Search Results for 'Microalgae'

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to a highly efficient microalgae-based carbon sequestration system to reduce CO2 emission from power plant flue gas

October 12, 2022 | Jim Lane

The objective of this project is to harness the power of photosynthetic microalgae to maintain a high-pH, high-alkalinity microalgal culture to create a carbon-negative system for carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion to value-added products from power plant flue gas. Feng Chen of the University of Maryland showed these slides at the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Carbon […]

CU Boulder produces carbon neutral cement with microalgae

June 27, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Colorado, a CU Boulder-led research team has figured out a way to make cement production carbon neutral—and even carbon negative—by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air with the help of microalgae. The CU Boulder engineers and their colleagues at the Algal Resources Collection at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and the […]

Swedish researcher finds microalgae can be good solution for Nordic climate

June 22, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, microalgae can recover greenhouse gases and nutrients from industrial waste. This technology can be used to reduce climate footprint and eutrophication. A PhD candidate’s dissertation in ecology shows that microalgae can also be used in the Nordic climate, which has previously been considered a challenge as the algae are dependent on heat and […]

Mexican researchers develop prototype photobioreactor for microalgae

December 22, 2021 | Meghan Sapp

In Mexico, researchers at the National Technological Institute of Mexico, Morelia Technological Institute campus, have developed a prototype of a photobioreactor for optimization of the Chlorella Vulgaris microalgae for which they requested patent registration by Model of Utility before the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property (IMPI). In addition to increasing current biomass production, it will […]

Russian researchers lead team to show microalgae can clean pyrene from wastewater

November 1, 2021 | Meghan Sapp

In Russia, RUDN University chemists together with colleagues from India, Russia and South Africa showed that green microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana can be used for cleaning wastewater from a toxic pyrene. Algae absorb pyrene and at the same time change their metabolism to adapt to stressful conditions. As a result, more lipids are formed in algae, […]

TotalEnergies and Veolia team to advance microalgae cultivation using CO2

July 6, 2021 | Meghan Sapp

In France, TotalEnergies and Veolia have joined forces to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2. The two partners will pool their know-how to develop a four-year research project at the La Mède biorefinery, operated by TotalEnergies, with the long-term goal of producing biofuel. Through photosynthesis, microalgae use sunlight and CO2 from the atmosphere […]

All Nippon Airways’ first flight in world using microalgae ASTM certified fuel

June 20, 2021 | admin

Another world first just happened! All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline, took another step forward in advancing its leadership in sustainability, operating a regularly scheduled commercial domestic flight utilizing sustainable aviation fuel made from microalgae, blended with traditional jet fuel. Yes, SAF made from microalgae. And it was the first flight in the world […]

Japanese researchers develop way to repartition carbon from carbs to lipids in microalgae

May 6, 2021 | Meghan Sapp

In Japan, a cross-institutional collaboration with researchers from Kobe University and the Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute of the Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate has developed a technique to repartition carbon resources from carbohydrates to lipids in microalgae. It is hoped that this method can be applied to biofuel production. Researchers discovered that the majority […]

Researchers report 3D-printed microalgae breakthrough

May 3, 2021 | Rebecca Gendron

In New York and the Netherlands, researchers have successfully 3-D printed living algae to create a self-sustaining material that could have wide-ranging applications in everything from fashion to Mars colonization. The breakthrough was the result of a collaboration between the University of Rochester and Delft University of Technology and involved treating living microalgae like ink […]

Next Meats teams with euglena to use microalgae in plant-based meat

February 24, 2021 | Meghan Sapp

In Japan, Next Meats Co has signed a joint product development agreement with euglena Co., a biotech company also from Japan which specializes in cultivating Euglena and Chlorella (types of microalgae) and developing the biofuel business. It was announced that their first joint product “NEXT Euglena Yakiniku EX” is now available for pre-sale at the […]