Perception vs reality: The 8 most common biofuels myths

What are the most-told myths for biofuels, and what does science actually tell us? The Digest separates the fact from the fiction.

The Biofuels Digest had an excellent article today on the most common myths found in biofuels. From the “food vs. fuel” debate to algae biofuels. It seems a lot of people, politicians, and special interest groups especially, have a hard time separating fact from fantasy. This article does a great job of answering the question. Read the full article here.

Algae Biofuels Research Papers

Here you’re going to find a plethora of algae biofuels research papers under a variety of topics. Some of these reports are tough going and hard reading. In fact, most of them are. I make no apologies for that. As I’ve said in other places, this is the frontier of algae biofuels.  If you want to understand the full scope of algae biofuels and dig into the details, this page is for you. If you want the reports condensed and boiled down into to a language the “rest of us” understand, you’ll need to buy my books. I’ll be adding to this section more and more as time goes on. It is my hope that this will be the finest free online research library available anywhere.

The links are all good as I write this (June. 2012) if you find one that is broken, let me know and I’ll fix it. Please don’t say “A link on that page is broken” I need to know WHAT link is broken.

Algae Biodiesel Research Reports

Algae Biofuels General Overview

• Algae Based Biofuels Report In my opinion this is one of the best  reports available anywhere.
• Aquatic Species Report Over 30 years old and still one of the most complete treatments available. This is the report that nearly every single algae biofuel consultant cut their chops on…myself included.
• Beyond the Aquatic Species Report
• Aquatic Species Report: Lessons Learned
• NREL Advanced Biofuels Report
• Biodiesel From Aquatic Species

Algae Species

Algae Cultivation

Algae Harvesting

Algae Oil Extraction

Biodiesel

Bioethanol

Biobutanol

Jetfuel

Methane

Hydrogen

Algae for health Food Supplements

Algae for organic fertilizer

Algae for Animal Feed

 

Small Scale Algae Biofuel Videos

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This is a very interesting video from the Eastwood Christian School in Alabama. What they have here is a small/medium  scale algae biofuel processing facility, as a part of their school. They are using it both as a hands-on teaching tool as well as extracting useful and cost reducing biodiesel.

Thailand to Build 2M Algae Biofuels Pilot Plant

Loxley Plc is spending 60 million ($1.89 Million dollars) baht to build a pilot plant for algae-based biofuel, possibly in Ratchaburi province.

Although algae-based biofuel costs 30% higher to make than palm oil-based fuel, the cost will likely drop in the future. The plant will start full operation next year and if business becomes viable, a commercial-production plant may be built within 2014 with a total investment cost of about one billion baht.

Loxley targets daily algae production at 90 tonnes per day, which will translate into 10 tonnes of biofuel a day. Full text here: