A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to ...

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Both types of algae contain oils that can be used as fuel. Because this oil is biodegradable, even if there is an accidental spill, it does not hurt the environment. And even the “waste” from algae ...

the PNNL research team concluded that 21 billion gallons of algal fuel could be produced by 2022 in the U.S. To achieve that amount of output, algae would have to be grown on land equal to the ...

In other fields, he's replaced some crops with buffer strips of grasses and other plants that can absorb nutrient runoff before it shoots into streams bound for Erie, where the runoff would be potent ...

Algae have long been touted as a rich and ubiquitous source of renewable fuel but thus far have failed to be economically competitive with other sources of energy. Could new advances change that?

where the runoff would be potent fuel for the algae. “We accept that we have a target on our back in the agriculture community,” Kellogg said. Bacteria commonly called blue-green algae are ...