Slimy green algae may be an answer to the global oil crisis. With a renewed interest in converting algae into biofuel, researchers are studying ways to cut costs and improve conditions for growing ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Mazda has a neat idea for what is basically a CO2 diaper that could be part of combustion-engine exhaust systems.

Explore the hidden costs of algae biofuel production and discover why it may not be the green solution we hoped. Algal Biomass Association. The culprit, the researchers say, is fertilizer. Growing ...

Naples Congressman Byron Donalds says his recently introduced bill to turn cyanobacteria into biofuel could be a win/win: un-gunked water with a new energy source as a bonus byproduct, though he ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded Montana State University and Utah State University a three-year, $900,000 grant to study the oil produced by algae, which could be a ...

The Department of Energy said it would invest $24 million in three research groups to tackle the challenges of bringing algae-based biofuels to market. 10 hot energy projects that could electrify the ...

Oilprice has been reporting on the long, drawn-out death of the dream of algal biofuel for years. A field once crowded with startups and hyperbolic promises of industry disruption and energy ...

Last year, forbes denounced seaweed-based biofuel across the board in a strongly titled article called “An Algal Biofuel Obituary”. The article was a send-up of the many biofuel startups that had made ...

Biofuel produced from algae, essentially pond scum, has long titillated green energy boosters as a potential big time player in the U.S. renewable fuels portfolio. Now, a-first-of-its-kind look at ...