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The benefits of AFA blue-green algae do not focus on a certain organ. Instead, people who consume this supplement will feel that many aspects of their lives change significantly. In addition, it is very important to know that AFA blue-green …

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A reader asked for my comments on this piece on Jinko Solar and this one on algae.  Here’s my position on this: 1) Jinko is extremely well-positioned to expand further its already-existing mega-presence in solar.  I ran into them at Intersolar …

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As fossil fuels become scarcer and more expensive, research continues to discover a means of producing energy from renewable sources. One challenge in this quest is devising a means to create sustainable energy in large enough quantities and economically enough …

From Guest Blogger Tom Grant: Worth a Second Look — Green Algae Read More »

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I support a few clean energy projects that will benefit from this recently approved U.S. Senate bill that includes a wide variety of tax incentives that would help the biorefining and biopower sectors, including those related to cellulosic biofuel, algae, …

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth — U.S. Senate's Energy Bill Read More »

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The scientists at Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia have collected the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to support the researchers all over the United States in a project which aspires to find out the best algae species for creating …

From Guest Blogger Alia Haley: Algae–Can It Become the Renewable Energy Source of the Future? Read More »

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When I was lucky enough to meet the eminent Bulgarian scientist Dr. Boris Monahov at the Energy Storage conference last week, we spoke about the advanced battery solutions he and his team are developing. But Dr. Monahov is also a …

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2GreenEnergy Business Director George Alger sent me this interview in which Bill Gates speaks on renewable energy. George:  Yes, he makes some good points, and he’s a fan (as am I) of Donald Sadoway’s work at MIT. But as you …

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Dr. Mitchell contibuted to the book’s chapter on algae as biofuel.  Fundamentally, the photosynthetic process reduces inorganic compounds like carbon dioxide, water, nitrogen, and phosphorous, and builds these biochemicals. Initially sugar, and then the sugar’s burned to build all sorts …

About Greg Mitchell, Contributor to “Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies” – Scripps Institution, Algae Read More »

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In a recent post, Bill Paul points out that the reaction to the oil spill in the Gulf should be algae-generated biofuels. But why not liquid ammonia, as Peak Oil pundit Matt Simmons would suggest? As Matt old me when …

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TV’s talking heads seem to think that wind and solar power are the answer to reducing America’s oil usage. How stupid can they be? Wind and solar make electricity, which won’t be ready to power large numbers of motor vehicles for …

After Gulf Oil Spill, Focus Should be On Biofuels Read More »

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