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Title: Turning Algae into Energy in New Mexico

Abstract

Los Alamos National Laboratory, as part of the New Mexico Consortium - comprised of New Mexico's major research universities, the Lab, and key industry partners - is conducting research into using algae as a feed stock for a renewable source of fuels, and other products. There are hundreds of thousands of different algae species on Earth. They account for approximately half of the net photosynthesis on the planet, yet they have not been used in any kind of a large scale by humanity, with just a few exceptions. And yet, the biomass is easy to transform into useful products, including fuels, and they contain many other natural products that have high value. In this video Los Alamos and New Mexico State University scientists outline the opportunities and challenges of using science to turn algae into energy.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1134757
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; ALGAE; BIOFUEL; ALGAL BIOFUEL; ALGAE RESEARCH; BIOMASS FUELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Citation Formats

Sayre, Richard, Olivares, Jose, and Lammers, Peter. Turning Algae into Energy in New Mexico. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Sayre, Richard, Olivares, Jose, & Lammers, Peter. Turning Algae into Energy in New Mexico. United States.
Sayre, Richard, Olivares, Jose, and Lammers, Peter. 2013. "Turning Algae into Energy in New Mexico". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1134757.
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abstractNote = {Los Alamos National Laboratory, as part of the New Mexico Consortium - comprised of New Mexico's major research universities, the Lab, and key industry partners - is conducting research into using algae as a feed stock for a renewable source of fuels, and other products. There are hundreds of thousands of different algae species on Earth. They account for approximately half of the net photosynthesis on the planet, yet they have not been used in any kind of a large scale by humanity, with just a few exceptions. And yet, the biomass is easy to transform into useful products, including fuels, and they contain many other natural products that have high value. In this video Los Alamos and New Mexico State University scientists outline the opportunities and challenges of using science to turn algae into energy.},
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year = {Mon Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Mon Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
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