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Algae

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Algae

description: (1) Simple single-celled, colonial, or multi-celled, mostly aquatic plants, containing chlorophyll and lacking roots, stems and leaves. Aquatic algae are microscopic plants that grow in sunlit water that contains phosphates, nitrates, and other nutrients. Algae, like all aquatic plants, add oxygen to the water and are important in the fish food chain. (2) Photosynthetic, almost exclusively aquatic plants of a large and diverse division of the thallophytes, including seaweeds and their fresh water allies. They range in size from simple unicellular forms to giant kelps several meters long, and display varied life-cycles and physiological processes with for example different complexes of photosynthetic pigments. (3) Nonvascular organisms capable of oxygenic photosynthesis, without sterile cells covering gametangia.

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Environment)

A quest for CO2 and O2 optimal management with biofuel from algae

November 20, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley, Cleantech GroupSimilar storiesNew partnership between Linde, Algenol Biofuels looks to develop technologies that work with Algenol’s algae and photobioreactors.Germany’s The Linde Group and Bonita Springs, Fla.-based ... [Cleantech - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Algae, Carbon Dioxide, Biofuels

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 4 Documents

Anglo American Plc

Anglo dives into algae farming

Anglo American is believed to have paid less than $A10m for a 20% stake in privately owned Victorian group, MBD Energy. MBD expects to launch three pilot plants to test its algae farm technology by mid-2010, and believes it may be able to capture up to ... [Individual.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Algae, Anglo American Plc, Carbon Footprint

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Human waste hailed as new biofuel

This lawn mower is run off converted human wasteView VideoBaby died after being shaken - CoronerCoroner rules baby's death not accidentalWidespread Energy says permit delays costing countryMan jailed for pouring toxic paint over ex-partnerRobber exploits ... [3 News - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Christchurch (New Zealand), Biofuels, Algae

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Suburbs See Rise in Kids in Poverty

2008 Census estimates reveal that in the city center of Fort Worth, Texas, the number of school-age children living in poverty has dropped whereas the surrounding suburban communities have seen increasing numbers.Area housing trends reflect the change ... [Planetizen - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Fort Worth, Census, Eminent Domain, Mortgages, Urban Design

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

From toxic dust and algae to ill winds from Africa

USGS at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and ChemistryToxic dust: Toxins in coal-tar-based sealcoats in parking lots may be the culprit in contaminated house dust, according to a USGS study. PAHs – or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – are large ... [EurekAlert! - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Toxic, United States Geological Survey, Contaminate

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Eighteen NC firms get stimulus money for green projects

RALEIGH, NC - Eighteen North Carolina companies will receive federal stimulus grants to spur development in green technology, Gov. Bev Perdue said Wednesday.Each company plans to develop and market green and alternative energy technologies.According to ... [TechJournal South - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Raleigh (North Carolina, United States), Landfill Gas, Biodiesel, Algae

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Company strikes oil in effluent ponds

SEWAGE TO FUEL: Solray director Wayne Harpur, of Invercargill, holds a bottle of wastewater algae and a bottle of fuel. His company, Solray Energy, converts human sewage into crude oil.Relevant offersAn Invercargill businessman whose company turns human ... [Southland Times - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Wastewater, Algae, Oil Discovery, Sewage

First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)

New Biofuels Investment Holds Risks Similar to Ethanol

Despite the risks, Habib said a number of investments have been made in second-generation biofuels over the past several months, many from major oil companies. ExxonMobil has invested in algae biofuels producer Synthetic Genomics, while Shell and Valero ... [DTN Ethanol Center - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Biofuels, Ethanol, Synthetic Genomics, Valero LP

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Researchers find red algae is perishing in the Kenting area

9:49 am TWN, CNA PINGTUNG, Taiwan -- Global warming has taken a serious toll on Taiwan's ecology as the type and amount of algae growing under the sea in waters off southern Taiwan's Kenting National Park and the island's northeastern region have largely ... [China Post - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Algae, Taiwan, Ecology, Nat Taiwan Ocean University

