by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) Confined Animal Feeding Operations and algal biomass may have a unique link that could help move algae-to-energy developments closer to commercialization. Why? According to Thomas Byrne, president and CEO of Byrne & Company LLP, a
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Back TO HOMEAlgae Growth Sensor Developed at Texas A&M
(Algae Industry Magazine) According to Texas A&M University’s Robert Burns, writing in the Western Farm Press, Texas AgriLife Research engineer Dr. Alex Thomasson has developed an optical-electronic sensor to automatically measure algae growth stages and allow micro-management of its production
December 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Florida Algae-preneurs - Making Fuel from Algae
by Cynthia Barnett (Florida Trend) Some Florida businesses are squeezing a trickle of fuel from algae, claiming they can help power the world. But right now, a few expensive drops in the bucket are all they have to show. On 1,000
December 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Vilsack's Emphasis: Make Ethanol More Available
(IStockAnalyst/Cedar Rapids Gazette) U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack thinks soon-to-be announced federal grants for cellulosic ethanol plants are helping boost flagging ethanol support in Congress. Vilsack said the government plans to announce measures in early 2011 to provide support
December 27, 2010 Read Full Article
2010—The Year in Algae
(Algae Industry Magazine) ...(W)e decided to go right to the experts and see what was on their minds over this past year. It’s pretty easy to do this in the Internet Age. Through analytics we are able to see how
December 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels from Algae Report Released by IHS
(AZOCleantech) IHS, a pioneering leader providing critical data and insight, has published its first study comparing process designs and the financial side for the production of 30 million gallons per year of biodiesel from three different microalgal technological methods in
December 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Turbine Bio Fuel: the “Future of Modern Flight”
(Renewable Energy Magazine) Compact Contractors for America (CCA) has developed a dry process biofuel from algae which the company hopes will power military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles such as Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk in the not too distant future. CCA’s founder
December 23, 2010 Read Full Article
College Students Work to Turn Algae into Fuel
by Kassia Micek (The Courier of Montgomery County) Instead of trying to get rid of that slimy, green substance that habitually grows in water, Lone Star College-Montgomery students are are growing large amounts of the organism in hopes of turning it
December 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Navy Drives Biofuel Production With Goal to Buy 336M Gallons a Year by 2020, Enhancing San Diego’s Role as Center for Algae Biofuels
by Bruce V. Bigelow (Xconomy.com) The U.S. military’s interest in developing algae biofuels dates back at least three years, when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began to assess the technical capabilities needed to produce JP-8 grade jet fuel. By
December 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel Close to Certification but Scale-Up Challenges Remain
by Jeffrey Decker (FlightGlobal) Commercial production of jet biofuels could find authorisation in December under fuel specification amendments being considered by certificating body ASTM International.Enormous investments and economies of scale are far behind testing that consistently confirms the safety and
December 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Political Winds
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) How will the new leadership impact ethanol policies? Some strong ethanol advocates lost in the November election, including Earl Pomeroy and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, acknowledges Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association. Many more
December 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Legislation Could Ensure National Security by Encouraging Development of Domestic Advanced Biofuels
(Biotechnology Industry Organization/MarketWire) A newly introduced bill will authorize the Department of Defense (DOD) to continue its leading role in helping to commercialize next generation biofuels. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) for introducing the “Domestic
December 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Logos Technologies Receives Phase-2 BioJET™ Fuel Award
(PR NewsWire) Cellulosic biomass from agricultural wastes converted to low-cost jet fuel Logos Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded the second phase of BioJET™ from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to produce fully compatible jet fuel
December 17, 2010 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: Scripps' Dr. Greg Mitchell
(Algae Industry Magazine) Dr. B. Greg Mitchell is a research biologist and senior lecturer at the University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. ...For more than two decades Greg has promoted mass culture of algae to mitigate CO2 and
December 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrogen Should Take Priority over Biofuel in Aviation: World Wildlife Fund
by Kerry Reals (FlightGlobal) The aviation industry should focus research and development programmes on liquid hydrogen rather than third-generation biofuels in the quest to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to World Wildlife Fund director for global energy policy Stephan Singer. Speaking at
December 13, 2010 Read Full Article
NASA Research Park to Host World's Largest, Greenest Airship
(National Air and Space Administration) NASA has entered into a lease with E Green Technologies, Inc. (EGT) Kellyton, Ala., to bring the world’s largest airship to NASA Research Park at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Under the terms of
December 13, 2010 Read Full Article
New USDA Loan Guarantees, $50 Biofuels, Asia, Syngas among New Biofuels Trends, Gossip at Pacific Rim Summit
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Honolulu, much of the leadership of the advanced biofuels and renewables chemicals industries have gathered this week at BIO’s Pacific Rim Summit. ...(W)hat are the key trends? Here are 11 that the Digest spotted. 1.
