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==== Required Reading/Viewing ====
 
==== Required Reading/Viewing ====
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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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# [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biofuels-algae-exxon-venter/] ExxonMobil Bets $600 Million on Algae
 
# [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?
 
# [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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# https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515041/exxon-takes-algae-fuel-back-to-the-drawing-board/
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# [https://theconversation.com/can-we-save-the-algae-biofuel-industry-58518] Can we save the algae biofuel industry? Watch the 3-minute ALGAE.TEC video embedded in the page.
 
# [http://solazymeindustrials.com/] Solazyme
 
# [http://solazymeindustrials.com/] Solazyme
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# [https://utex.org/] UTEX
 
  
 
==== Additional information ====
 
==== Additional information ====
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// Promotional video for a company pursuing algal biofuels and bioproducts. Watch on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVua2qls5P8 YouTube].
 
// 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
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# [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
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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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# [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139239] – Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production.
 
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4AajQJ5z8#t=140 YouTube] – INEOS INEOS Bio company video
 
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4AajQJ5z8#t=140 YouTube] – INEOS INEOS Bio company video
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* [http://web.biosci.utexas.edu/utex/ UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at UT Austin]
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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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== 1. Algal Biofuels ==
 
== 1. Algal Biofuels ==
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# [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
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* [http://www.genomicscience.energy.gov/biofuels/ Bioenergy at DOE.] Especially, check out the [http://www.genomicscience.energy.gov/biofuels/placemat.shtml From Biomass to Cellulosic Ethanol Placemat]
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* [http://biofuels.dupont.com/cellulosic-ethanol/ Dupont Cellulosic Ethanol]
 
# [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
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* HowStuffWorks: [http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/energy-production/cellulosic-ethanol.htm Cellulosic Ethanol] | [http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/algae-biodiesel1.htm Algal Biodiesel]
  
 
== 2. Deep Water Horizon Bioremediation ==
 
== 2. Deep Water Horizon Bioremediation ==

Revision as of 17:44, 10 October 2016

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Everyone: Algal biofuels

Algal biofuels

Required Reading/Viewing

  1. [1] ExxonMobil Bets $600 Million on Algae
  2. [2] Is There Still a Role for Oil Companies in Renewables?
  3. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515041/exxon-takes-algae-fuel-back-to-the-drawing-board/
  4. [3] Can we save the algae biofuel industry? Watch the 3-minute ALGAE.TEC video embedded in the page.
  5. [4] Solazyme

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] All about algae.com
  3. [7] – Genetic engineering of algae for enhanced biofuel production.
  4. YouTube – INEOS INEOS Bio company video
  1. [8] Energy from floating algae ponds


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
  1. [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
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