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Yesterday, the Algae Biomass Organization showcased its upcoming biology track for the Algae Biomass Summit coming up September 30th-October 3rd in Orlando, Florida. The biology-related highlights of the event include: Cultivation Ecology Robert McBride, Sapphire Energy Inc. Open Algae Pond Ecology Photosynthesis and CO2 Fixation Shaun Bailey, Director, Photosynthesis Research, Synthetic Genomics International Global Transcriptional …

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One of the big questions about President Obama’s recently announced intent to curb CO2 emissions is how industrial emitters will be required to make reductions. Carbon Capture and Sequestration methods are one way, but these are costly and have yet to be proven to work at scale. The good news is that there’s another way. …

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The algae industry is moving faster than many people suspect. To help demonstrate how far along so many of ABO’s members are we  recently created the Algae Industry Project Book, an illustrated guide of some of the most advanced algae facilities in the United States. Inside you’ll find brief company descriptions and photos that demonstrate …

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All too often during the summer months algae can make a bad name for itself. Lakes across the country are filled with algal blooms that can keep swimmers out, and kill sea-life within. But Reasearchers at the University of Buffalo are studying ways to remove the algae and turn it into biofuels and fertilizer. Their …

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ABO’s executive director Mary Rosenthal chimes in today over at Biofuels Digest on some of the recent advertisements that oppose policies to advance renewable fuel technologies in the United States: Halloween is not for another 3 months, but the costumes and scare tactics are already out in the form of a new ad campaign from …

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