"Algae are simple aquatic organisms that contain proteins, oils and carbohydrates, which when properly cultivated, can be used to make a variety of products, including renewable biofuels ...

Bio or bust? The economic and ecological cost of biofuels. EMBO reports 9, 130-133 (2008) doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.2008.6. Ryan, C. "Cultivating Clean Energy. The Promise of Algae Biofuels." ...

4 In the 2000s and early 2010s, algal biofuels were touted as the fuel of the future; companies even promised to produce “fuel from thin air,” using only water, sunlight and CO 2. Researchers knew ...

We recently compiled a list of the 7 Best Algae and Biofuel Stocks to Buy Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Adecoagro S.A. (NYSE:AGRO) stands against the other algae and ...

The new plant will use grasses as a feedstock. BP is also actively involved in a number of other biofuel projects including algae diesel and butanol. BP is planning to start biobutanol production ...

Could new advances change that? Emily Waltz investigates. When the UK's Carbon Trust last year set out to fund algal biofuels research, organizers quickly met with a mélange of overzealous claims ...

As part of an ongoing effort to improve commercial scale algae biofuel production, a group of scientists, led by crude oil producer Sapphire Energy, Inc., today announced the completion of a ...

The haptophyte algae, especially coccolithophorids, are thought to had played major role for the production of petrolium and limestones in geological era. The algae still produce huge blooms and ...