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In Washington, Algae Is Treated Like Slime

by Jonathan Fahey  (Forbes)  ...Congress, when it passed legislation in 2007 that subsidized advanced biofuels to the tune of $1.01 per gallon (on top of the 51-cent standard ethanol credit) and mandated that the country use a growing amount of

June 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Insight into Plant Behavior Could Aid Quest for Efficient Biofuels

(University of Edinburgh/Labspaces)  ...Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that the tiny organism has developed coping mechanisms for when its main food source is in short supply. Understanding these processes will help scientists develop crops that can survive when

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

FACT Publication: Aquatic Biofuels for Local Development

FACT has published a comprehensive report on the opportunities and feasibility of aquatic biofuels, their limitations and associated problems and threats. Aquatic biomass is attracting a lot of interest as a valuable feedstock for second and third generation biofuels. Algae are

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

The New "30 Years War"

by Michael T. Klare  (CBS News)  ...Over the coming decades, we will be embroiled at a global level in a succeed-or-perish contest among the major forms of energy, the corporations which supply them, and the countries that run on them.  The

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

New Algae Research Centre for Renewable Energy and Materials

(AlphaGalileo)  On 17 June, with the opening of AlgaePARC and the launch of the BioSolar Cells research project, a new research facility at Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) starts exploring on a semi-industrial scale the potential of micro-algae as

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

European Advanced Biofuels Flight Path Initiative

(European Commission)  The European Commission's services, in close coordination with Airbus, leading European airlines (Lufthansa, Air France/KLM, & British Airways) and key European biofuel producers (Choren Industries, Neste Oil, Biomass Technology Group and UOP), have launched an exciting new industry

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Sherbrooke Researcher Transforms Algae into Biofuel

(CBC News)  A PhD student at the University of Sherbrooke is turning to the waters of the St. Lawrence River to develop a new kind of biodiesel made from algae. The micro-algae he is studying grows naturally in the St. Lawrence

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Solazyme Announces Successful MH 60S Seahawk Helicopter Test Flight on a 50/50 Blend of Algal Derived Solajet HRJ-5® Jet Fue

(Solazyme)  Applauds ASTM International historic preliminary approval of algae based biofuels for aviation Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM), a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced today that the US Navy successfully demonstrated Solazyme’s 100% algal-derived jet fuel, SolajetHRJ-5®, in an MH-60S Seahawk

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Are Creating a Big Buzz in Military

by Renee Schoof (McClatchy Newspapers/Seattle Times)  Maj. Aaron Jelinek of the Air Force Thunderbirds flies his F-16 upside down, rolls it, thunders past his teammates in breathtaking close charges and joins five other fighter jets in precision formation. And for the

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa State Hybrid Lab Combines Technologies to Make Biorenewable Fuels and Products

(Iowa State University)  Laura Jarboe pointed to a collection of test tubes in her Iowa State University laboratory. Some of the tubes looked like they were holding very weak coffee. That meant microorganisms - in this case, Shewanella bacteria - were

June 24, 2011 Read Full Article

PetroAlgae and Suriname Ministry of Natural Resources Sign Master Framework and Initial License Agreement to Begin Open Growth Bioreactor for Renewable Fuels and Protein

(PetroAlgae)  Initial Steps Underway for Phased Implementation Leading to a Full Commercial License Unit for  Production of Biomass for Fuel and Food PetroAlgae Inc. and its operating company PA LLC, a leading renewable energy company that licenses its commercial micro-crop technology globally,

June 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Growing Algae in Sewage - a Fuelish Idea

by Tim Wheeler (Baltimore Sun)  An experiment in making "bio-fuel" is slated to get under way this summer at Baltimore's Back River wastewater treatment plant. The city's Board of Estimates approved Wednesday a $255,000 contract with a small Maryland company to grow

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Study Shows How Australia and New Zealand Can Establish Their Own Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Industry

(GreenAirOnline)  A study to determine the feasibility of the Australian and New Zealand aviation sector using sustainable biofuels to meet industry carbon reduction targets concludes that a bio-derived jet fuel industry could decrease aviation emissions by 17 per cent and