December 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Chilean Energy Companies Copec, E-CL Join For Biodiesel Venture
by Anthony Esposito (Fox Business/Dow Jones) Two of the most important players in Chile's fuel and energy market, fuel and forestry conglomerate Empresas Copec SA (COPEC.SN) and power generator E-CL SA (ECL.SN), will team up to create biofuels from micro-algae. ... The
December 12, 2010 Read Full Article
OriginOil Announces Successful First Phase of Commercial Pilot Program
(OriginOil) Pilot Partner MBD Energy Praises OriginOil Team on Expertise and System Operation OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced the successful completion
December 12, 2010 Read Full Article
The Goldilocks Challenge: Getting It ‘Just Right’ at Aurora Algae
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Oak Investment venture partner (and now Aurora chairman) Brian Hinman noted that “Aurora Biofuels has made a significant genetic engineering achievement in doubling the productivity of its proprietary algae, and this round of funding will
December 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Highlights from Around the World
(Algae Industry Magazine) Australia Australian scientists are claiming the world’s best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, following a joint $3.3 million project led by Murdoch University and involving the University of Adelaide. The claims are
December 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Chinese Academy Inks Deal with Republic of Korea University on Algae Biodiesel Research
(People's Daily) A Chinese science academy in east China's Shandong Province has clinched a deal to introduce photobioreactor technology from Chosun University in the Republic of Korea (ROK) to aid the former's research on mass producing oil-rich algae for biodiesel
December 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Viral Genetics Launches VG Energy to Market Biofuel Technology
(BusinessWire) Viral Genetics, Inc., (Pinksheets: VRAL.PK) has launched a subsidiary called “VG Energy, Inc.” The new entity is majority-owned by Viral Genetics and its current shareholders, and was formed to market the company’s biofuel technology. “The new brand will help open
December 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Commentary on Biofuels Digest's 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Shockers in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy Our picks for most underrated company? American Process at #97 and Fiberight at #85 got short shrift from the voters this year, and Targeted Growth has an outstanding story
December 07, 2010 Read Full Article
To 20 Green Tech Ideas: Algae Biofuel
by Bryan Walsh (Time/CNN) ...One of the best options on the horizon is biofuel made from algae, which counters a lot of the problems with corn ethanol. (The right strains of algae secrete oils that can be used to make
December 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Bebout Patents Marlstone CO2 Process for Algae Growth
(Algae Industry Magazine) A report from the Savannah (GA) News, states that after more than 4 years of research, Bebout and Associates has patented a process for growing algae for biofuels that promises faster growth rates, higher oil production and greater
December 06, 2010 Read Full Article
The Lands of Sun and Rain: Biofuels Turns to Brazil for Sugar, Markets, Models
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...High-tech companies such as Amyris, Solazyme, LS9, KL Energy, and many others have been moving aggressively to establish partnerships that will allow them to access Brazil’s low-cost, at-scale sugars. Are the lands of sun and rain
December 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Algal Biomass Organization Publishes First Descriptive Language Guidelines for the Algae Industry
(Algal Biomass Organization) Document intended to remove confusion, increase cohesion among experts evaluating algae technology The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, today released its “Algal Industry Minimum Descriptive Language” document — the first attempt at establishing
December 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels in Canada--The Future Is Now
(Canadian Renewable Fuels Association) New Report Card: Canadian Industry Delivers on the Economy & Environment The release today (November 30, 2010) of a report card on the Canadian renewable fuels industry shows that ethanol and biodiesel in Canada are delivering tangible economic
December 02, 2010 Read Full Article
OriginOil Selected to Help Build New Advanced Algae Center in New Mexico
(OriginOil) Former DOE Aquatic Species Program Site Will Enable Commercial Scale Testing for Algae-to-oil Industry OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that
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NX Global, Inc. Signs Joint Venture for Eco Sustainable Sites
(MarketWire) Applied Concepts for Energy, Inc. a subsidiary of NX Global, Inc., announced November 22, 2010, a joint venture to redevelop at least four former paper and pulp processing plants in the U.S. and Canada. Each one of these sites are Brownfield sites perfectly
December 01, 2010 Read Full Article
National Algae Association Reaches Out to Educators
(Algae Industry Magazine) The National Algae Association is putting out a call to educators to network with other educators and algae researchers in the enhancement of algae curricula by attending their January 13 Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, and then the
December 01, 2010 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: Eldorado Biofuels' Paul Laur
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) ...Up until recently a low profile player in the algae arena, Eldorado Biofuels has developed a niche that may not have received much attention so far, but has the potential to make a strong
November 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Pennycress, French Weed, Fanweed: by Any Name, a Biofuel Rose
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...“How do get growers to grow if there’s no market? How do you get a market if there are no growers?” Arvent CEO Sudhir Seth summed up the problem. ...The problem is in the feedstock. or
November 26, 2010 Read Full Article
New Mexico State University Funded to Study Algae-based Jet Fuel
(Algae Industry Magazine) he U.S. military wants New Mexico State University to find improved ways to turn algae into a sustainable source for jet fuel. The research project is part of a $2.346 million grant funded by the Air Force where
November 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Big Isle Farm Promises Rich Biofuel Source
by Alan Yonan Jr. (Star Advertiser) ...As the algae companies slowly move forward with their research and development, however, another source of renewable energy is blossoming -- literally -- on the Big Island. Hawaii Pure Plant Oil, or HIPPO, is
November 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Fuel Inches Toward Price Parity with Oil
by Stacy Feldman ( SolveClimate/Reuters) With over 100 start-ups hard at work, industry predicts it can deliver success in under a decade if granted production tax credits ...The head of the 170-member Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), Mary Rosenthal, predicts the fledgling fuel
November 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Ohio Company to Build 100-Acre Algae Production Site
(Algae Industry Magazine) Independence Bio-Products Inc., a Dublin, Ohio-based algae production startup which secured its initial funding from a European investor two years ago, plans to break ground next year on a 100-acre commercial-scale algae production facility. The company is
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
