The U.S. Geological Survey has released a highly detailed map of vegetative land-cover in America, which is expected to assist officials in efforts to preserve wildlife habitats.
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Algae biofuel pioneer OriginOil, Inc. has come up with a new, more efficient design for growing algae for biofuel, using the kind of microalgae that blooms naturally in ponds. With the help of lenses that channel solar radiation within layers of algae, the new system greatly reduces the amount of pond acreage needed to grow algae crops. The new system could help algae biofuel leap one obstacle to mass market commercialization, which is the vast amount of real estate and water resources required to scale up an algae growing operation.
OriginOil claims that the new system, called MultiReactor, is up to 20 times more efficient than conventional algae farming. It looks promising so far in lab tests. The next step involves one of those sustainable twofers we love so much: OriginOil plans to field test the system in a standard 40-foot container. If the system lives up to its promise, practically any recycled shipping container in the world could become an ultra-compact insta-algae biofuel farm.
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