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==== [[Media:Policy_Czar_Template.docx | Download Policy Czar Template (MS Word)]] ====
 
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== Everyone ==
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== Everyone: Algal biofuels ==
[[File:green_jet_fuel.png|300px|thumb|right|There are more bacterial cells in your body than human ones. (Image from [http://hmpdacc.org this site]) ]]  
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[[File:green_jet_fuel.png|300px|thumb|right|Algal biofuels]]  
  
 
==== Required Reading/Viewing ====
 
==== Required Reading/Viewing ====
# [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-microbes-clean-up-oil-spills/] Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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# [https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_trent_energy_from_floating_algae_pods] Energy from floating algae ponds
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# [http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/is-there-still-a-role-for-oil-companies-in-renewables] Is There Still a Role for Oil Companies in Renewables?
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# [http://solazymeindustrials.com/] Solazyme
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# [https://utex.org/] UTEX
  
== 1. Algal Biofuels ==
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==== Additional information ====
  
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar ====
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#Sapphire Sapphire Energy company video
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// Promotional video for a company pursuing algal biofuels and bioproducts. Watch on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVua2qls5P8 YouTube].
 
# [http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/algal-biofuels] DOE Algal Biofuels
 
# [http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/algal-biofuels] DOE Algal Biofuels
# [http://solazymeindustrials.com/] Solazyme
 
 
# [https://theconversation.com/can-we-save-the-algae-biofuel-industry-58518] Can we save the algae biofuel industry?
 
# [https://theconversation.com/can-we-save-the-algae-biofuel-industry-58518] Can we save the algae biofuel industry?
 
# [http://allaboutalgae.com/] All about algae.com
 
# [http://allaboutalgae.com/] All about algae.com
# [https://utex.org/] UTEX
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# [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139239] – Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production. Older review of technology and economics behind algal biofuels.
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# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4AajQJ5z8#t=140 YouTube] – INEOS INEOS Bio company video
  
== 2. Cellulosic Ethanol  ==
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== 1. Algal Biofuels ==
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==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar ====
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== 1. Cellulosic Ethanol  ==
  
 
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar====
 
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar====
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# [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19963372] An overview of second generation biofuel technologies 19963372
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// Review of technology and issues related to cellulosic ethanol. Skim the article for key details.
 
# [http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_feedstocks.html#cellulosic] DOE Cellulosic Ethanol – also click around the other ethanol links
 
# [http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_feedstocks.html#cellulosic] DOE Cellulosic Ethanol – also click around the other ethanol links
 
# [http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_cellulosic_ethanol_makers_the_road_ahead_is_still_uphill/2821/] For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill
 
# [http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_cellulosic_ethanol_makers_the_road_ahead_is_still_uphill/2821/] For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill
 
# [http://news.utexas.edu/2015/10/20/researchers-receive-15-million-for-biofuel-crop-study] UT Switchgrass Research
 
# [http://news.utexas.edu/2015/10/20/researchers-receive-15-million-for-biofuel-crop-study] UT Switchgrass Research
  
== 3. Deep Water Horizon Bioremediation ==
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== 2. Deep Water Horizon Bioremediation ==
  
 
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar ====
 
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar ====
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# [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-microbes-clean-up-oil-spills/] Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
 
# [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-microbes-helped-clean-bp-s-oil-spill/] How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill – watch the video and read the captions in the video.
 
# [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-microbes-helped-clean-bp-s-oil-spill/] How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill – watch the video and read the captions in the video.
 
# [https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Microbial_Response_to_Deepwater_Horizon_Oil_Spill] MicrobeWiki – Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
 
# [https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Microbial_Response_to_Deepwater_Horizon_Oil_Spill] MicrobeWiki – Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
  
== 4. Frackibacter ==
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== 3. Frackibacter ==
  
 
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar ====
 
==== Extra Links for the Policy Czar ====
 
# [https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/09/05/new-genus-of-bacteria-found-living-inside-hydraulic-fracturing-wells/] New genus of bacteria found living inside hydraulic fracturing wells.
 
# [https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/09/05/new-genus-of-bacteria-found-living-inside-hydraulic-fracturing-wells/] New genus of bacteria found living inside hydraulic fracturing wells.
 
# [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27595198] Microbial metabolisms in a 2.5-km-deep ecosystem created by hydraulic fracturing in shales
 
# [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27595198] Microbial metabolisms in a 2.5-km-deep ecosystem created by hydraulic fracturing in shales

Revision as of 16:44, 10 October 2016

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Everyone: Algal biofuels

Algal biofuels

Required Reading/Viewing

  1. [1] Energy from floating algae ponds
  2. [2] Is There Still a Role for Oil Companies in Renewables?
  3. [3] Solazyme
  4. [4] UTEX

Additional information

  1. Sapphire Sapphire Energy company video

// Promotional video for a company pursuing algal biofuels and bioproducts. Watch on YouTube.

  1. [5] DOE Algal Biofuels
  2. [6] Can we save the algae biofuel industry?
  3. [7] All about algae.com
  4. [8] – Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production. Older review of technology and economics behind algal biofuels.
  5. YouTube – INEOS INEOS Bio company video

1. Algal Biofuels

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

1. Cellulosic Ethanol

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  1. [9] An overview of second generation biofuel technologies 19963372

// Review of technology and issues related to cellulosic ethanol. Skim the article for key details.

  1. [10] DOE Cellulosic Ethanol – also click around the other ethanol links
  2. [11] For Cellulosic Ethanol Makers, The Road Ahead Is Still Uphill
  3. [12] UT Switchgrass Research

2. Deep Water Horizon Bioremediation

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  1. [13] Slick Solution: How Microbes Will Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
  2. [14] How Microbes Helped Clean BP's Oil Spill – watch the video and read the captions in the video.
  3. [15] MicrobeWiki – Microbial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

3. Frackibacter

Extra Links for the Policy Czar

  1. [16] New genus of bacteria found living inside hydraulic fracturing wells.
  2. [17] Microbial metabolisms in a 2.5-km-deep ecosystem created by hydraulic fracturing in shales