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Production of microalgae biochar

Production of microalgae biochar has been conducted by ALGECO project partner SINTEF Energy Research. The dried microalgae was pyrolyzed...

ALGECO algae strains

Algae strains Stigeoclonium sp. (K-0018) is shown on the left and Oedogonium vaucheri (k-0094) is shown on the right (Source: Bushra...

Mission 2040 – The role of microalgae cultivation to fulfil Veas ambitions

Veas, Norway’s largest wastewater plant, has an ambitious strategy towards 2040 to take on a broader role than just treating wastewater...

ALGECO life cycle analysis

WP5 will investigate the environmental, economic, and social feasibility of the ALGECO project. The overall concept is to try and...

Algae-based fertiliser: an efficient and sustainable solution for Norwegian horticulture

The use of microalgae as a slow-release biofertiliser has gained a lot of interest in the horticultural industry and become a popular...

Production and utilization of microalgae biochar

Microalgae is a promising source of biomass for generating diverse chemicals, fuels, and other materials. Among different routes to...

Semi-continuous cultivation mode works!

At the beginning of November 2022, the last pilot trial of the year for ALGECO ran at NIVA’s pilot facility. Although the temperature...

Wastewater Effluent Supports Algae Growth

This summer has been a busy one at NIVA’s Solbergstrand marine research station. The ALGECO team has been growing algae on VEAS municipal...

Finding the best algal strains to include in the polyculture

We want to end up with a robust polyculture of different algae that grow well and efficiently deplete the nutrients provided in the...

ALGECO first trial with algae in wastewater

We recently started to test the newly developed pilot-scale cultivation systems for algae. This will be the basis for our study on how to...

Kick-off meeting

The ALGECO project held its Kick-off, Thursday, 06 May 2021. Presentations were held by the Project Manager, work package (WP) leaders,...