Washington, DC —Two Department of Energy (DOE)-supported programs are helping the Crow Tribe in Montana produce energy with minimal environmental impact, educate future generations, and prepare its community for future jobs in energy fields. At the heart of the Work Readiness Program and the Cultivation and Characterization of Oil Producing Algae Internship are 6-week intensive …
By Gary Thomas On August 20, 2012, the first of a sequence of events focusing on algae will be started as part of ‘Summer of Algae II,’ a countrywide campaign to demonstrate the assurance of the algae industry in the generation of domestic fuels, food and feed products and jobs. The US algae industry’s trade …
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Launching today – and stretching into early Fall – the Algae Biomass Organization is coordinating a series of events billed as “The “Summer of Algae II” to raise awareness about the promise of the algae industry to create jobs, domestic fuels, and other food and feed products. Through open-house style events, local and national officials …
Algae biofuels could bloom into a $1.6 billion industry by 2015, according to a recent report by energy research firm SBI. As pondscum fuels make the jump from test tube to tanker trucks, the growing industry is lobbying Congress to make sure it has a level playing field when it arrives at commercial scale. The …
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En route to zillions in algae? First, you have to get the water out of the algae or the algae out of the water. Making Algenol’s ethanol-secreting microalgae a technology worth a special accommodation. Which Florida finally granted. Last year, the US Government minted 8.2 billion coins, of which 4.9 billion were pennies. The vast …
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