Renewable energy company Genifuel Corporation today announced a license from Pacific Northwest National Labs for a process to turn algae into natural gas. The company began as an algae biodiesel company, but discovered that making liquid fuel wasn’t feasible, given the problems presented by genetic modification requirements, leftover biomass, and the arduous water separation process. [...]
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From Biodiesel to Natural Gas, It’s… Algae?
Posted in Earth (Biofuels), GREEN ENERGY SOURCES, GREEN INNOVATORS/INNOVATIONS, tagged biodiesel, energy technology, green energy, renewable energy on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Large French Roast for My Honda Please
Posted in Earth (Biofuels), Uncategorized, tagged biodiesel, biofuel, coffee on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Illustration by Pelle Mellor As a biofuel, the advantages of coffee over alternative biofuels are numerous: it does not diverting crops from being a food source because it’s made from the left over coffee grounds. it’s consistently available globally, it can easily yield 10-15% of biodiesel by weight, it requires little or no tinkering [...]