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

'Produced Water' Used to Grow Algae for Biofuels

(R&D Magazine)   Scientists recently conducted the first pilot-scale test of algae growth using water from an oil-production well in Jal, New Mexico. This impure water, called "produced water," is pumped to the surface concurrently with the extraction

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Petrobras Investing US$400 Million in Biofuels Research 2010-2014

(Green Car Congress)  Petrobras has earmarked some US$400 million for biofuels development research projects in the 2010-2014 Business Plan, according to Petrobras Biocombustível’s head of Technology Management, João Norberto Noschang Neto. Neto was speaking as a member of the panel on

June 09, 2011 Read Full Article

VG Energy’s Lipid Enhancement Technology Independently Confirmed in First Phase of Testing for Potential Commercial Production of Biofuels

(VG Energy/PRWeb)  VG Energy, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Viral Genetics, Inc., has received independent confirmation from BioProcess Algae, LLC of early laboratory studies that verify an increase in yields of algae oils following treatment with VG Energy’s Metabolic Disruption

June 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Small Scale Algae—An Alternate Vision

by Riggs Eckelberry (OriginOil/Algae Industry Magazine)  ...While capital is rightly pouring into gigantic projects that we need to begin to compete with oil and gas, there is a parallel business model that takes advantage of algae’s unique ability to be

June 08, 2011 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: OriginOil's Paul Reep

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)  ...Far from a fresh hire, Paul (Reep)’s involvement with OriginOil actually dates back to the origin of the company that Riggs and his brother Nicholas Eckelberry started in 2007. According to Reep, “Riggs and

June 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Independence Bio-Products Receives Patent for Low-Cost Algae Production System

(PRWeb/Independence Bio-Products)  Independence Bio-Products (IBP) of Dublin, Ohio has received a patent from U.S. Patent Office covering the company’s low-cost open-pond system for producing algae for biofuels and animal feeds system year-round, regardless of climate or season. IBP’s system uses

June 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Pilot Algae Facility in Holland Targets Wastewater Streams

by Erin Voegele  (Biodiesel Magazine) A pilot-scale project in Olgergen, Holland, is investigating the use of algae cultivation as a method to remove nutrients from wastewater. The project, under development by Ingrepro Renewables, is housed at Waterstromen bv, a water

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. Reaches Memorandum of Understanding for Joint Venture to Develop Algae Biodiesel Production Farm

(MarketWire/World Health Energy Holdings, Inc.)  Joint Venture Agreement With Serial Business Founder, David J. Lobo, of Deejay Coconut Farm PVT World Health Energy Holdings, Inc., a public holding company focused on developing algae farms for the production of biodiesel and fish

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Texas A&M University Creates App for Algae Production Conversion

(Texas A&M University)  The Algae Production Conversion Calculator created by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center is available in the iTunes App Store for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. A web based version is also available for many other mobile devices(eg. Android

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Algal Biomass Organization Member Spotlight: Bertrand Vick, Ph.D.,Chief Scientific Officer of Aurora Algae

(Algal Biomass Organization)  ...Aurora Algae is focused on cultivating marine algae in open pond systems for omega-3 oils, protein, feed and fuel. Our main revenue drivers are higher value products, and as we scale the business, the fuel component will

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae-Based Biofuels Represent a Trillion Dollar Potential Market Opportunity, but Cost Is an Obstacle to Commercialization

(Pike Research)  Among next generation renewable fuel alternatives, algae stands out as one of the most promising and scalable options with the potential to supply key fuel and co-product markets.  Strong demand from aviation and military consumers, technological breakthroughs in

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Included in Fuel Feedstock Freedom Act Introduced to Senate

(Algae Industry Magazine) ...The Fuel Feedstock Freedom Act (S. 1085), gives individual states the option not to participate in the corn ethanol portion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It also expands the cellulosic biofuel carve-out to include algae and

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Video tour: Pond Biofuels Turns Cement Plant Emissions into Algae

by Tyler Hamilton (Clean Break)  I had the opportunity this week to visit a St. Marys Cement plant in the small and scenic town of St. Marys, Ontario. A subsidiary of Brazilian cement giant Votorantim Cimentos, the company is working with Toronto-based Pond