New York City Pilots Wastewater to Butanol
(Algae Industry Magazine) From Sergio Hernandez at the Village Voice comes word that New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection has a new pilot program that will convert algae at a Queens waste-water treatment plant into biofuel for cars, by
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Proterro Produces Low-Cost Fermentable Sugars
By Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...Venture-capital backed Proterro has developed a technology using a microorganism grown in a unique bioreactor that secretes fermentable sugars using sunlight, CO2, water and a few commonly available micronutrients. Economic modeling suggests the
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Drive toward Energy Independence
by Jason Armstrong (West Hawaii Today) Within a year's time, Big Island truckers will be able to run their diesel engines with a sustainable, locally produced fuel made from used cooking oil. That's the goal of Big Island Biodiesel, which on
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Clean Energy and Power, Inc. Launches Renewable Energy Bio Fuels Division
(MarketWire) Company Is in Final Negotiations With a Strategic Partner Clean Energy and Power, Inc. announced that management has decided to launch a new division focusing on renewable energy developed from non-edible feedstock. This decision comes after several months of reviewing the
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Traction: 13 Companies Gaining Momentum in Advanced Bioenergy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Today, we look at companies that, in the month of November, have made material strdes towards commercialization – through securing of funding, commencement of construction, offtake deals, or in other ways. AE Biofuels – ethanol from cellulosic
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
NAABB Consortium Announces Successful Conversion of Algal Oil to High Quality Biodiesel
(The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) National Method employs cost saving catalyst and produces useful byproducts The National Alliance for Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB), a consortium of leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and national laboratories announced today that they
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Industry CEOs Predict Parity with Oil in 12-36 Months, for Leading-Edge Companies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In contrast to the “five years away” and subsidy-driven discussions that framed advanced biofuels conversations just two years ago, CEOs are widely reporting that they expect their companies to reach commercial scale within 12-36 months,
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: Gregory L. Bafalis, CEO, Aurora Algae
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Since June of this year, Greg Bafalis has been CEO of Aurora Algae, formerly Aurora Biofuels, overseeing the Company’s strategy, operations, and high-level relationships. ...Aurora was founded in 2006 by three gentlemen from U.C. Berkeley.
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Report Questions Cellulosic Ethanol Merits
by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register) A study making its way around the Agriculture Department raises doubts about the prospects for biofuels made from crop residue and other types of plant cellulose and calls for shifting the focus of government
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
PetroAlgae and Sky Airline to Collaborate on Offtake Strategy to Bring Green Jet Fuel to Chile
(PetroAlgae) Joint Effort with Leading Airline Focuses on Renewable Jet Fuel PetroAlgae Inc., a leading U.S. renewable energy company that licenses its commercial micro-crop technology globally, today announced it has entered into a non-binding offtake supply agreement with Sky Airline, a
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Scientists Join Hands to Develop Biofuel from Microalgae
by Vijaysinh Parmar (Times of India) Scientists from across the country, belonging to a consortium of nine laboratories, are working on an ambitious project called 'New Millennium India Technology Leadership Initiative' ( NMITLI), to develop a viable and scalable process
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Montana State University Using Baking Soda for Algae
(Algae Industry Magazine) From Dan Boyce at Montana State University comes word that researchers there have found a way to get four times as much biofuel from a given amount of algae by adding baking soda, a concentrated source of carbon
November 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Young Algae Industry Getting Government Push
by Matthew Rivera (MSNBC.com) ...Not only has the federal government invested heavily in the emerging biofuel, but the military has stepped up as a potential customer. Algae biofuel, while still experimental, also is attracting the attention of big oil companies
November 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Benefits of GE Guidelines for the Algae Industry
(Algae Industry Magazine) Algae are an agricultural product and algae producers should consider the Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) guidelines developed in Europe and Asia as well as the US guidelines for genetic engineering (GE) of agricultural products. ... While algaculture will
November 11, 2010 Read Full Article
U.S. Biofuel Production, Use Lags
by Philip Brasher (Zanesville Times Recorder) Motorists will use just a fraction of the next-generation biofuels in 2011 that Congress intended, and even that small amount depends on a single project in Iowa that isn't ready yet. ... Cellulose and algae are
November 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Focus Falls on Next Generations
by Paul Hanley (The StarPhoenix) ...Today, algal growth is being looked at as a new source of biofuel. Biofuel -- fuel made from new plants (corn, canola, sugar cane) instead of old plants (petroleum) -- already makes up a small but
November 10, 2010 Read Full Article
OriginOil Achieves Hydrogen Production Comparable to Photovoltaics
(Origin Oil) Research breakthrough points to a highly scalable and renewable source of hydrogen OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that it
November 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Solazyme and Roquette Sign Agreement to Create Global Nutritional Joint Venture
(Solazyme) Joint Venture will accelerate the Commercialization of Revolutionary Microalgae-Based Healthy Food Ingredients and Oils olazyme, Inc. the California-based leader in renewable oil and bioproducts and Roquette Frères, the global starch and starch-derivatives company headquartered in France, today announce that they
November 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Exxon’s SVP Swiger Says Lower Carbon with Algae
(Algae Industry Magazine) In a keynote speech at this week’s Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, Andy Swiger, senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation, said that strong partnerships and innovation are crucial to meet rising global energy demand while
November 08, 2010 Read Full Article
PetroAlgae Protein Concentrate Confirmed as Replacement for High Quality Fishmeal in Tilapia Farming by University of Idaho Study
(BusinessWire/PetroAlgae) New Source of Protein Can Replace Menhaden Fishmeal in a Variety of Farmed Fish Species PetroAlgae Inc., a leading renewable energy company that licenses its commercial micro-crop technology globally, announced today that a third party study done by the Aquaculture Research
November 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Are Algae Genes Nature or Patentable?
