Truly Sustainable Renewable Future
March 17, 2009 – 10:42 am | No Comment

Advanced Biofuels are high-energy liquid transportation fuels derived from: low nutrient input/high per acre yield crops; agricultural or forestry waste; or other sustainable biomass feedstocks including algae.  The key word is “sustainable.”
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Solid Separation, Product Drying and Oil Extraction Opportunities
March 4, 2010 – 7:50 am | No Comment

by Tony Prehm  (Virtuoso Biofuels Services)  Prepared for the March 2010 National Algal Association conference in Las Vegas, reviews a variety of processes used in algal biomass-to-biofuels production, including separating solids, drying the product and …

Spring Algae Bloom: an Inside Look at the DOE’s New Algal Fuels Consortium, the NAABB.
March 4, 2010 – 7:25 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  was a cold Wednesday afternoon in January when the news came through that a consortium called the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts had received a $44 million grant …

Honeywell’s UOP Awarded Funding for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Reuse Through Algae Growth and Biofuel Production
March 2, 2010 – 3:12 pm | No Comment

UOP, a Honeywell (NYSE:HON) company, announced today that it has been awarded a $1.5 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy for a project to demonstrate technology to capture carbon dioxide and produce …

Stacking Traits in Algae is Focus of Grant to Iowa State University Researcher
March 2, 2010 – 2:57 pm | No Comment

Genetically stacking traits in corn in order to increase production, resist insects, improve standablity and many other characteristics is so common in agriculture that producers have come to expect it.
Some traits found in corn help …

Putting In a Good Word for Algae
February 25, 2010 – 11:31 am | No Comment

by James Kanter  (New York Times)  A European lobbying group weighed in Tuesday on a fierce debate over the environmental value of using algae to produce biofuels for vehicles.
The group, the European Algae Biomass Association, …

New Clear Lake Company Promotes Algae as Biofuel
February 25, 2010 – 11:24 am | No Comment

by John Skipper  (Globe-Gazette)  A company based in Clear Lake is turning waste and algae into renewable fuels.
Bud Jermeland, 51, president of Energae LP, said the primary focuses of his company are waste-based ethanol and …

Co-location Could Make Algae Biofuels Affordable
February 24, 2010 – 1:13 pm | No Comment

by Mark Fischetti  (Scientific American)  …But as more new and established companies examine how to scale up lab processes to commercial levels, scientists and engineers seem to be finding that standalone operations may not be …

Algae Investment Trends – Advanced Biofuels Insight
February 17, 2010 – 3:36 pm | No Comment

by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest)  The global biofuels industry is entering a new decade of emerging opportunities and considerable challenges in reaching 2020 targets. The global economic recession is already shaking out many of the …

Algae to Solve the Pentagon’s Jet Fuel Problem
February 17, 2010 – 1:26 pm | No Comment

by Suzanne Goldenberg  (The Guardian)   The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel equivalent.
The claim, which comes …

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Hopes to Tap Into Algae as Energy Source
February 11, 2010 – 12:38 pm | No Comment

(CheckBiotech)  Part of the greenhouse complex at University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Beadle Center will be revamped into an algal biofuels research facility this year. Scientists will begin growing algae in small containers, then move on to …

4th Annual Algae Biomass Summit September 28-30 Phoenix, AZ
February 9, 2010 – 4:45 pm | No Comment
4th Annual Algae Biomass Summit  September 28-30  Phoenix, AZ

Presented by the Algal Biomass Organization:

New developments in technology
Waste water remediation
Journey to commercialization
Green jobs and economic development
Policy and legislation
Intellectual property
Issues management – defining barriers to market success
Development of co-products
Non-fuel-based opportunities
Aviation biofuels
Life Cycle Analysis
Partnerships with DARPA, …

Algae, Brine Shrimp and Tilapia Make Recipe for Biofuel
February 9, 2010 – 1:09 pm | No Comment

