13.10.15 - Algae cultivation center opened at the Ludwig Bölkow Campus
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has built a worldwide one-of-a-kind technical facility for algae cultivation at the Ludwig Bölkow Campus in Ottobrunn to the south of Munich in cooperation with Airbus Group. Efficient processes for producing biokerosene and chemical products from algae will be developed there. The AlgaeTec facility was inaugurated today in the presence of the Bavarian Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs, Science and the Arts, Dr. Ludwig Spaenle, Airbus Group’s Chief Technical Officer, Dr. Jean Botti, and TUM president, Professor Wolfgang A. Herrmann.
8.12.14 - Put algae in your tank
Because food crops are also used for energy production, millions of people are threatened by starvation. Algae could provide an alternative: They only need sunlight to grow, thrive in salty water on barren fields. But it is a major challenge to exactly reproduce sunlight in the laboratory. In collaboration with the Berlin LED manufacturer FUTURELED scientists at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have now developed a methodology for simulating all kinds of light situations.
12.7.2011 - EU research funding aquired
Together with an international consortium of academic and industrial partners, the „Industrial Biocatalysis“ research group has successfully acquired EU research funding to develop new value adding product outlets from negative value fishery waste streams. The successful proposal was ranked first in its subject area within the competitive KBBE research initiative of the EU-FP7 funding program.