by Dr. Mark Edwards (Algae Industry Magazine) There are several firms in the algae industry engaged in genetic engineering, (GE), with the intention of patenting designer algal strains. Some organizations have filed patents for naturally occurring species that have valuable qualities
November 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Biofuel Business Won’t Bloom Soon
by Steven E.F. Brown (San Francisco Business Times) A report from Berkeley’s Energy Biofuel Institute says developing and testing biofuel based on algae will likely take at least a decade. Even though about 100 companies in the United States are seeking this
November 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Carbohydrate-to-Lipid Project Wins Award
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has won a $50,000 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize to support the development of a carbohydrate-to-biodiesel process. The technology, which is designed to significantly increase yields, may also
November 04, 2010 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: UTEX's Dr. Jerry Brand
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Dr. Jerry Brand, a PhD biologist and photosynthesis researcher, began his association with the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae in 1987, when he performed an extensive survey of the capacity for hydrogen gas production in
November 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Project Gets $350,000 Boost
by Shelley Ridenour (Daily Inter Lake) Whitefish-based Algae Aquaculture Technologies has received a $350,000 grant from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to build a commercial algae greenhouse that converts waste wood chips into organic fertilizer. The 5,500-square-foot greenhouse will be constructed
November 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Tsunami: Top 10 Impacts for Biofuels from US Elections
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... 1. The bottom line: moderately positive for biofuels. One of the few areas where Republicans and Democrats agree on priorities is the importance of reforming US energy policy, and biofuels enjoy bipartisan support, especially advanced
November 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Facility to Focus on Alternative Fuel Technology
by Ronica Shannon (The Richmond Register) A new research facility at Eastern Kentucky University could help the state become a national leader in alternative fuel technology, according to Sixth District Congressman Ben Chandler. Chandler was the keynote speaker Thursday at an
November 01, 2010 Read Full Article
Photon8 Developing ‘Drop-In’ Fuels from Algae
(Algae Industry Magazine) Photon8, Inc., of Brownsville, TX, has announced that it has succeeded in producing “drop-in” fuel components from its “genetically improved” algae. The recent tests were performed by an undisclosed commercial laboratory using gas chromatography analysis for determining carbon
November 01, 2010 Read Full Article
The Algae Bears Give Their Growl
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Pike Research released a report projecting the growth of algal fuel production to only 61 million gallons per year by 2020. Interestingly, the Pike Group projected an overall value of $1.3 billion, or more than $20
October 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Feedstock Logistics: Business Modeling/Planning for Commercial Algae Production
by Dr. Miles Palmer (Founder, Palmer Labs) Dr. Palmer analyzes the capital and operating expenses for commercial algae production, with a variety of considerations. His analysis shows facilities larger than 400 acres can be profitable, with high internal rate of return for
October 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Leading Advanced Biofuel Groups Meet at The White House
(PR NewsWire) Leaders of the advanced biofuel industry personally delivered an important message to the Obama Administration this morning at a White House meeting that included representatives of the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and Algal Biomass
October 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Stickwitu: Promise Rings, Partnerships in Advanced Bioenergy Grow in Size, Complexity
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...for several years we have been tracking the growing complexity and size of the partnerships and strategic investments in bioenergy, as the industry inches towards the commercialization of advanced biofuels. It was partnership that funded the
October 27, 2010 Read Full Article
University of Hawaii's New Center Should Aid Renewables
by Sophie Cocke (Pacific Business News) Monday’s grand opening of the Center for Microbial Oceanography at the University of Hawaii Manoa could work in tandem with the state’s push towards renewable energy. Microbial oceanography, an emerging sub-discipline within oceanography, studies marine microbes,
October 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Natural vs. Synthetic Flocculents
by Ed Laurent (Water & Oil Technologies, Inc./Algae Industry Magazine) ...In algae production, if synthetic polymers are used to floc the high lipid content algae, and water is recycled back to your algae cultivation area, you are adding residual acrylamide
October 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Senator Nelson Wants Tax Break for Algae Biofuel Companies
by Eric Staats (NaplesNews.com) ...Today, growing algae to turn into biofuel is serious business, and (US Senator Bill) Nelson wants to give the fledgling industry a tax break. Nelson, D-Fla., toured the headquarters and research labs of Algenol Biofuels off Alico Road
October 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Life Cycle Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for an Ethanol Production Process Based on Blue-Green Algae
by Dexin Luo, Zushou Hu, Dong Gu Choi, Valerie M. Thomas, Matthew J. Realff, and Ronald R. Chance (Environmental Science and Technology) Ethanol can be produced via an intracellular photosynthetic process in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), excreted through the cell walls, collected
October 26, 2010 Read Full Article
REVIVAL! Hawai’i Bi-O Style: Elite Squad of Scientists Aim to Boost Hawaii via Bioenergy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Hawaii is a code word meaning “paradise” not only to sun-starved tourists, but to bioenergy developers. It has all the hallmarks of the “perfect market”. 1. A state that generates no energy from fossil fuels and
October 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Navy Unveils Its 'Mean, Green Riverine Machine' in Norfolk
by Bill Sizemore (Virginia-Pilot) The Navy took a step toward breaking its dependence on petroleum Friday, powering up a boat with fuel derived in part from seaweed. In a demonstration at Norfolk Naval Station, an experimental boat was put through a series
October 25, 2010 Read Full Article
