An algae researcher with decades of experience in the field objected to my recent column on algal biofuels. He argues that the industry is far from dead. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

We just don't know how well algal biofuel production might work. It's true that the 18 years of research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory yielded a lot of knowledge, ...

Algae biofuel—which refers to converting the energy produced by plant-like photosynthetic organisms into biodiesel—has been proposed as an alternative energy source since the early 1950s.

“Algal biofuels are not quite ready for prime time,” says Joel Cuello, co-author of a new report evaluating the alternative fuel’s current drawbacks and its potential. Increasing the ...

For biofuels neither open ocean macrophyte production, open pond, nor PBR production of algal biofuels have achieved commercial feasibility even after some 80 years of research ...

Algae: Biofuel Of The Future? Date: August 19, 2008 Source: University of Virginia Summary: Researchers have a plan to greatly increase algae oil yields by feeding the algae extra carbon dioxide ...

Algal biofuels production approaches and technical systems are still emerging, and facilities have not reached commercial scale. Public data on the economics of algal biofuels production is sparse.

Algae has big potential for biofuels, feedstock, and other carbon-cutting products, and the US Department of Energy agrees. But cultivating and harvesting it is still too expensive.

The algae biofuels industry is still in its early gestation stage, the new report notes. Although well over 100 companies in the U.S. and abroad are now working to produce algal biomass and oil ...

However, quelle surprise, the algae biofuels association disputes the findings and says it is using "outdated data". Show us the new data, then. Disclosure: No positions.

Biomass to Biofuel: Byron Donalds, Brian Mast direct Corps to skim algae in Caloosahatchee, St. Lucie, Lake O to make 'biocrude' Naples Daily News Turn them into biofuel, says Byron Donalds ...

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 OPAL Fuels Inc. (NASDAQ:OPAL) stands against the other algae ...