Archive for April 29th, 2008

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100,000 Gallons of Oil per Acre: Closed Loop Algae

Posted by Dave
April 29, 2008

Today in BsAs, met a biodiesel farmers’ cooperative from Argentina making a pitch for investments in jatropha, industrial castor seed planting and subsequent oil extraction. Husks of the seed drive biomass electricity and CO2 generated from burning husks is funneled into a bioreactor(Seeded with algae) producing 500,000 liters of oil – not sure the amount [...]

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India sets world record, launches 10 satellites at one go

Posted by Dave
April 29, 2008

Boosting credibility in the outsourced satellite launching business. via The Times of India Setting a world record, India’s Polar rocket on Monday successfully placed ten satellites, including the country’s remote sensing satellite, into orbit in a single mission. ( Watch ) The ten pack launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) saw the 230-tonne [...]