respected sir, I'm BHUVANESH. N student of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University , studying 2nd M.Sc(agricultural microbiology) , coimbatore, Tamil nadu, India. Im doing my research on " ALKANE SYNTHESIS BY Botryococcus". Im collecting samples from different locations of tamilnadu and my research...

Dear friends & industry colleagues, Growdiesel Climate Care Council is pleased to invite you to the inaugural International Summit on Algae Biofuels to be held on 18th & 19th September 2008 at New Delhi, India. The conference is focused on next generation of Biofuels using Algae as main feedstock...

liberty1: There are sizable producers of algae products. While they have high value products and can withstand higher costs than we can, we can learn a few things from them. They do not try to build 400 H (almost 1000 acre) ponds. I believe the largest anyone has done are 5 acres (2 + H). Just as an...

I would like to open a thread to discuss algal biomass yield. I realize that the bulk of research is focused on constant production of high lipid content algae for the efficient production of biodiesel. I believe this to be a wonderful goal that could eventually provide excellent benifits to the world...

This is going to be built in the spring. A PBR (Photo-Bio-Reactor, not Pabst Blue Ribbon) will be constantly grow Botryococcus braunii, Some will be kept in a development tank but the majority will be released into a raceway pond system. The pond system will be about 6 feet deep, and not all that turbulent...