All-gas' installation for microalgae culture in its prototype plant. Credit: All-gas. Biofuel has been touted as the cornerstone of a decarbonised future, but the complex supply chains and finite ...

Microalgae (phytoplankton), unlike macroalgae (seaweed), are single-cell microscopic organisms that live in freshwater or marine ecosystems. Through their growth, they produce biomass, which is ...

A group of researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil have grown microalgae under controlled conditions in a laboratory in order to use their metabolites, especially lipids, ...

Biofuels made from algae have had their time in the sun, with years of highly publicized investments from fossil fuel companies, such as Exxon and Chevron, and studies showing potential for the energy ...

For many of us, we need a dose of caffeine to get started. But it turns out that humans are not the only ones who can be activated by coffee, it can also be used to develop high-quality biodiesel, as ...

Tiny, sun-powered organisms found in freshwater pools could soon fuel Hawaiʻi's sustainable future. Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are charting a path to transform microalgae into a ...

French supermajor TotalEnergies is partnering with compatriot Veolia in a microalgae cultivation project with the long-term goal of producing biofuel. TotalEnergies revealed Tuesday it was teaming up ...

Wastewater from humans in a single year could fill more than 100 million Olympic-size swimming pools, according to researchers from Canada and the Netherlands (Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2021, DOI: 10.5194 ...

On a patch of land between Riverview Park and the Red Mountain Freeway, two silvery metal domes tower over the Mesa wastewater treatment plant. The domes are called “anaerobic digesters,” and there ...