OriginOil Launches Expert Services Division
(Algae Industry Magazine) ...“For the past three years, hundreds of large companies, entrepreneurs, development agencies and investors have asked for our help in launching their algae programs,” said OriginOil CEO, Riggs Eckelberry. “With our own products now hitting the market,
October 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Algal Biomass Organization Applauds Passage of Algae Parity Bill
(Algae Industry Magazine) The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) is praising the U.S. House of Representatives for passing H.R. 4168, the Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act. ABO specifically recognized Reps. Harry Teague (D-NM), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Brian
October 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Science Foundation Arizona and ASU Start Algae R&D Center
(Algae Industry Magazine) Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) and Arizona State University (ASU) on have announced the creation of a world-class center dedicated to researching and bringing to fruition “green” technologies using algae. The announcement was made at the fourth annual gathering
October 22, 2010 Read Full Article
New Oil Reports Breakthrough in Processing Algae for Fuel without Dewatering
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Louisiana, New Oil Resources announced that it has developed a process that uses hot, pressurized water to treat the biomass in a process commonly referred to as hydrothermal liquifaction or thermal depolymerization. According to the research
October 22, 2010 Read Full Article
OriginOil’s Riggs Eckelberry on CA Prop. 23
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) California’s clean energy initiatives and businesses are at a crossroads, pending the outcome of Proposition 23 on the November ballot. Should the proposition succeed, it would suspend California’s 2006 history-making climate bill, AB32, which mandates,
October 21, 2010 Read Full Article
LakeMaster to Co-locate at Northern Biodiesel Refinery
(Algae Industry Magazine) LakeMaster Corporation, of Rochester, NY, has announced a move to co-locate in space within the refinery of Northern Biodiesel, Inc. in Ontario, NY. LakeMaster will produce lipid oil made from algae as a feedstock for the NBI refinery
October 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Microbubbles to Make Biofuel Plants More Economic
(The Engineer) A University of Sheffield researcher has won national recognition for the development of a ’microbubble device’ that promises to make the production of biofuels much more energy efficient. ...This new method consumes much less energy, using a special air-lift
October 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Algenol Biofuels Opens State-of-the-Art Labs in Lee County, Florida
(Yahoo! Finance/PR Newswire) U.S. Rep. Connie Mack and Lee County Commissioners Tammy Hall and Ray Judah join in celebrating new advanced research labs and integrated biorefinery that will diversify local economy and create clean energy jobs Algenol Biofuels Inc. celebrated the opening
October 19, 2010 Read Full Article
Development of Technology to Produce Biodiesel from Microalgae
(FIS Worldnews) A new project, which is financially supported by the Chilean government, will promote the diversification of energy through the production of biofuels from microalgae. The main objective of the initiative is to develop algae production which captures carbon dioxide
October 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Fishing Company Begins Cultivating Algae for Biofuel
by Analia Murias (FIS Worldnews) Pesquera San José plans to produce biofuels from brown algae (Macrocystis pyrifera), better known as huiro. With this objective in mind, the company is now co-developing the InnovaChile project BAL Biofuels, a consortium of biotechnology research, development and
October 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Nebraska Universities Win $20M Research Grant
(AP/Bloomberg Business Week) Several Nebraska universities will share a $20 million grant to develop new research focused on algae and nanotechnology, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced Monday. Part of the five-year National Science Foundation grant will help one group of researchers build
October 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Predicting Algal Lipid Content Using NIR Spectroscopy
by Lieve Laurens, Ed Wolfrum, and Al Darzins (NREL/Algae Industry Magazine) At NREL’s National Bioenergy Center, we are working towards developing a new method for estimating the oil or lipid content and chemical composition in a wide range of algal strains
October 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Ready for Commercial-Scale Production
by Natasha Odendaal (Engineering News) Process technology supplier Honeywell UOP is ready to move its green jet fuel into commercial-scale production within the next two or three years, and has started the certification and licensing processes. The green jet fuel was originally
October 18, 2010 Read Full Article
The Marines Go Green
by Fred Kaplan (Slate) How the military's shift to renewable fuel could lower the entire nation's energy costs. ...The Navy is also experimenting with fuel made from algae. And the Air Force is planning to convert its entire fleet of airplanes to
October 18, 2010 Read Full Article
National Algae Association Looking to Fast-Track Commercialization
(Algae Industry Magazine) The National Algae Association’s (NAA) collective of producers, researchers, technologists, engineering and equipment manufacturers have developed preliminary designs for a 100-acre commercial-scale algae production system and have identified the majority of the CAPEX and OPEX issues, according to
October 16, 2010 Read Full Article
Compact Contractors for America Developing Powdered Algae as Jet Fuel
by Tamra Fakhoorian (Algae Industry Magazine) Recent press about the seemingly novel concept of powdered algae as a jet engine fuel has raised eyebrows in the airline industry, and among competing algae processing technologies. However, Robert Fulton, president of Utah-based Compact
October 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Dow Chemical Mulls Energy Field Stake
by Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) ...Dow, the largest U.S. chemical producer, consumes about 1 million barrels of oil and natural gas equivalents per day. The company is also doing research on several different kinds of alternative, cleaner energy, including algae and
October 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Power Reaches for the Sky
by Catriona Davies (CNN) Air travel could be powered from vast seas of algae growing close to airports within four years, according to researchers and airlines hoping to find a green future for aviation.Industry giants including British Airways and Airbus are
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Ford Scientists to Explore Algae Biofuels
