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Tag Archives: algae
Weekly Blog Roundup
This week in the blogosphere, attention students, according to the blog, smartplanet “Did you know there’s an ongoing federal grant program for U.S. college and university students that are working on so-called “P3″ ideas? P3 stands for “People, Prosperity and the Planet,” which are concerns fundamental to ideas of sustainability. “The money is given out by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and seeks to help support research and development projects that involve the overall sustainability Read More >
This Week in the Blogosphere
This week industrial biotechnology is a hot topic in the blogosphere. The WWF released a report, “Industrial biotechnology has the potential to save the planet up to 2.5 billion tons of CO2 emissions per year and support building a sustainable future, a WWF report found. As the world is debating how to cut dangerous emissions and come together in an international agreement treaty which will help protect the planet from potentially devastating effects of climate Read More >
Weekly Blog Wrap Up
There’s a lot going on in the blogosphere about the world of biofuels this week. Yesterday, the World Wildlife Fund released a report,which according to NCTechnews.com, “concludes that industrial biotechnology can provide dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and provide strong progress toward a green and sustainable economy. WWF calls for increased political backing for the industry to leverage the positive environmental effects. The findings are based on peer-reviewed research from Novozymes, the world leader Read More >
Biofuels & Climate Change
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Tags: algae, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biogas, biopreferred, biotechnology, carbon debt, cellulosic, climate change, Climate Change, climate change legislation, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use, oil, oil demand, Oil prices, sustainable energy
Tags: algae, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biogas, biopreferred, biotechnology, carbon debt, cellulosic, climate change, Climate Change, climate change legislation, ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emission, greenhouse gas emissions, indirect land use change, international land use change, Land Use, oil, oil demand, Oil prices, sustainable energy
Lest we forget the nature of research and development
As I was surfing the blogosphere today looking for something to write about I came across Greentech Media‘s post, Algae Biodiesel: It’s $33 a Gallon. The headline, not to mention the first paragraph are both real downers, Although many believe that algae will become one of the chief feedstocks for diesel and even hydrocarbon-like fuels, growing large amounts of algae and then converting the single-celled creatures remains expensive, said experts at the National Biodiesel Conference Read More >
2008 is a Good Year for Algae
And we’re not just talking about sushi here. According to Greentech Media 2008 has been a banner year for venture capital financing of algae based biofuel companies. $179.5 million to date, according to numbers from the Cleantech Group. That compares with what appears to be about $32 million raised last year, based on a Cleantech Group chart of quarterly totals that doesn’t list the actual numbers And, elsewhere in the blogosphere algae biofuels are getting Read More >
