One of the easiest processes to understand, open-pond growing is also the most natural way to cultivate algae for biodiesel production. As its name implies, algae are grown on open ponds in this ...

In a laboratory where almost all the test tubes look green, the tools of modern biotechnology are being applied to lowly pond scum ... to optimize biofuel production from algae," said Matthew ...

The plan is to grow millions of acres of algae in large open ponds filled with wastewater and then harvest oil from the algae and turn it into biodiesel fuel. Energy crisis solved. Global warming ...

Getting an algae biodiesel program running was deemed economically ... with some strands carrying more than 50 percent oil content. They can grow in the most hostile of regions such as deserts ...

Biofuel produced from algae, essentially pond scum ... relatively flat over about 1,200 acres to support freshwater ponds to grow the algae, a well-tested method to grow algae that the team ...

Oil-rich plants such as soy offer a cleaner energy alternative, known as biodiesel ... It's algae, a small but familiar plant, usually seen as a green scum that forms on ponds or aquarium glass.

Toxic algae has bloomed in more Cape Cod ponds than usual at this time of year, triggering advisories in Barnstable, Brewster ...

What’s more, algae grow much ... It has an open pond and six outdoor bioreactors made from horizontal tubes, vertical tubes or flat panels. Ultimately though, if algae biofuel is to be made ...

Scientists have been researching algae fuels for several decades, but many algae biofuel companies failed ... could have 100 acres of these ponds. Producers “plant” this aquatic crop by ...

Backers of algae ... biodiesel. "Our other co-products, like environmental remediation and carbon dioxide sequestration, we don't know the price of those," Vidt said. But the idea of growing ...

Across Africa, many rural communities face a growing sanitation crisis. Wastewater treatment systems, where they exist, are ...

Getting an algae biodiesel program running was deemed economically ... with some strands carrying more than 50 percent oil content. They can grow in the most hostile of regions such as deserts ...