Welcome to our Algae for Biofuels site!
Welcome to Our Algae Greenfuels/Biofuels site!
You arrived at the right place. Here you will find scientific, technical and practical information about using Algae to produce greenfuels/biofuels. We are a group of successful scientists, experts, algae farmers, businessmen and algae growers lead by Prof. Aecio D'Silva from University of Arizona and American Aquabiotech, Biofuels Revolution, CEO.
We share a vision that common knowledge must be shared amongst people without any discrimination or blind greed mentality. We are convinced that one of the big obstructions today to bringing algae into the main stream greenfuels/biofuels is due to the exaggerated levels of greediness currently in the algal business community.
We are not saying that we should work for free and give up everything which we we’ve worked so hard to build. We have to paid our bills. We are not here to assist lazy people in getting everything without do nothing in return. We firm believe that free-market and capitalism are the best systems for reaching potentials and dreams.
To validate this approach, this site will have very soon a membership area for paid specific information. Signing to our membership will give you access to high-level technical information, personalized consulting, newsletter, direct access to our cutting-edge applied research results and much more. In other words, you will have access to our personal hard-work.
However, the current way how the algae for greenfuel/biofuel industry common information are kept out of the reach of you does make any sense. As scientists e experts in the field we must give open access to our basic data. Presently, Algal biofuel basic knowledge is fenced, guarded and protected by unreasonably and unjustified greed and restricting patents which server of little help to building a solid industry.
It seems that everybody wants to become the next Algal billionaire. We need to create a new attitude and mentality by opening our fundamental data to everybody. This site is a conjugated in efforts to give our small contribution to this cause, share icommon principles and spread universal values.
We are firm believers that Algae will play a vital role to complement and even replace the petroleum era. After all, fossil oil is nothing less than algae that have undergone a long period of chemical transformation submitted to elevated temperature and pressure. As Algae is the petroleum raw material, we can affirm with high level of confidence that our green-stuff is in reality nothing more, nothing less than the perfect biofuels feedstock.
Algae the Perfect Biofuels Feedstock
Algae are the most common and fastest growing plants in this world. In addition, earth’s biomass is for the most part made up of algae. Biofuel can be produced from algae especially grown for this purpose, there is no food vs fuel competition and CO2 emissions can be reduced significantly.
The potential of micro-algae for Biofuels has been demonstrated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Aquatic Species Program. During the oil crisis of the 1970s, Congress funded the NREL within the Department of Energy to investigate alternative fuels and energy sources. Between 1978 and 1996, the Aquatic Species Program (ASP) focused on the production of biodiesel from high lipid-content algae growing in outdoor ponds and using CO2 from coal-fired power plants to increase the rate of algae growth and reduce carbon emissions.
This research demonstrated that algae could supply enough fuel to meet all of America's transportation needs in the form of biodiesel using an only 0.2% of the nation's land (Department of Energy Aquatic Species Program, DOE 1996).
Currently, our team of scientists is working to develop alternative fuels from a wide variety of plant materials. Algae for Green/Bio-fuels are our top priority. We believe that algae together with other renewable energy systems can supply all our day-by-day energy needs.
Ethanol derived from sugarcane and corn is already widely used. The Brazilian renewable energy model is a global standard. Today, the United States is the largest ethanol producer in the world.
However, unlike sugarcane and corn, algae are not a food crop and do not compete for arable soil. Growing algae do not raise the "Food vs Fuel" debate. Algae are tolerant to many adverse conditions like deserts and saline and/or brackish water. Algae can be raised using re-circulated water, waste water from sewage treatment plant, blackwash water, runoff water, and so on.
Algae can be grown a varieties of conditions and environments. Open ponds, shallow raceways, horizontal photo-bioreactors, vertical photo-bioreactors, plastic bag containers, open and closer circulations systems are some of the containers and devices used to grown algae.
However, the key points to successfully growing, harvesting, extracting, processing and delivering algae biofuels are having interdisciplinary team do scientists, technicians, business and total quality driven specialists that know every aspect of the algae for biofuels industry.
We are here to provide information, knowledge and high tech transfer about profitably growing algae biofuels. Our team of scientists, experts, business specialists and biofuels consultants are constantly developing and improving the best technologies to produce Biofuels. Please, contact us for any further inquires or information.