algae-based fuels

algae-based fuels

Could algae step in when (affordable) oil runs out?

Back in the heyday of the muscle car, even the fuels had a macho air (“Put a tiger in your tank.”) It’s hard to imagine a similar campaign these days, considering how much corn now ends up in the average car. (“Five a Day: It’s good for cars,

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Algae biomass group wraps up first conference

The newly created European Algae Biomass Association (EABA) wraps up its first conference and assembly in Florence today. In an interview with Reuters from the conference, EABA executive director Raffaello Garofalo said Europe could expect to see industrial-scale production of algae-based biofuels in the next 10 to 15 years. While

algae-based fuels

$10 million prize focuses on algae-based fuels

A new prize is offering $10 million (US) for ground-breaking research and innovations in algae-based fuels. The proposed prize is the work of Prize Capital LLC, which today announced the due diligence phase covering final planning, rules development and schedule for the awardfocused on spurring the development of radically advanced