Of course these are not the only plants that can be converted into fuel, but they are the most ... The Promise of Algae Biofuels." Report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and ...

"A significant portion of all drug ingredients is plant-based, and there are significant ... However, using algae for fuel and biodiesel production remains an issue. "The big test is whether ...

If the future holds true to the plant's potential, then algae could be converted to fuel and replace up to one-third of the natural gas needed to power the plant. So far researchers are trying to ...

Using algae to make biodiesel has ... which is giving the little plants CO2-rich environments like smokestacks and seeing how they make fuels like methane and biodiesel (see previous posts listed ...

burn fossil fuels, and pollute water systems. Now, researchers study how algae, a diverse group of ancient unicellular organisms, might provide new approaches for sustainable living. Special abilities ...

“Fuel from inedible plants will not drive up food prices” Depends if the land used for planting inedible crops was once used for edible ones. Jul 12th, 2011 - 09:27 am 0 ...

Triton is a company poised for disruption. The San Diego-based start-up, Triton Algae Innovations, is hitting all the right notes—plant-based, sustainable, synthetic biology—serving up what co ...

Back at the algae plant, I climb onto an elevated platform, where I’m surrounded by noisy modular units called photo-bioreactors, where thousands upon thousands of tiny red and blue LED lights fuel ...

“It's a new way of thinking about food production,” says Kristinn Haflidason Back at the algae plant, I climb onto ... of tiny red and blue LED lights fuel the microalgae’s growth, in ...

When the summer sun shines and temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algal blooms. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reminded people this week that some ...

Industrial activities including the burning of fossil fuels, however ... surface layer of oceans Like land plants and seagrasses, microscopic marine algae known as phytoplankton also feed on ...