You can't grow commodities in greenhouses and you can't grow algae in bioreactors.” An informal calculation by Pate and his colleagues at Sandia estimates that closed systems double the cost of ...

There's a Biodiesel Expo coming up in Nottingham, England in October and Dutch company AlgaeLink will take the wraps off their latest bioreactors. The equipment is designed to grow algae for ...

The ability to grow algae in the open ponds in Nevada means that it could be much more economical than building enclosed bioreactors that might require heating and pumping. Professor John Cushman ...

“There is a huge input of energy to run these photo-bioreactors ... rapidly replenished by new growth. Vaxa’s facility can produce up to 150 metric tonnes of algae annually, and it plans ...

The algae provide ... for heating. The bioreactors need a lot of energy to operate, so powering them with clean energy is important to reduce the environmental impact. The growing process is ...