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2nd Algae World Australia |
| DATE： |
2012-04-16 |
| LOCATION： |
Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Orion Room, Perth, Australia |
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Racing Ahead to Prove Commercial Reality - Project updates, Scaling up prospects & Downstream Processing
The race among Algae project developers to demonstrate commercial feasibility is heating up in Australia.
Driven by government support for carbon sequestration projects, the integration of algae biofuels and carbon capture will propel Australia to secure the global leader position in algae development.
From South to Western Australia, algae demonstration projects have been announced, most with willing providers of Co2 feedstock.
With abundant land and solar resources, large scale facilities may soon be a reality.
MBD Energy proposes to recycle waste CO2 emissions from coal fired power stations and other forms of heavy industry into commercial production of algae biomass . Construction of its one-hectare Algal Synthesiser display plant at Tarong Power Station in South East Queensland is due to be completed.
In Western Australia, Aurora ,producer of high-performance, value- based products opened its demonstration facility in Karratha last year marking a significant advancement in the process of constructing the largest commercial scale photosynthetic algae facility in the world.
After more than 2 years of consistent results, the Muradel project in Karratha is said to be one step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean algae biofuel for the future. As quoted by Project Leader Prof Michael Borowitzka from Murdoch University, the Muradel project is the "only biofuel project in Australia working simultaneously on all steps in the process of microalgal biofuels production, from microalgae culture, harvesting of the algae and extraction of oil suitable for biofuels production".
Elsewhere a new project in Eyre Peninsula, South Australia is underway. The Darke Peak Algae Biofuel Commercialization project with academic partner, the Materials and BioEnergy Group of Flinders University, Adelaide recently announced the development of a new method to produce algae on a commercial scale using local grain waste as a nutrient for algae growth and feature local saline algae species found on biologically degraded land and saline groundwater.
It is no doubt that Australia is moving fast in developing the industry and has the potential to be the hub of algae biofuels
CMT has lined up the key authoritative speakers, project leaders and academicians to share with you the latest in the country's algae potential.
Key highlights include
Updates on Aurora and Muradel projects in Western Australia
Algae for Biodiesel & Drop-in fuels - Lipid quality and conversion to biofuels, analysis of algae biofuel conversion technologies
Using algae in a multi-feedstock approach to produce biofuels and fine chemicals
Algae for durable production of biofuels and livestock feed
Co2 mitigation and Capturing Co2 - systems & techno-economic assessment
Assessment of the possible scale of algae cultivation & biocrude potential across Australia
Downstream processing and integration of harvesting, separation & extraction processes |
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| Promulgator Detail |
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Ms. Huiyan |
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65-6346 9113 |
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Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Orion Room, Perth, Australia |
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