Business Green: A joint Scottish-Irish research project intended to identify the best strains of algae for producing biofuels officially launched last week after securing EUR6m in funding from a raft of government bodies. The BioMara project will assess the suitability of marine macroalgae and microalgae as sustainable sources of biofuel. In particular it will focus on single-celled organisms that are capable of producing oil directly, and fast-growing seaweeds that can be converted into biofuels or …