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GreenFuel Technologies signs deal to build algae fuel plant

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2008-03-17 22:03:03 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...algae is big business these days, and it now looks like the alternative source of fuel is getting another shot in the arm, with GreenFuel Technologies recently announcing a deal to build an algae-to-fuel plant in Europe. The company, as you may or may not know, is now headed (at least temporarily) by Ethernet pioneer Bob Metcalf, with its...
 
Tags: algae, algae greenhouses, fuel, algae-to-fuel plant, deal, million deal, carbon dioxide emissions, greenfuel technologies recently, hard times faced
 
 
 
 
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GreenFuel Technologies signs deal to build algae fuel plant

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2008-03-17 16:24:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...algae is big business these days, and it now looks like the alternative source of fuel is getting another shot in the arm, with GreenFuel Technologies recently announcing a deal to build an "algae-to-fuel" plant in Europe. The company, as you may or may not know, is now headed (at least temporarily) by Ethernet pioneer Bob Metcalf, with its...
 
Tags: algae, plant, algae-to-fuel, deal, algae greenhouses, fuel, scale pilot plant, million deal, carbon dioxide emissions
 
 
 
 
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GreenFuel Technologies signs deal to build algae fuel plant

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2008-03-17 21:24:00 by Donald Melanson in
...algae is big business these days, and it now looks like the alternative source of fuel is getting another shot in the arm, with GreenFuel Technologies recently announcing a deal to build an "algae-to-fuel" plant in Europe. The company, as you may or may not know, is now headed (at least temporarily) by Ethernet pioneer Bob Metcalf, with its...
 
Tags: algae, plant, algae-to-fuel, deal, algae greenhouses, fuel, scale pilot plant, million deal, carbon dioxide emissions
 
 
 
 
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Upstart Solazyme promises to make fuel from algae

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2008-02-22 13:06:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...algae and biomass as a source of fuel, but upstart Solazyme seems to think it's got a leg up on other biofuel makers and its apparently lining up the deals and big bucks to prove it. As Technology Review reports, that includes Chevron, which is now in a "testing agreement" with the start-up, and the National Institute of Standards and...
 
Tags: fuel, solazyme, upstart solazyme, algae, apparently unorthodox approach, apparently, light, technology, light crude petroleum
 
 
 
 
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Solazyme promises algae-to-oil alchemy, no human sacrifices necessary

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2008-02-22 13:25:45 by HASH0x8b56c24 in DVICE
...algae, especially on a quiet pond in the middle of nowhere on a hot late-summer day. Now all that green goo will be put to work, and a company called Solazyme (perilously close to using the word slime) has a grant for $2 million to prove it Theyre not using just any pond scum, no sir. Theyre genetically modifying their algae strain so itll...
 
Tags: algae, algae grows, solazyme, algae strain, hot late-summer day, faster, quiet pond, complete darkness, alchemy
 
 
 
 
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Algae: The Future of Biofuels?

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2008-01-13 04:00:00 by Lisa Zyga in Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us
Experts say that algae could generate 30 times more energy per acre of land than corn and other biofuels, and grow at a much faster rate. read more Technorati Tags: Environment Nature News Science Technology Array
 
Tags: biofuels, technorati tags, algae, energy, corn, faster, acre, land, experts
 
 
 
 
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Converting Algae into Jet Fuel

2008-05-16 21:23:32 by Chief Gadgeteer in Gizmos for Geeks
 
...algae and other vegetation into a biofuel that can be used to power airplanes. Their hope is to have this serve as 1/3 of the fuel demand by 2030 Also invovled are Jet Blue Airways and Internation Aero Engines, a multinational consortium. Heres to their success via Slashdot which has an interesting conversation by the users in the comments...
 
Tags: internation aero engines, jet blue airways, alternative energy development, multinational consortium, convert algae, comments section, power airplanes, fuel demand, users
 
 
 
 
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Hydro-Net a Utopian future Eco city concept

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2008-03-17 06:26:02 by HASH0x8b65dac in Newlaunches.com
...algae-harvesting towers, geothermal energy 'mushrooms', and fog catchers which distill fresh water from San Francisco's infamous fog. Hydro-Net is perhaps the most remarkable, modern and futuristic concept ever envisioned for San Francisco - considering global warming and the hunt for alternative energy sources in the coming century. It is an...
 
Tags: city, future, lovely city-by-the-bay, concept, future city, competition, future competition, connect water, water
 
 
 
 
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Earth Is Screwed: 'Green' Moonbase Designed

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2008-01-04 10:30:16 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...algae tanks, where it is eventually released as water vapor and reused for washing or purified further and made drinkable. Dookie is broken down by different bacteria into water, minerals and ammonium, which are made into fertilizer and used to feed plants, fish and algae. If you drink the doodoo water then you turn into a monster and haunt...
 
Tags: water vapor, water, drink water, water supply, doodoo water, base, algae tanks, tanks, luna gaia base
 
 
 
 
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Drinkpee

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2008-03-12 20:29:09 by HASH0x8c37de4 in Cool Hunting