Ancient Algae, Modern Lessons Roughly 14,000 years ago, during the end of the last Ice Age, massive blooms of the algae Phaeocystis thrived in the Southern Ocean. These blooms absorbed large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere, significantly slowing global warming at a time when Earth’s climate was…
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Chitose plans to operate 10 mln hectares of microalgae production facilities
Chitose Group, with its operations in Japan, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand and Vietnam, planned to produce a wide range of products for commercial use, such as chemicals, cosmetics, fuels, feeds and foods using microalgal biomass.
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s plantation crackdown raises regulatory risks for Malaysian firms – CIMB Securities
Malaysian plantation firms face growing regulatory risks as Indonesia seizes land lacking forestry permits or in violation of land-use law, CIMB Securities flagged
Continue ReadingMainboard-listed Oiltek in talks over a sustainable aviation fuel pilot plant programme in Sarawak
Mainboard-listed Oiltek International Limited’s subsidiary, Oiltek Sdn Bhd, is currently in discussions with SEDC Energy (SEDCE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sarawak Economic Development Corporation, over a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) pilot plant programme.
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Petronas Advances Downstream Business Via Bio-Based Value Chain
OVER the past 12 months, the global oil and gas sector has faced a complex business landscape, driven by fluctuating market demand, geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic uncertainties, and a growing focus on energy transition.
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New Study on Recently Discovered Chlorophyll Molecule Could Be Key to Better Solar Cells
Photosynthesis, the process by which some organisms convert sunlight into chemical energy, is well known. But, it is a complex phenomenon, which involves a myriad of proteins. The molecule Chl f, a new type of chlorophyll, is known to play a part in photosynthesis, but owing to its recent discovery, its…
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