May 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Green and Lean: Secreting Bacteria Eliminate Cost Barriers for Renewable Biofuel Production

(Physorg.com)  A Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing low-cost, renewable biofuels from bacteria. The team has reprogrammed photosynthetic microbes to secrete high-energy fats, making byproduct recovery and

May 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Could This Be the Farm of the Future?

by Tom Quaife (Dairy Herd Network)  “Pretty amazing,” commented one man standing next to a demonstration model at the Alltech International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium this week in Lexington, Ky. The large-scale model, measuring approximately 4 feet by 4 feet,

May 25, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil Receives Order for Large-Scale Algae Extraction System

(OriginOil)  MBD Energy places an order for a large-scale algae extraction system to be installed at the first of three commercial ‘CO2 to Energy’ power station projects in Australia. OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and

May 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Majestic Muck: Can Pond Scum Revive Airlines?

by Jennifer Booton (Fox Business)  ...Many aviation and renewable-energy experts have expressed optimism that biofuels made from algae and certain plants will one day lessen airlines’ dependency on petroleum, while lowering painfully high operating costs and increasing sustainability. The environmentally friendly

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Extreme Biodiesel Contracted With a Algae Oil Company to Produce Biodiesel Fuel for a "Million Mile Test" With Major Trucking Company

(Agoracom)  BookMerge Technology, Inc. , through its wholly owned subsidiary, Extreme Biodiesel, has contracted with a Algae Oil Company to produce biodiesel fuel from algae oil for a "million mile test" for a major trucking company. Extreme Biodiesel has been

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

European Commission Funds Global Project to Produce Ethanol, Biodiesel and Bioproducts from Algae

(PR-Inside)  Nine partners from seven countries have joined in an innovative project to show that ethanol, biodiesel and bioproducts can be produced from algae on a large scale. The BIOfuel From Algae Technologies (BIOFAT) project, largely funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: NASA Ame's Dr. Leslie Bebout

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)  ...Dr. Leslie Bebout (who goes by “Lee”) heads the team of microbial ecologists at NASA’s Moffett Field, CA-based research facility, though much of their work is done in far away places like salt marshes,

May 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Algal Harvesting Progress Update from DOE

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Joyce Yang, Technology Development Manager for the Department of Energy’s Biomass Program in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, has revealed recent progress made in algal harvesting technology by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in

May 19, 2011 Read Full Article

NAA Launches Commercial Opportunities Webpage

(Algae Industry Magazine)  The National Algae Association has launched a Commercial Opportunities page on its website in response to a growing number of inquiries from throughout the algae supply channel and the investment community about real commercial opportunities in the

May 18, 2011 Read Full Article

A&M Developing BioFuel from Island Plants

by Lindsay Curtis (KZTV10)  ... The algae is harvested at the plant and spun down into a concentrated gel. Dr. Tzachi Samocha, Director of Research says, "The micro-algae concentrated in this bag that basically will provide people that will start extracting

May 17, 2011 Read Full Article

10 Hot Algae Extraction Technologies (and 5 Stealth Projects to Keep an Eye on)

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...AER Sustainable Energy – enzymatic hydrolysis This Ireland-based group, set up in 2006, applied for license to supply ethanol into the Irish market, and by 2010 was supplying up to 25 percent. The company reinvested a

May 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Matrix Genetics Pursues the Algae Fuel Dream in the Lab, Not With Big Steel Tanks, Giant Ponds

by Luke Timmerman  (Xconomy Seattle)  ...McCormick, one of the featured speakers at next week’s Xconomy event on alternative fuels, has led this quiet effort for the past three years inside Seattle-based Targeted Growth. While Targeted Growth grabbed headlines with hybrid camelina

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Engineering Professor Named Innovator of the Year

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Jamie Hestekin and his team of undergraduate engineering students at the University of Arkansas have won Planet Forward’s Innovator of the Year contest. As one of two Innovators of the Year, Hestekin and his team will be

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

EPA Recognizes Environmental Innovation at Science Competition for High School Students / Param Jaggi Wins Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award

(Environmental Protection Agency)  Out of more than 1,500 young scientists and engineers competing in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Param Jaggi was named the winner of EPA's 2011 Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award. A senior at Plano East

