With traditional biofuels under fire for driving up food prices and wreaking environmental havoc, industrialists are stepping up research into algae as a sustainable alternative - but many obstacles[...]
There's much excitement about second generation biofuels made from cellulosic feedstocks and algae, be they cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, biocrude, or electricity from biomass. There will be winners, but they[...]
During the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly (Second Committee, Agenda item 52), a revised draft resolution on the “Use of spirulina to combat hunger and malnutrition[...]
The cultivation of microalgae for biofuels in general and oil production in particular is not yet a commercial reality and, outside some niche, but significant, applications in wastewater treatment,[...]