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Boeingâs âDreamlinerâ on the starting line

After a traumatic year for the business aviation sector, some key players were missing from this year’s National Business Aviation Association annual meeting and convention, held in Orlando, Florida from 20-22 October. But the industry, though bruised, ... [Asian Aviation - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Biofuels, Jet Fuel, Engine

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

CO: Protesters want Colorado to "stop clowning around" on clean air

Protesters want Colorado to "stop clowning around" on clean airPosted: 11/19/2009 01:00:00 AM MSTUpdated: 11/19/2009 10:24:07 AM MSTMembers of WildEarth Guardians dress as clowns and wear Gov. Bill Ritter masks during a protest outside the state Capitol ... [Stateline - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bill Ritter, Xcel Energy Inc, Nitrogen Oxide

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)

Got cold sores? Get Red Marine Algae

Both strains of the Red Marine Alagae - gigarcina and dumontacea - are rated by the modern scientific world for their ability to support and improve the immune system.One of the most beneficial sea vegetables known to man, these algae reportedly have ... [Jamaica Observer - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Algae, Stalking, Herpes, Virus, Jamaica

Quotes

"We say let it grow and we can turn it into something useful such as fuel and fertiliser ... then we dispose of the algae and you have got clean water (in the local authority oxidation ponds)."

Company strikes oil in effluent ponds [Southland Times - 7 hours ago]

...al sur de Almería en una zona de alta diversidad biológica", afirma Ricardo Aguilar, director de Investigación y Proyectos de Oceana en Europa. "Son vitales para la pesca, la protección de las playas, la captura de CO2 y el mantenimiento de la biodiversidad" , concluye

Así se inicia la reforestación de un fondo marino español [Nuestromar - 7 hours ago]

...from algae is a promising way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions," said Aldo Belloni, a Linde executive board member, in a news release. "A cost-efficient supply of carbon dioxide is a key factor in this biofuel chain."

A quest for CO2 and O2 optimal management with biofuel from algae [Cleantech - 9 hours ago]

ENVIROTEK President Robert Thompson stated, "The addition of the Magnegas patented 'Plasma' gas technology and equipment further enhances our expanding portfolio of 'Green' solutions in the manufacturing and production of 'Cleaner Air,' alternative fuels and Power, produced from raw materials such as Waste Oils, landfill Gases, Algae and other toxic hazardous waste materials."

ENVIROTEK Signs Strategic Alliance Partnership With Magnegas [World Market Media - 11/20/2009]

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Blogs

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Big pictures of tiny wonders [Cosmic Log - 11/19/2009] Jan Michels Click for slideshow: Feast your eyes on Olympus BioScapes winners for 2009. Who would have thought that a water flea, diseased ...
AutoblogGreen for 11.19.09 [Autoblog - 11/19/2009] #saleschart { border: 0px solid #333; border-collapse: collapse; } #saleschart td { padding: 7px; border-bottom: 0px solid #ccc; vertical-align: top; margin: ...
The Linde Group and Algenol Biofuels To Coopera... [Green Car Congress - 11/18/2009] The Linde Group and the US company Algenol Biofuels LLC have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide ...
Forget biodiesel, algae could produce hydrogen [Autoblog Green - 11/18/2009] Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hydrogen Gephyrocapsa oceanica - Wikimedia Commons In recent years, algae has gotten a fair bit of attention for its potential ...
The Linde Group and Algenol Biofuels To Coopera... [Green Car Congress - 11/18/2009] The Linde Group and the US company Algenol Biofuels LLC have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide ...

Audio/Video

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Turning algae into biofuel [CNN International - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Turning algae into biofuel [CNN.com - Video - 11/18/2009]
China eyes algae in emissions fight [Reuters Video: Business - 10/20/2009]
The downside of MinnPost, Voice of San Diego, W... [Slate Magazine - 10/01/2009]
Science Show - 2009-09-26 [Mefeedia Video Tag : physi - 09/25/2009]

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