May 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Group Effort: The Next Generation 2011 Winner

by Linda Hales (MetropolisMag.com) A large, multidisciplinary team of architects and engineers envisions a zero-energy future for our federal government. The proposed energy retrofit of a Los Angeles federal building reads like a sci-fi script from Hollywood: a conventional glass-and-concrete office

May 13, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil’s French Joint Venture Participates in Large-Scale Algae Projects

(OriginOil)  OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technologyto extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, yesterday announced that Ennesys, its joint venture partner in France, is working with large institutions to develop two

May 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Argentinean Algae Company Confident Its Jet Fuel Will Be Ready Soon

by Kerry Reals (FlightGlobal)  An Argentinian company claims to be at the forefront of producing affordable jet fuel from microalgae, and is confident that its product will be widely available to the aviation industry "very soon". Biocombustibles del Chubut(BC) has developed

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Linde and Sapphire Energy Announce Deal to Co-Develop CO2 Management System for Algae Fuel Production

(PR NewsWire)  The technology group, The Linde Group, and Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world's leaders in algae-based crude oil, today announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement to co-develop a low-cost system to deliver carbon dioxide

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae—Food or Chemical Grade?

by Riggs Eckelberry  (Algae Industry Magazine)  There’s a big question planners should be asking themselves when they put together an algae production plan: are we trying to meet food-grade requirements for our algae? That critical question drives the overall shape

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Oak Island Council OKs Space for Biofuel Project

by Sarah Shew Wilson  (Star News)  Although Southport officials balked at using city property for the purpose, the Oak Island Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to work with algae farm owner and scientist Kim Jones to create a sustainable energy

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

LSU-AgCenter and Aquatic Energy Recommended for Clean Technology Grant

(KOLD/Aquatic Energy, LLC/PR Newswire)  Following a rigorous 3-Phase review process, Louisiana-AgCenter (LSU-AgCenter) and Aquatic Energy LLC (AE) have been recommended 1st for state research funds by the Industrial Ties Research Subprogram (ITRS) component of the Board of Regents Support Fund

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Aviation Fuel from Ohio Grown Algae Tested

(Independence Bio-Products/PR Web)  Independence Bio-Products (IBP) of Dublin, Ohio has produced algae oil, which has been converted to jet fuel and then tested by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The algae was grown in

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Aurora: Our Algae Ponds Are Open

by Michael Kanellos  (GreenTechMedia)  ... Aurora grows algae and converts it to biodiesel, omega-3 oils for food producers and algae power that can be sold as pet food or protein. If you starve the algae, they produce more oil: roughly 30 percent

May 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa State's Role in the Future of Biofuels

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  Prototypes of the biofuels refinery of the future sit in a 19,000-square-foot complex on the Iowa State Research Farm west of Ames. Two experimental plants, whose network of pipes and containers looks to the lay

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Great Plains Renewable Energy Outlines Algae Plans on Q1 Call

(Algae Industry Magazine)  ...Highlights of the discussion included updates on GPRE’s recently announced BioProcess Algae joint venture. Following are some comments by Mr. Becker and his answers to some shareholder questions regarding their algae ventures: ...The technology represents a true intersection

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. Announces Signing of Memorandum of Understanding for Development of 250 Acre Algae Farm for Biodiesel Production

(World Health Energy Holdings/MarketWire)  World Health Energy Holdings, Inc., a public holding company operating in the alternative energy sector, announced today that the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, GNE-India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Prakash Anthony for a joint

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Planet Forward: The Moment Has Arrived

(Planet Forward)  The moment has arrived! On Nightly Business Report we announced Planet Forward’s Innovators of the Year! Jamie Hestekin and his research team will be joining Danny Kennedy as Planet Forward’s Innovators of the Year. Congratulations! ...Jamie Hestekin and a

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: Cal Poly's Dr. Tryg Lundquist

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)  As an environmental engineering professor at California Polytechnic State University, in San Luis Obispo, CA, Dr. Tryg Lundquist researches how wastewater can make algae biofuel and how algae biofuel can be the impetus for

