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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) scientists and researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) have been working on using both natural plant life and artificial leaves (respectively) in order to create hydrogen gas. NREL scientists are tweaking two iron-sulfur-containing ferredoxins of a certain strain of algae while the ASU researchers are working with artificial photosynthesis. According • Read More »

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are using green algae mutant strains (not to be confused with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) to produce hydrogen. The particular strain of algae is called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii which contains properties of both plants and animals. According to NREL, “The finding suggests ways to increase • Read More »

OriginOil has made a breakthrough scaled down system that uses algae to create hydrogen with similar efficiencies to using solar energy. The efficiency of using OriginOil’s Hydrogen Harvester is around 12-percent and solar energy hydrogen systems by comparison offer a wide range of efficiencies between 6 and 20-percent. One of the disadvantages of solar is • Read More »

In the past, I’ve talked many times about the algae hydrogen connection. Many see algae as the perfect biofuel for creating hydrogen since it can be grown rapidly, almost anywhere and can produce large amounts of H2. A beer brewery may be the closest common analogy to an algal biorefinery. In fact, in May 2007 • Read More »

In the past I’ve talked about high temperature cracking of water to produce hydrogen at nuclear facilities. I’ve also talked about using algae to produce hydrogen. Now, two U. S. national laboratories are on a concurrent path to see who can produce the most H2 efficiently and cost-effectively. The Idaho National Laboratory (INL), who I • Read More »

In the past, I’ve talked about Energy Quest in Henderson, Nevada developing a Pyrolysis Steam Reforming process for creating high purity hydrogen, carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogen from algae. One of the typical problems occur when trying to produce hydrogen from algae is that oxygen tends to “poison” the process and slow down the green • Read More »

In the past, I’ve talked about using algae to create hydrogen again and again and again and again. I’ve talked about Cyanobacteria genes (blue-green algae), Hawaiian algae, Germany and Australia developing algae solutions and algae balloons. Well, yes, I’m actually going to talk about algae one more time (now, there’s a surprise). Energy Quest in • Read More »

Over at Inhabitat is an interesting article about a proposal for a novel way to produce, store and distribute hydrogen for vehicles. The proposal calls for giant algae ponds coupled with large balloons to be built and set up in urban areas to generate hydrogen onsite for the refueling of automobiles. A creative group in • Read More »