(MidWest AgNet)  Using algae, brine shrimp and tilapia, researchers have designed a novel system that extracts oil for use as biofuel, potentially reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a proposed electric power plant.   Microalgal biomass production …

Future Shock: A New Paradigm In Algal Biofuels Technologies
February 9, 2010 – 12:20 pm | No Comment

Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest)  In 1973 the world experienced the first major supply shock from OPEC, leading to petrol shortages, and a sustained period of economic stagnation, and rampant inflation. As a response, US President …

OriginOil Turns Corner to Commercialization, Unveils In-House Pilot System
February 2, 2010 – 3:17 pm | No Comment

OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, unveiled a comprehensive pilot system for algae growth and harvesting at …

Rules Change for Algenol, but Lee County’s Gamble Could Work
February 2, 2010 – 1:28 pm | No Comment

by David Plazas (News-Press)  The Lee County Commissioners on Tuesday changed the rules on doling out economic development incentive money, and maybe that’s a good thing.  We’ll have to see because Algenol Biofuels— which is …

Exxon Starts Biofuel Research; Expects Commerical Manufacturing in 8-10 Years
February 2, 2010 – 1:22 pm | No Comment

by Tamsin Carlisle (The National)  Just six months after ExxonMobil agreed to invest US$600 million (Dh2.2 billion) in a six-year project to develop biofuel from microscopic plants, teams of researchers are performing their first experiments. …

Algae-Powered Vehicles within Five Years
February 2, 2010 – 1:06 pm | No Comment

Alan Fischer (University of Arizona and Western Farm Press)  University of Arizona (UA) researchers believe the microscopic organism algae will be providing fuel to power vehicles within the next five years.
Joel Cuello, UA professor of …

Growing Green: Bodega Algae and Bigelow Laboratory Collaborate to Develop Algal Biofuel Technology in New England
January 29, 2010 – 3:28 pm | No Comment

Massachusetts-based renewable energy company Bodega Algae and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, have received a six-month, $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation to develop …

Algal Biomass Organization Questions Accuracy of University of Virginia Algae Life Cycle Study
January 29, 2010 – 3:12 pm | 2 Comments

The Algal Biomass Organization, challenged the conclusions of a published report in Environmental Science and Technology claiming that “conventional crops have lower environmental impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and water.”  The …

Engineers Find Significant Environmental Impacts with Algae-Based Biofuel, Offer Alternative to Production
January 22, 2010 – 7:34 am | No Comment

(Newswise)  With many companies investing heavily in algae-based biofuels, researchers from the University of Virginia’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have found there are significant environmental hurdles to overcome before fuel production ramps up. …

Biofuels Digest Special Update on Biomass and Algae: Report on Pacific West Biomass Conference
January 19, 2010 – 9:08 am | No Comment

by Ernest Lowe  (Biofuels Digest) …several speakers in the morning’s plenary sessions invoked major statuatory and regulatory barriers to fulfilling this promise. There are conflicting definitions of biomass and what qualifies as a legitimate source or …

Algae Emerges as DOE Feedstock of Choice for Biofuel 2.0
January 18, 2010 – 12:06 pm | One Comment

by Amy Westervelt (Solve Climate)  There was a sense of deja vu in the biofuels sector this week when U.S. Energy Secretary Chu announced nearly $80 million in funding for research and development of algae-based …

Solix Biofuels Signs Agreement With Los Alamos National Laboratory to Develop Algal Oil Extraction Process
January 15, 2010 – 11:50 am | No Comment

Los Alamos National Laboratory has teamed with Solix Biofuels, Inc. to use an award-winning LANL sound-wave technology to optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion.
Acoustic focusing—the novel use of …

Cavitation Technologies, Inc., Is Unveiling Renewable Fuel Technology for Algae Oil
January 15, 2010 – 10:52 am | No Comment

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) is pleased to announce filing a Nonprovisional Utility Patent Application titled “Method for Processing an Algae to Produce Algal Oil and By-Products” CTI successfully completed development and testing of its Algae …

Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $80 Million Investment for Advanced Biofuels Research and Fueling Infrastructure
January 13, 2010 – 2:02 pm | No Comment

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the investment of nearly $80 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for advanced biofuels research and fueling infrastructure that will help support the development …

National Algae Association’s Barry Cohen Urges Algae Production Facility Now
January 11, 2010 – 1:02 pm | No Comment

by Barry Cohen (National Algae Association)  …At the start of the oil industry, wildcatters at Spindletop took risk, worked with what they had, and developed what they needed in the field. Look at all the changes …

National Algae Association Conference April 29-30 Houston, TX
January 5, 2010 – 11:59 am | No Comment
National Algae Association Conference April 29-30 Houston, TX

Algae has been researched in the U.S. for over 50 years. Due to the high cost of oil and lack of energy security, commercializing the algae oil industry is now on a fast track! Collaboration, …

National Algae Association Seeks Presentations and Papers
January 5, 2010 – 11:39 am | No Comment

The National Algae Association’s next workshop will be Feb. 25-26 at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas; the next conference will be on April 29-30, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel Houston Intercontinental in Houston.  We …

2nd Algae World Europe April 22-23 Brussels, Belgium
January 4, 2010 – 4:36 pm | No Comment
2nd Algae World Europe April 22-23 Brussels, Belgium

2nd Algae World Europe will focus on algae’s multiple roles & applications in Skin care, Nutraceuticals, Animal Nutrition, Bioremediation (waste water treatment, coastal environment recovery), Carbon Capture & Recycle, Biofuels, Biogas and Biochemicals. 
2nd Algae World …

How Algal Biofuels Lost a Decade in the Race to Replace Oil
January 2, 2010 – 1:21 pm | No Comment

by Alexis Madrigal (Wired Science)  For nearly 20 years, a government laboratory built a living, respiring library of carefully collected organisms in search of something that could grow quickly while producing something precious: oil.
But now …

Scum of Earth Will save Us before ETS Does
January 2, 2010 – 11:49 am | No Comment

by Mark Coulton (The Australian)  … Carbon neutrality may be achievable without resorting to a hefty new tax if the government employed a skerrick of the initiative and ingenuity shown by the team at Townsville’s …

Clean Algae Biofuel Project Leads World in Productivity
December 29, 2009 – 12:26 pm | No Comment

Australian scientists are achieving the world’s best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, taking them a step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel for the future.
A joint $3.3 …

Algae a Source of Biofuel
December 29, 2009 – 11:57 am | No Comment

by Greg Kelton (Adelaide Now)  THE U.S. parent company of uranium producer Heathgate Resources has held talks with the State Government over developing a renewable energy fuel in South Australia - from algae.  
Premier Mike Rann …

Australia is Pushing Biofuels from Low Cost, Non-Food Materials
December 29, 2009 – 11:49 am | One Comment

by Simon Grose  (TCE Today)  Algae, wood and sugarcane shared the honours in the bidding for funding through the Australian government’s Second generation Biofuels research and development program.  Announcing matching grants totaling A$14.4m ($12.1m) across seven …

Cereplast Expects U.S. Bio-Plastics Market to Top $10B by 2020
December 29, 2009 – 10:24 am | No Comment

Cereplast, Inc., a leading manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics, announced today that it expects the U.S. bio-plastics market to top $10 billion in sales by 2020. As of 2007, the U.S. bio-plastics market accounted …

Cyanobacteria: The New Biofuels Platform?
December 29, 2009 – 10:18 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  … 2009 has taught us that the excess of emissions in the skies and shortage of land on the ground may well be solved underwater, through microcrops: algaes. diatoms, cyanobacteria …

Algae as a Biodiesel Feedstock: A Feasibility Assessment
December 28, 2009 – 6:13 pm | One Comment

by Ron Putt (Auburn University)  Alabama has an immediate opportunity to lead the nation in becoming self sufficient with respect to liquid fuels for transportation. Mass cultivation of micro-algae in the state, using less than …