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

BARD and OriginOil Announce Co-Venture

(Algae Industry Magazine)  BARD Holding Inc., of Morrisville, PA, and California-based OriginOil, Inc. have formed a co-venture to combine their technologies into an end-to-end algae cultivation, harvesting and extraction system. ...“OriginOil’s harvesting and extraction technology coupled with BARD’s commercial algae production

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

University of Arizona Researches Algae Growth Optimization

by Shelley Littin  (Algae Industry Magazine)  In a collaborative research effort between several departments, scientists and engineers at the University of Arizona are studying ways to optimize the environmental factors to control the rate at which algae grow and produce

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Bioresource Technology Publishes Special Biofuels Issues

Bioresource Technology publishes original articles, review articles, case studies and short communications on the fundamentals, applications and management of bioresource technology. The journal's aim is to advance and disseminate knowledge in all the related areas of biomass, biological waste treatment, bioenergy,

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

DF Cast: Researchers, Advocates Clash on Algae Biodiesel Feasibility

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  Some researchers say that, at current production levels, algae biodiesel is not a commercially viable product. But some algae advocates believe researchers might have some ulterior motives for coming to that conclusion. One of the study’s authors, Dr.

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest

(Climate Solutions)  Alaska Airlines, The Boeing Company, Port of Seattle, Port of Portland, Spokane International Airport, and Washington State University have initiated a strategic stakeholder process to develop a "Flight Path" (action plan)  to produce sustainable aviation biofuel in the

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Intel CO2 & Algae Research Project: Zero Emissions Fab

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Intel’s Brad Biddle discusses what has been learned in the research project to determine if the carbon emissions from Intel’s chip factory produces an environment suited for algae growth. Biddle also discusses the next phases of the

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Move Over, Soylent Green — Algae Will Soon Be in Everything

by Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company/EIN News)  Remember a few years ago when everyone decided that using algae as a biofuel feedstock would be the best thing ever? Well, progress on that front is moving so slowly that companies have realized that

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: Solix Biosystems CEO Joel Butler

by David Schwartz   (Algae Industry Magazine)  ...Leading the change is Joel Butler, who assumed the role of CEO this past December. The fact that Joel is a product development and commercialization specialist means there is no coincidence that Solix

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Heliae – Measuring Algae by the Barrel

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)   ...Heliae was formed about four years ago when the team met two professors at Arizona State University (ASU) who told them about a new process by which they could take algae and turn it into

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Iberia and AENA Invest in Algae Biofuel Project in Madrid

by Kerry Reals (FlightGlobal)  Iberia has teamed up with Spanish airports operator AENA and AlgaEnergy to establish a microalgae-based biofuel research project at Madrid Barajas Airport. ...The research plant will capture and use carbon dioxide from Iberia's aircraft engine bench test

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Cellana's Kona Demonstration Facility and Patented Algae Production Process Showing Promising Results

(Cellana)  Company Is Leveraging Technology Investments to Date of Over $100 Million; Company Is Focused on Government Programs and New Corporate Partnerships; Plan for Maui Commercial Algae Facility on Track for 2014 Cellana LLC is positioned to be the first algae

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Aurora Algae’s Demonstration Opens for Business in Algstralia

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Australia, Aurora Algae opened its demonstration facility in Karratha, Western Australia, where the Company’s algae-based biomass is being harvested for products in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, aquaculture and renewable energy markets. ...The company has also secured

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

GasHole: Dirty Oil and the Biofuel Myth

by Allison Kilkenny (Huffington Post)  This week marked the world premiere of GasHole, a new documentary film (narrated by Peter Gallagher) about the history of oil prices and the future of alternative fuels. Biofuel gossip has been everywhere in the news

May 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae as Alternative Energy Source

(PBS)  ...SESNO: Mendez and his company, Sapphire Energy, brought us an algae- to-fuel idea they say can have real world impact soon. They plan to begin commercial production in 2012. MENDEZ: So algae -- using photosynthesis to actually make a fuel

May 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Solix BioSystems™ Sells and Delivers First Commercial Lumian™ AGS4000

(Solix BioSystems)  Solix BioSystems today announced the first sale and delivery of its Lumian AGS4000 high productivity, fully integrated algae cultivation system to New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Lumian AGS4000 is located at NMSU’s Fabian Garcia

