Tag Archives: algae
In Focus: Current Alternative Energy Tax Breaks
Production Tax Credits The tax credits for producers of renewable energy, such as from wind energy, solar power, fuel cells, geothermal systems, and combined heat and power systems, were extended through the year 2013. Wind farms receive the largest tax credit – 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour. Other producers receive a tax credit of 1.1 cents [...]
In Focus: Futuristic Green Energies
The Time Lists has released its ‘Top 20 Green Tech Ideas’, and what a list it is. At Decipher CM, we’ve picked our Top 5 favourite futuristic green energies to share with the new breed of technological hippies out there. 1. Biofuels One of the ‘green industries’ best kept secrets is biofuels. This includes products [...]
Solar-powered Photobioreactor generates biofuel using algae
We recently showcased Emergent Architecture’s Flower Street Bioreactorthat was designed to be installed in Los Angeles. The architecture firmhas designed an even better bioreactor system that is being envisionedto be installed in Perth. The Perth PhotoBioReactor will use colonies of red and green algae to generate biofuel. Theouter shells of the Photobioreactors are fiber-composite monocoqueconstruction, [...]