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Algae nutrient recycling is a triple win

August 19, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Nitrogen and phosphate nutrients are among the biggest costs in cultivating algae for biofuels. Sandia molecular biologists Todd Lane and Ryan Davis have shown they can recycle about two-thirds of those critical nutrients, and aim to raise the recycling…

Categories: Biology, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: algae, biofuels, nitrogen, nutrients, phosphate, recycling, renewable energy

Turning algae into energy

October 7, 2009 • Project converts dairy wastes to energy, other products ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As part of a project to create alternative sources of energy, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are cultivating green algae that holds promise as a new supply of biofuel. “People have been growing algae for centuries for food supplements...

Categories: Biology, Climate Change, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Transportation

Topics: algal biofuels, biofuel, biomass, dairy effluent, energy, New Mexico Small Business Association, recycling, sustainable