Federal Policy Opportunities for the Algae Biofuel Industry in 2010
December 28, 2009 – 5:47 pm | No Comment

by Curt Rich (VanNess Feldman)  Presentation from the Algae Biomass Summit, October 2009 reviews federal grant and loan programs, climate change legislative proposals from an algal biofuels perspective.  READ MORE

NASA Uses Algae to Turn Sewage Into Fuel
December 28, 2009 – 5:24 pm | No Comment

by Jeremy Hsu (Space.com) NASA may concern itself largely with space exploration, but it also wants to keep Earth on a steady course in the face of rising energy costs and climate change. Now the U.S. …

Dynaflow Announces DOE Small Business Innovation Grant for Cavitation-Based Algae Harvest, Oil Extract System
December 28, 2009 – 8:48 am | One Comment

Dynaflow, Inc.®, a leader in R&D services and products in fluid dynamics and applied sciences, today announced that it has been awarded a Department of Energy (DOE) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract …

Solazyme Awarded US $21M Grant for Algae Refinery in Pennsylvania
December 11, 2009 – 8:23 am | No Comment

(Renewable Energy World)  Solazyme Inc. will build its first integrated algae fuel refinery in Pennsylvania. The biorefinery will be built in Riverside, Pennsylvania and will be funded in part by a US $21.8 million federal …

PetroAlgae Announces Strategic Partnership with Foster Wheeler to Create End-to-End Biomass-to-Fuel Solutions
December 10, 2009 – 1:56 pm | No Comment

 PetroAlgae Inc., announced today that its has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group for engineering services to be performed in conjunction with PetroAlgae’s micro-crop technology, which allows …

Self-Destructing Bacteria Improve Renewable Biofuel Production
December 8, 2009 – 9:22 am | No Comment

(Science Daily)  An Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing lower-cost, renewable biofuels. The team has programmed a photosynthetic microbe to self-destruct, making the recovery of …

PetroSun Announces the Selection of the Gas Technology Institute’s Integrated Biorefinery Proposal by the DOE
December 8, 2009 – 7:57 am | No Comment

PetroSun, Inc.,  announced that the Department of Energy has advised Gas Technology Institute of Des Plaines, Illinois that its Integrated Biorefinery application has been selected for negotiations leading to an award. The GTI team members …

Honeywell’s UOP Green Diesel Fuel Powers Vehicles at United Nations Climate Change Conference
December 7, 2009 – 6:34 pm | No Comment

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its Ecofining process technology was used to convert second-generation, renewable feedstocks to green diesel fuel that will power vehicles at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …

Algenol, Linde Partner On CO2 Management Technology
December 7, 2009 – 6:13 pm | One Comment

Algenol Biofuels, in partnership with The Linde Group, have agreed to collaborate in a joint project that will attempt to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen for Algenol’s algae and photobioreactor …

Nanofarming Offers a Kinder, Gentler Way to Get Biofuel from Algae
December 7, 2009 – 5:03 pm | No Comment

by Tina Casey  (CleanTechnica.com) One barrier to cost-competitive biofuel from algae is about to fall, and we may have nanofarming to thank for that.  The new technology uses tiny nanoparticles to absorb free fatty acids from …

Discovery May Lower Cost of Algae Biofuel
December 4, 2009 – 5:18 pm | No Comment

by Christain Macavei (Daily Californian)  UC Berkeley researchers now have a better understanding of algae, which may have implications for making biofuels more economically feasible.   In a study published in the journal Nature Nov. 26, the researchers …

Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act of 2009 Introduced
December 4, 2009 – 2:41 pm | No Comment

Reps. Harry Teague (D-N.M.), Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) and Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) introduced H.R. 4168 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes …

Future Algae Bio-Fuel Production Confirmed in Southern Chile
November 30, 2009 – 5:20 pm | No Comment

(MercoPress)  United States corporation Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) has founded a subsidiary, BAL Chile, through which the company has already begun cultivating 100 hectares of seaweed on the island of Chiloé, with the aim of …