Algal Fuels Key to nation's energy independence
- The Australian April 18, 2013 Energy security is high on the agenda for Australia as the nation becomes increasingly vulnerable to overseas fuel supply disruption. It is reported that as of now, 85 per cent of Australia's transport fuel now comes from overseas, as either refined or crude product. Australia needs to find a sustainable solution and the key lies in growing ALGAE as the country is an attractive ground with abundant sunshine and suitable climate. Leading airlines are backing algae while many big universities and start-ups have secured government grant to experiment with different approaches to bring algae-biofuel to commercialisation. Algae produces protein and carbohydrate, which can be turned into high value added products for pharma, medicinal, plastics as well as food for Australia's $5bn seafood farming industry. This year's 3rd AlgaeWorld AUSTRALIA convenes in Adelaide - a strategic and timely venue with Muradel developing its algal biofuel demonstration plant at Whyalla after winning a $4.4 million federal government grant. Join A/Prof David Lewis and his team at the lab visit to the University of Adelaide on the 26th August. | Key highlights of the conference i) Progress of Australia algae cos moving towards large scale production
a. Aurora
Scaling and Commercializing Algae Production for Food, Pharma, and Supplement Markets
b. Muradel
Progressing from a concept to demonstrating the technical and economic feasibility of producing crude oil from algae
c. MBD Energy - shifting into macroalgae, find out what the plans are for the company to develop this further
d. Algarythm - update on the project
e. Solar Biofuels Research Centre developed by University of Queensland
Taking on the challenge to produce algae with highly effective PBR systems
ii) Developments in Macroalgae & microalgae for Food, Pharma, Supplement markets
iii) Leading airlines - Qantas perspective on sustainable aviation biofuels and the support for algae-to-biofuels research
iv) Genetically modified Microalgae for High Value Added Products
v) Algae based waste water treatment with new developments from US and Japan Plus opportunities to visit the labs in University of Adelaide, SARDI Aquatic Sciences and Flinders University which is working on macroalgae. Join us in Adelaide city this 26-28th of August. Register now at huiyan@cmtsp.com.sg |
| Separately bookable | PRE CONFERENCE VISIT
Monday 26th August Optional Site Visit - University of Adelaide:
Tour of Chemical Engineering Lab (Open to Conference Attendees Only) Researchers from the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide are focusing their attention on using green algae as a potential source of biofuel. Led by Dr David Lewis and Dr Peter Ashman and also headed by Murdoch University in Western Australia, the project involves research partners in India and China. The project hopes to identify a clean, affordable method of producing biodiesel from algae on an industrial scale. Researchers have begun cultivating algae on a small scale in two-metre square tanks built by Chemical Engineering technical staff. Based on the roof of one of the University's many North Terrace Campus buildings, the tanks are exposed to the sun and the elements, simulating the real conditions of a much larger scale operation. The algae cultivated and harvested here will enable the researchers to test various methods of extracting oil. Breaking of the cells occurs in the lab and researchers are currently investigating methods that will be low on energy and low on cost. | POST-CONFERENCE VISIT
Wednesday 28th August Optional Site Visit - SARDI Aquatic Sciences
& Flinders University (Open to Conference Attendees Only) The South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre, the home of the South Australian Research & Development Institute (SARDI), is on the coast about 30-45 minutes from the centre of the city of Adelaide. In this tour you will get an introduction to SARDI Aquatic Sciences and view some of the laboratory and production research facilities established as an initiative of the Federal and South Australian Governments to service the algal biofuels industry and now used more broadly. You will also see other facilities where SARDI is growing microalgae for food for research of aquaculture species and researching the use of macroalgae to assimilate nutrients from sea cage culture of finfish. Also, on view will be research by the University of Adelaide where they are culturing macroalgae in tanks to examine the effects of climate change on biodiversity. To complement the SARDI facility tour, we have also included a tour of the Biotechnology Laboratory, Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, Flinders University, where Prof Wei Zhang and his team of researchers are undertaking a wide range of activities identifying and developing microalgal and macroalgal products. A recent initiative has been the establishment of the Advanced Macroalgae Biotechnology Joint Laboratory by Flinders University and the Gather Great Ocean Group (GGOG) of Qingdao, Shandong, China. | 
Pictures courtesy of SARDI Aquatic Sciences |
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