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The Top 10 Women in Biofuels

By Lisa Ann Pinkerton on March 7, 2012 Comments Off on The Top 10 Women in Biofuels 3Com, alcohol fuels, algae, algae-based crude oil, Allied Waste, Amherst, Amoco, animal waste, B99, Becoming a Resonant Leader: Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, biobutanol, biodiesel, Biodiesel Coop, BioDiesel Task force, Biofuels Action and Awareness Network, biolipids, biophotonic imaging. Cygnet Biofuels, BP, CA, canola, Chula Vista, CJ Warner, Claire Kinlaw, clean technology, cleantech, Cobalt, Cobalt Biofuels, ConcentRX, corn, Cynthia Warner, Department of Energy, Dr. William Klausmeier, Elevance Renewable Sciences, fuel, green chemistry, Greenstart, high oil seed tree pongamia, IAC, IL, Industrial Assessment Center, Innovene, Jennifer Case, K’ Lynne Johnson, Kef Kasdin, Lead Product Development, Lissa Morgenthaler Jones, LiveFuels, Mountain View, New Leaf Biofuel, Nicole Kennard, nitrogen fixing tree, NJ, oil and gas, palm, Pamela R. Contag, plant-based oils, Pongamia pinnata, PortTechLA, Princeton, Proterro BioFuels, Proterro BioFuelsKef, Protose sugar, Qteros, Quercus Trust, rapeseed, renewable feedstock.Alameda, San Diego County, San Francisco, Sapphire Energy, Shawn Lesser, Silicon Valley LAUNCH, soybean, SunEthanol, Susan B. Leschine, sustainability, Sylvatex, SylvatexQuite, TerViva BioEnergy, U.S. Navy, University of Massachusetts, University of Oregon, USDA Institute of Forest Genetics, venture capital, Virginia Klausmeier, Watershed Capital, women, Women In Cleantech & Sustainability, Xenogen Corp

As the founder of the Bay Area networking group, Women In Cleantech & Sustainability, I am keenly interested in learning about who the media thinks as being the most influential women in the field. However, it feels like every top ten list for women in Cleantech always lists the same lovely ladies. This is not […]

Algae Biofuels – Not Sustainable (Another Response to “Could Algae be the New Corn?” by Julia Verdi)

By Eamon Keane on April 29, 2010 12 Comments algae, algae biofuels, algal biodiesel, algal biofuel value chain, Aquatic Species Program, biomass, Carter, Clinton, CO2, coal plant, corn, diesel, Eamon Keane, emissions, Energy Output, Energy Return on Investment, EROI, Frank Ciampa, gas, Julia Verdi, LCA, lifecycle analysis, oil, open pond, recoverable oil reserves, University of Virginia, wastewater

Last week, Frank Ciampa, posted Algal Biodiesel: Pros and Cons, his response to Could Algae be the New Corn?, written by Julia Verdi. This week, Eamon Keane, responds to Julia’s post, explaining why he does not feel that algae biofuels is a good alternative to oil.

Could Algae be the New Corn?

By Julia Verdi on March 19, 2010 12 Comments algae, algae-based biofuel, biofuel, brackish, CO2, corn, corn based ethanol, corn-based biofuel, efficient, energy, environment, feedstock, food vs. fuel, fresh water, greenhouse gas emissions, high energy density, oil-producing lipids, salty water, sewage, solar;, sunlight, transportation sector, United States, vehicles, waste, wind

Studies show that corn based ethanol may nearly double greenhouse gas emissions instead of reducing them. Does Algae pose the same risks as corn? Are biofuels the wrong way to go when it comes to identifying fuel sources?