(Algae Industry Magazine) Ford Motor Company scientists have announced that they are working to understand the suitability of algae as potential automotive biofuels. This effort is an integral part of Ford’s desire to better understand the use of biomass to produce
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Reuters Summit: British Airways Sees Big Biofuel Role for Cutting Plane Carbon
by Kwok W. Wan (Reuters) Biofuel could cut plane carbon emissions by 20 pct by 2030. Aviation biofuel costs similar to jet fuel. Biofuels have a growing role to play in cutting carbon emission in the aviation sector and could save airlines
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Shell sees 2011 as "Year of Choices" on Biofuels
by Scott Malone (Reuters) Royal Dutch Shell, which is investigating about 10 second-generation biofuel technologies that would use nonfood raw materials, expects to narrow its research to about five options next year, its top scientist said. "I am putting a lot
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Industry Growth and Future Directions
by Mark Edwards (Algae Industry Magazine) ...The 2010 Algae World Europe Industry Survey was conducted in association with the Centre for Management Technology and 2nd Algae World Europe 2010 Conference in Brussels. The 2010 Algae World Survey follows the 2009
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
The Culture Club: The World of Algae R&D and Commercialization, an Inside View, in Pictures
by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest) What exactly does the commercialization and research effort on algal fuels look like? A collection of highly funded home brewers? Secretive temples of technology peopled with mad scientists intent on unleashing bizarre Frankenfuels on an
October 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Arizona Firm Banks on Farm Troughs for Commercializing Algae
by Rebecca McClay (Arizona Capitol Times) ...One Arizona firm, Phyco Biosciences, is banking on its agricultural-style series of plastic-lined troughs bubbling with oxygen and nutrients to commercialize algae biomass. The Phyco system is different from the standard mass-cultivation process of growing
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Montana State University Researchers Discover Chemical Trigger that Doubles the Yield of Algal Lipids for Biodiesel from Farmed Algae
(MSU News Service) Algal biofuel production could double in yield and in far less time, thanks to a chemical trigger discovered at Montana State University. The chemical trigger is a well-timed dose of bicarbonate, a low-cost, easy-to-use chemical, similar to common
October 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels Capacity to Reach 3.917 Billion Gallons by 2015; Free Downloadable Project Database
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biofuels Digest is projecting that global advanced biofuels capacity will reach 3.917 billion gallons by 2015, based on company announcements to date. Today, the Digest released version 1.6 of its free Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database, projecting
October 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Friends of the Earth Calls for Moratorium on Synthetic Bio-Based Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, Friends of the Earth released a report “Synthetic Solutions to the Climate Crisis: The Dangers of Synthetic Biology for Biofuels Production,” concluding that synthetic biology projects including the creation of algae with synthetic
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Taiwan Unveils Microalgal Biofuel Technology
(Focus Taiwan) ...The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) , which developed the technology, showed off the process of turning microalgae into biodiesel at the four-day Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart exhibition organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council... During
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Ford Joins in Researching Algae for Vehicle Fuel
(USA Today) ...Ford says it wants to better understand the use of biomass to produce future biofuels as part of an overall strategy to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil and address climate change. ...This year, Ford researchers visited Wayne
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Seaweed: A New Wave of Investment in Macro-Algae
by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest/Emerging Markets Online) Macro-algae attracts greater investment for sugar-based Advanced Biofuels, Drop-In Fuels and Chemicals An emerging rise in investment in from petrochemical majors and governments in Asia, Europe and the Americas aims at extracting sugars from
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
EUR 6.1 mln Project to Farm Algae for Biofuels
(FIS) Scientists are proposing the creation of methane gas from algae grown in great offshore farms to power adapted vehicles. A new GBP 5 million (EUR 6.1 million) UK and Irish joint project called BioMara disclosed the plan and seeks to
September 30, 2010 Read Full Article
William & Mary Receives $500,000 for Biofuel Study
(TAPPI) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, D.C., USA, has awarded the College of William & Mary, WIlliansburg, Va., $500,000 to study various aspects of using wild aquatic algae as both biofuel feedstock and as a medium for helping to
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Colorado State University Study: Turning Algae Into Fuel Is Ecofriendly
(CBS4Denver.com/AP) A Colorado State University study says turning algae into a biofuel is more environmentally friendly than the process for petroleum diesel or soy biodiesel. The study based its conclusion on the complete process for each fuel and included factors such
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Aviation Week & Space Technology Explores Future of Green Aviation
(Aviation Week) Special report includes latest innovations in biofuels, laminar flow, and electric propulsion Much progress has been made in recent years in the development of biofuels made from microalgae, animal fat and other non-petroleum-based substances, and they likely will be approved
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Genome of Chlorella Microalgae Decoded
(Algae Industry Magazine) The analysis of the complete genome of Chlorella microalgae, a promising genus for biofuel production, has been completed by the Laboratoire Information Génomique et Structurale of CNRS. The Laboratory is currently heading an international collaboration involving American and
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
EPA Helps to Launch Science and Engineering Festival
(US Environmental Protection Agency) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development, Paul Anastas, joins other science leaders to kick off the USA Science and Engineering Festival on September 29 in Washington, D.C. Dr.
