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Taking an environmentally friendly idea from the lab and making it available to the public is not a straightforward matter. \u00a0But hopes open, as shown by this\u00a0novel process for adding value to algae residue by producing more microbial oil in additional steps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Taking an environmentally friendly idea from the lab and making it available to the public is not a straightforward matter. \u00a0But hopes open, as shown by this\u00a0novel process for adding value to algae residue by producing more microbial oil in additional steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[94,98,115,114,116,12,111,45],"tags":[23,22,8,7,21,20,67,92,32,71,70,127,69,68,72],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bioenergy","category-biorefineries","category-bioresource","category-circular-economy","category-high-value-products","category-news","category-output","category-research","tag-biocatalysis","tag-biochemical-engineering","tag-bioenergy","tag-biofuels","tag-bioinspired-chemeng","tag-bioinspired-chemical-engineering","tag-biomas","tag-biomass","tag-bioprocessing","tag-biorefineries","tag-biorefinery","tag-biotechnology","tag-valorisation","tag-valorization","tag-value-added-chemicals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ernestohernandez.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2023-05-28-11.29.35-scaled-e1727908461902.jpg?fit=1516%2C1516","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rw5S-uP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3898,"url":"http:\/\/www.ernestohernandez.org\/?p=3898","url_meta":{"origin":1911,"position":0},"title":"Prickly pear (nopales): A Sustainable Solution for Ethanol Production","author":"Ernesto Hernandez","date":"May 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"To tackle climate change and achieve Sustainable Development Goals, integrating a circular economy with sustainable biomass use is vital. 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