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February 8, 2010
Asen Nenov’s presentation at TEDxBG, held on January 9th, 2010 (in Bulgarian)
TEDxBG 2010: Asen Nenov from TEDxBG on Vimeo.
January 9, 2010
Microbiofuels @TEDx Bulgaria
Asen Nenov, a cofounder of Greon and our Research and Development Manager, was an invited speaker to the first TEDx conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the panel “Actions, Reactions, Transactions”. Asen was one of the 14 people with presentations/performances at this first, independently organized TED event in Bulgaria. The program is available here.
Asen’s presentation was about the emergence of microbiofuels, a term, outlined by Greon, that defines microbiofuels as produced by microorganisms: microalgae, bacteria, fungi, cyanobacteria, etc. In its essence, the term microbiofuels combines third and fourth generation of biofuels, as its brings together their common haracteristics: production from unicelular, microscopic organisms, that have much greater yield of lipid synthesis, compared to macroorganisms.
More information about the topic, can be seen here.
September 25, 2009
Greon has deployed its first algae biomass pilot installation
A prototype of Greon’s small-scale photobioteactor solution was deployed within a partner’s industrial facility in the city of Varna (Bulgaria) earlier this month. The biotechnological process was specifically designed to cultivate selected strain of B. braunii in photobioreactors, with specific environment parameters devised to force B. braunii to produce elevated quantities of lipids, while lowering the content of proteins and carbohydrates.
“Our aim was not only to produce microalgae-based oil, but to optimize the bioprocesses so that the algae produce more and more oils, thus delivering an economically viable alternative to fossil fuels”, said Mrs. Radostina Petrova, co-founder оf Greon . “The logical next step is to conduct pilot-scale harvesting experiment and to evaluate further the economical efficiency of the oils we produce from algae.”
Algae strain selection was made, using Greon’s knowledgebase – compiled information source on species, organised by different domains of scientific knowledge: taxonomy, biochemistry, genetics, physiology, microbiology, primary and secondary metabolites, biomembranes and structural biology, environmental factors, biotechnology, process design and mathematical modeling, organic and inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, etc. This comprehensive species portfolio is further matched against different types of industrial waste, different routes for biomass conversion to third generation biofuels, and different efficiencies of biotransformation. The knowledgebase development is a corner stone of Greon’s disruptive technology, and it provides the grounds for its competitive edge.
January 20, 2009
Greon Releases Biotechnology KnowledgeBase, Containing Species Able to Biotransform Industrial Waste into Biomass
Today, Jan 20th 2009 Greon’s knowledgebase v1.0 for species able to live in extreme environment and to biotransform industrial waste has been released.
Ability to thrive, in habitats considered extreme by the common sense of human perception, is not rare in nature. Micro-organisms from different taxonomy ranks has various mechanisms, that not only help them survive in toxic environments, but also to abide successfully in these, taking full advantage of the niche. On the other hand industrial systems and their waste products could be treated as human generated extreme environments.
Greon’s knowledgebase has compiled and organised information for 127 species by different domains of scientific knowledge: taxonomy, biochemistry, genetics, physiology, microbiology, primary and secondary metabolites, biomembranes and structural biology, environmental factors, biotechnology, process design and mathematical modeling, organic and inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, etc. This comprehensive species portfolio is further matched against different types of industrial waste, different routes for biomass conversion to 3rd generation biofuels, and different efficiencies of biotransformation.
The knowledgebase development is a corner stone of Greon’s disruptive technology, and it provides the grounds for its competitive edge. The first release of the knowledgebase will further enhance the services we offer to clients and the intelligent decisions, which need to be made prior to the establishment of pilot biotech installation for waste management.
November 1, 2008
Greon ecoFactor concept will be presented at Start UP 2008 – a start-up business forum. During the presentation, several topics will be highlighted: the future of industrial greenhouse gas emitting installations, introduction of Greon ecoFactor: a biotechnological solution for simultaneous economical and ecological thinking.