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Green Star Signs Contract to Fabricate Biodiesel Plant for Processing Algae Oil
(Green Star Products) Green Star Products, Inc., announced it has signed a contract to build a biodiesel facility. This is the first of several contracts in conjunction with an ambitious Algae-to-Biodiesel project on the west coast. Green Star has already started fabrication
September 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Phyco BioSciences and CBE to Develop Algae in China
(Algae Industry Magazine) Phyco BioSciences, Inc., has announced an agreement with Hong Kong based China Biological Engineering, Limited to develop two projects in the Peoples Republic of China beginning this Fall. The first project is a joint venture in JaingShu Province
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Waste-Based Microbial Oil set to Become a Raw Material for Renewable Diesel
(Neste Oil Corporation) Neste Oil has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and molds for use as a feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. Research work
September 24, 2010 Read Full Article
The A.I.M. Interview: Algae Genetic Engineer Dr. Stephen Mayfield
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) If moving genes around on a chromosome is your idea of a good time, meet Dr. Stephen Mayfield, Director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology. ...Steve is now the John Dove Isaacs Professor
September 23, 2010 Read Full Article
The Biorefinery Project of the Future: A 10-Part Series
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...We have spoken to farmers, local business owners, environmentalists, community development officials, engine developers, scientists, policy makers, producers, investors, lenders, blenders, wholesalers, retailers, and end users. We have visited development projects on four continents. We have
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Hoover Eyed for Site to Grow Algae for Biofuel
by Val Walton (The Birmingham News) Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos wrote a letter of support last week for the SouthEast Region Algae Consortium (SERAC) -- a group of scientists, engineers and experts in biofuels and algae research which is pursuing a
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Green race: Algae-to-Biofuel Firm Announces Breakthroughs
by Steve Clark (The Brownsville Herald) Photon8 Inc., Brad Bartilson’s Brownsville-based startup company, has managed to plow through some sticky issues in its quest for commercially feasible algae-to-biofuel production and is two years ahead of schedule in terms of production milestones.In
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Could Be Cleared For Aircraft Use
by Graham Warwick (AviationWeek) In just five years, the aviation industry’s decades-long reliance on petroleum-based fuels has been turned on its head. The future lies in fuels from sources that range from animal fat to microalgae. But with the technology in
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Renewable Algal Energy Scores $3 Million from DOE
(Algae Industry Magazine) Renewable Algal Energy, LLC of Kingsport, Tennessee, has announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded them $3,000,000 to develop “Algal Biodiesel via Innovative Harvesting and Aquaculture Systems.” READ MORE and MORE (Department of Energy)
September 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Airbus and British Airways Join Cranfield U. on Algae for Aviation Fuel
(Algae Industry Magazine) The Sustainable Use of Renewable Fuels (SURF) consortium, which brings together Airbus, British Airways, Rolls-Royce, Finnair, Gatwick Airport, IATA and Cranfield University was announced at this week’s Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva. The consortium will take a
September 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Hatcher Team Creates New Process to Boost Biofuel Production from Algae
(Old Dominion University) ...During the past five years, researchers at Old Dominion University have devised ways to cultivate and harvest microscopic algae, and then to convert them into a biodiesel fuel by a proprietary one-step process. Now they have discovered
September 21, 2010 Read Full Article
The Amyris IPO: Will It Fly? Should It? The Risks and Rewards
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Documents filed with the SEC confirm what many voices in the industry have been saying about the Amyris, Gevo and PetroAlgae IPOs – they are “financing events” to fund these companies’ yawning capital requirements rather
September 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Classifying Biofuel Subsidies: Farm Bill and WTO Considerations
by Cindy O'Connor (Advanced Biofuels USA) Report from a Washington DC, September 14, 2010 briefing sponsored by Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council With legislative work beginning on the next Farm Bill and new WTO rounds; the issue of biofuel subsidy classification
September 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Statoil Invests In Ethanol-From-Seaweed Venture In California
by Angel Gonzalez (Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal) Norwegian oil major Statoil ASA (STO) has agreed to invest in a San Francisco Bay Area start-up to develop ethanol from seaweed, and to potentially commercialize the fuel in Norway and other European countries. Under the
September 16, 2010 Read Full Article
The A.I.M. Interview: Dr. Danny Kainer
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Training a workforce for the algae production industry is going to be a Catch 22 type of situation. It will take a large community of workers with highly developed skills to build the quantity of
September 14, 2010 Read Full Article
His Corporate Strategy: The Scientific Method
by Andrew Pollack (New York Times) ...Now Dr. Venter is turning from reading the genetic code to an even more audacious goal: writing it. At Synthetic Genomics, he wants to create living creatures — bacteria, algae or even plants —
September 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Extraction of Sugars from Algae for Direct Conversion to Butanol
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is a recipient of a $10,000 EPA People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Phase I grant. ...(A)lthough much research has been done on trying to convert algae oils into biodiesel, little has been done on
September 14, 2010 Read Full Article
SRSenergy and Partners Secure $6.2 Million DOE Contract
(Algae Industry Magazine) Solution Recovery Services, of Dexter Michigan, an employee owned industry leader in oil separation and purification systems has partnered with Touchstone Research Laboratory, a privately owned U.S. company with principal operations in Triadelphia, W.V. The project team together
September 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Green Jet Fuel Takes Flight
by Tyler Hamilton (Toronto Star) Could a unique microorganism found in the waters of Atlantic Canada represent the future of jet fuel production? That’s what Halifax-based Ocean Nutrition Canada is hoping to find out as part of a four-year demonstration project funded
September 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae-Based Biofuel Plant to Be Built in Puerto Rico