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

The Need for Biofuels

(The Star Malaysia)  Experts predict the majority of the world’s oil fields will reach maximum petroleum extraction capacity in 2020, a state otherwise known as “peak oil”. After this point, a reduction in pressure causes the rate of production to

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Malaysian Scientist Jagjit Kaurah’s “Floating Bed Method” May Hold a Solution to the World’s Food and Fuel Crises

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  ...Malaysian scientist Jagjit Kaurah works at the Universiti Putra Malaysia research station in Port Dickson, and he was walking on the beach one day when it occurred to him that the ocean provides for

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

How to Decrease Algae Culture “Crashes”

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Arizona State University through a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is studying the factors involved in algal crop failure known as culture “crashes.” Grazing zooplankton are considered predators to algae and

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Renewable Energy Making Headway in Utah

by Josh Loftin (Bloomberg/BusinessWeek)  ...One of the largest potential sources for biofuels is algae, which needs a lot of carbon dioxide and nitrogen to grow, said Kevin Shurtleff, director of the Utah State University Energy Dynamics Lab. Those happen to

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Holds Promise as Renewable Fuel — Just Not Yet

by Abby Schultz  (CNBC.com)  ...“There’s a significant amount of capital required for algal oil producers to scale up to commercial meaningful quantities,” says Jim Rekoske, general manager at Honeywell’s UOP division, which provides technologies to the gas processing, refining and petrochemical

April 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Avjet Biotech Signs License Agreement With NC State To Commercialize Aviation Biofuel Technologies

(PRLog/Avjet Biotech)    Avjet Biotech, Inc. (ABI), a leading developer of small distributive refining systems in the 10 to 15 million gallon per year range and parent company of Red Wolf Refining, has announced that it has concluded a license

April 27, 2011 Read Full Article

On Becoming an Algae Entrepreneur in Australia

by Stephen Bedford Clark  (Algae Industry Magazine)   My introduction to algaculture began as a young Mining Engineer in Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom. It was fueled by my hobby and passion for raising aquarium fish, the delicate larvae requiring

April 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae’s Killer App

by Riggs Eckelberry (OriginOil/Algae Industry Magazine)    Where in the world is the best place for a new algae facility? If you answered, “wherever there’s abundant sunlight for photosynthesis” you’re on the right track. Beyond that, I’d like to offer

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Study: Algae Could Replace 17% of U.S. Oil Imports

(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)  Choosing optimal growing locations limits algal biofuel’s water use High oil prices and environmental and economic security concerns have triggered interest in using algae-derived oils as an alternative to fossil fuels. But growing algae — or any

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil Signs First Major Distribution Deal with Process Partner

(OriginOil)  Global distribution plan extends to product integration, manufacturing and mutual marketing OriginOil, Inc., the developer of breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that a process partner, World Water

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Santa Fe Community College Holds First Algaculture Workshop

by Charles Bensinger  (Algae Industry Magazine)  The Santa Fe Community College held its first Algaculture Seminar and Workshop on April 9th at its new Sustainable Technology Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. SFCC Alternative Fuels Program Director Charles Bensinger teamed

April 13, 2011 Read Full Article

BARD and ABS to Develop Algae Facility in Georgia

(Algae Industry Magazine)  ARD Holding Inc. and Algae Bioenergy Solutions LLC (ABS) have announced a Joint Venture to develop an algae production facility in Augusta, Georgia. Projections are for the site to accommodate a ten million gallon—expandable to 100 million

April 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Aurora Algae A2 Product Portfolio Equals Sustainable Nutrition, Energy and Aquaculture

(Aurora Algae)  Company Announces Availability of A2 Omega-3, Fuel, Protein and Feed Products for Customer Evaluation Aurora Algae today introduced the A2 product portfolio, a series of natural products derived from its proprietary algae platform. The A2 product portfolio is uniquely

April 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Farm Education Affiliation

(MSN.com)  Algae Farm, (Pink Sheets:ALGF), announces that it has signed an Education Affiliation Agreement with Lone Star College System (“LSCS”), Conroe, Texas. The purpose of this agreement is to provide educational experiences for students enrolled in algae related programs in

