 gallons of fuel from Dynamic Fuels LLC and Syntroleum Corp. Furthermore its air carriers are set to use biofuel made from algae bought from [...]

Algae has often been mooted as a solution for the search for an abundant and clean fuel source. Scientists are already extensively researching using it as a biofuel, extracting oil from it for use in combustion engine vehicles. But algae could also be used to produce hydrogen as a fuel as like many common water-dwelling [...]

Oil grown in outdoor raceway ponds located in the Gulf Coast, Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes could help solve the US’s reliance on imported oil. According to a new Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study, algae oil could replace up to 17 per cent of the US’s imported oil for transportation; with the study also [...]

A TV ad from oil giant Exxon Mobil has been banned for making misleading claims about the environmental benefits of using algae as a biofuel. According to the advertising watchdog, ASA, the advert wrongly implied that algae biofuel could act as a carbon sink, reducing atmospheric CO2. The ad featured a scientist talking about the [...]

Algae biofuels are still at least ten years away from becoming a commercial reality, according to new research. A study from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) says that the development of cost-competitive algae biofuel production will require much more long-term research, development and demonstration before it can be used on a commercial scale. “Even with [...]

Algae biofuels production is expected to surge over the next decade and reach 61million gallons a year with a market value of $1.3billion by 2020, according to a new report from Pike Research. The research from Pike suggests this represents a compound annual growth rate of 72 per cent, placing it roughly on a par [...]

The US navy is the latest to ‘go green’ as it begins trailing the use of algae biofuel to power some of its vessels. A first trial  of a new green fuel takes place using a 49 foot RCB-X boat, as the Navy evaluates ways to reduce its fleets reliance on fossil fuels by 2012. [...]

Scientists working for Ford are studying algae as a potential clean source of fuel. The study forms part of a wider strategy for the car maker to explore the potential of biomass to create green and sustainable fuel solutions for cars. “Ford has a long history of developing vehicles that run on renewable fuels; and [...]

A new greenhouse facility has been opened in California with the aim of enabling the next level of research and testing of an algae biofuels programme. ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics are behind the facility in La Jolla, CA, which was opened yesterday and moves the project from a laboratory setting to an environment that founder [...]