by By Jorge J. Muñiz Ortiz (Latin American Herald Tribune) State-owned utility AEE and the firm Bio-Lipidos on Thursday announced plans to build a plant in northern Puerto Rico that will produce a pure fuel based on tropical marine micro-algae. AEE’s executive
September 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Thailand Energy Authorities to Finance Research on Algae Biofuel
(AzoCleanTech) ...The two universities currently conducting the algae research are the Kasetsart University in the area of freshwater algae and the Burapha University in the area of marine algae. The Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency Department will not only provide financial
September 10, 2010 Read Full Article
A New Start: NREL Aquatic Species Program
by Lisa Gibson (Biomass Magazine) Ten years after NREL’s Aquatic Species Program was shut down, a similar initiative began and now is thriving in its algae research, which includes the evaluation of CO2 recycling. Between 1978 and 1996, the Aquatic Species Program at
September 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae Bioenergy Solutions Plans Scale-Up in Georgia
(Algae Industry Magazine) Algae Bioenergy Solutions (ABS), of Augusta, Georgia, has announced preliminary plans to develop a three to five million gallons per year algae oil plant, expandable to forty million gallons a year, to produce feedstock for biodiesel and other
September 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Sorting Algal Strains for High Lipid Content Using NIR
(Algae Industry Magazine) A recent post in Forbes by Chris Rhodes currently buzzing talks about a new method for identifying high lipid content strains of algae based on Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. The near infrared wavelength spectrum occupies from 800–2500 nm,
September 01, 2010 Read Full Article
The Third Challenge: Creating a Coastal States Energy Sector
by George Sterzinger (Renewable Energy Policy Project/Dissent Magazine) ...Advanced biofuels in particular have the potential to change the coastal economies for the better. In 2005 and in 2007 Congress committed to providing 20 percent of transportation fuels, or 36 billion gallons
August 31, 2010 Read Full Article
Arizona Set to Become Center for Algae-Based, Biofuel Industry
by William Hermann(The Arizona Republic) Clean, green energy source could replace fossil fuels. ...With its ideal climate and abundance of available land, Arizona is poised to become a major center of a multibillion-dollar, algae-based, biofuel industry. Scientists at Arizona State University's Polytechnic
August 31, 2010 Read Full Article
Arizona Set to Become Center for Algae-Based, Biofuel Industry
by William Hermann (The Arizona Republic) Arizonans have cleaned algae from cattle tanks, swimming pools and fish tanks for decades. Now, Arizona researchers are developing algae as a promising 21st-century alternative fuel to power cars, trucks and planes and propel the
August 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Pond Scum Seen Lucrative in Argentine Biofuels Push
by Luis Andres Henao (Reuters) An Argentine company opened Friday the country's first factory to make biodiesel from algae, hoping to use pond scum as a replacement for soy in making biodiesel as part of a push for renewable energy. Argentina is
August 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Algae.Tec Off and Running
by Greg Peel (ninemsn) ...Algae.Tec is also in the process of an IPO. However at A$7.5m, Algae.Tec's issue is hardly one that can be described as exploitative or prematurely opportunistic, and the company's legally protected intellectual property represents years of
August 27, 2010 Read Full Article
ABO in Final Preparation of “Minimum Descriptive Language” Document
(Algal Industry Magazine) The Technical Standards Committee of the Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) is currently in late stage review of its Algal Industry Minimum Descriptive Language Document, recommended for characterizing the economic and environmental inputs and outputs of an aquatic biomass
August 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Shell’s Biofuel Deal in Brazil: Has the Big Time Finally Come for Startups?
by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia) VCs and startups have complained that the biofuels industry has been stranded by indifference from the majors.That has changed. Shell and Cosan SA Industrio and Comercio, the world's largest sugar producer, finalized a multi-billion dollar joint venture today
August 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Syracuse University Research Team Uses Nanobiotechnology-Manipulated Light Particles to Accelerate Algae Growth
by Ariel DuChene (Syracuse University) Scientists and engineers seek to meet three goals in the production of biofuels from non-edible sources such as microalgae: efficiency, economical production and ecological sustainability. Syracuse University’s Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and
August 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Chlorophyll in Ancient Bacteria: Biofuel Source?
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Scientists have discovered a new type of chlorophyll in ancient Australian bacteria that could lead to new sources of bio-energy. Over the past 60 years, scientists have known of four types of chlorophyll used by plants to harvest light
August 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Industries Selected for Proposed Grant by the California Energy Commission
(PRNewsWire) Biodiesel Industries announced today the company's selection by the California Energy Commission for a project grant to support the state's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. This Biofuel Production Plants grant provides funding and financial assistance for the
August 25, 2010 Read Full Article
A European Perspective on Algal Biofuel Scaleup
(Algae Industry Magazine) An article by Rene H. Wijffels and Maria J. Barbosa, of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, published in the current edition of Science Journal, details the challenges and opportunities of algal biofuel development from a European perspective.
August 24, 2010 Read Full Article
The Green Behind Green Crude
By Jennifer McEntee (The Voice of San Diego) Investors are a tough crowd to cultivate. Yet in the pond that is the biotechnology market, one product seems to be rising to the top like the green sludge it is: algae. Its
August 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Third and Fourth Generation Biofuels: Technologies, Markets and Economics Through 2015
(GTM Research) ...In this report, we focus on "third-generation" algae biofuels and "fourth-generation" biofuels that are either created using petroleum-like hydroprocessing, advanced bio-chemistry, or revolutionary processes like Joule’s "solar-to-fuel" method that defies any other category of biofuels. The opportunities that
August 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Robert Vitale Reinvents the Paddlewheel
by Tamra Fakhoorian (Algae Industry Magazine) Reinventing the wheel is usually frowned upon, but in the case of the Waterwheel Factory’s development of high-tech paddlewheels for open pond raceways, it is paying off nicely in terms of better efficiencies for the