April 11, 2011 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: CEHMM's Doug Lynn

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Southeastern New Mexico’s Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management, better known as CEHMM, was established in May of 2004 as a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to reducing the impact of hazardous materials on the environment. Somewhat under

April 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Algal Biomass Organization Presents First Annual Algae Industry Leadership Awards to Advocates in U.S. Congress, Navy

(MarketWire/Algal Biomass Organization)   Recipients' Support of Algae Critical to Accelerating Industry's Growth and Reducing Major Barriers to Commercialization The Algal Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, presented its first annual Algae Industry Leadership Awards to United

April 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Economics, Physics Are Roadblocks for Mass-Scale Algae Biodiesel Production, Study Finds

(EurekAlert/Kansas State University)  "Fossil fuels are limited, and since we can't use more than what Earth offers, a lot of people are looking for alternative fuel sources like algae," said Peter Pfromm, professor of chemical engineering and member of a

April 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Enabling the Navy's Great Green Fleet

by Louise Poirier (Fuel Magazine/Ethanol and Biofuels News/Hart Energy)   Amid persistent concerns about supplying the enormous energy demands of the United States' armed forces, the military is pursuing alternatives, and the Department of the Navy is leading the way. For

April 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Call for Presenter: Algae Growing, Harvesting and Extraction Technologies Conference May 19, 2011 Fairless Hills, PA

In continuing its efforts to fast-track commercialization of algae production, The National Algae Association's next workshop, May 19, 2011 at BARD HOLDING, will focus on progress in growing, harvesting and extraction methods, along with proven technologies that are ready for

April 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Could Make Biofuel Cheaper than Oil

by Megan Detrie  (The National)  Algae that thrive in sun-drenched wildernesses are an important source of natural nutrition and biofuel. But while most projects have grown algae in closed conditions, there is hope that the open environment of the UAE

April 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Are Genetically Modified Algae a Threat?

by Stephen Lacey (Renewable Energy World)  No one knows. And that's what scares some people. ...Tom Allnut, the senior vice president of R&D at the algae start-up Phycal, believes some of the concerns about engineered algae are valid. Given that algae are

April 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Leveling the Playing Field for Algae-Based Fuels

by Mary Rosenthal (Biofuels Digest/Algal Biomass Organization)  ...Our federal tax policy actually discourages the production of low-carbon, renewable algae-based fuels, including drop-in gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, as well as ethanol, by failing to provide them the same incentives accorded

March 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Top 11 Algae Biofuel and Biochemical Trends From 2011-2020

by Will Thurmond (Renewable Energy World/Emerging Markets Online)  The following article is an excerpt from a technology, investment, and market study titled Algae 2020, Vol 2 (2011 update) from market research firm Emerging Markets Online. The excerpt provides a summary

March 30, 2011 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: USDA's Dr. Rick Barrows

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)    ...Fishmeal is a major source of protein and oil in the fish diet, and is also used heavily in pet foods, as well as for swine and poultry feed. Looking to address the

March 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Argonne Creating Life Cycle Analysis Tools for Algal Biofuels

(Algae Industry Magazine)   ...The objectives of the (Argonne National Laboratories) Algae LCA project include: Assemble a life cycle inventory for algal biofuels Implement an algae life cycle analysis (LCA) Enable and stimulate additional LCA communications The methods chosen to accomplish those objectives are: To

March 28, 2011 Read Full Article

ABO Member Spotlight: Tim Burns, Chief Executive Officer, BioProcess Algae

(Algal Biomass Organization February 25 Newsletter)  ...We are designing, manufacturing and operating systems that enable controlled, economical cultivation of algal biomass using attached growth technology.  We are currently beginning the second phase of a project that utilizes waste products - including

March 25, 2011 Read Full Article

BARD Moves towards Commercial Algae Production

by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine)    Morrisville, Penn.-based BARD Holdings Inc. recently announced its shift from research and development to the commercialization phase of its algae production technology. According to Avery Hong, BARD’s chief global strategist, the company has completed

March 24, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil Announces Breakthrough Innovation to Increase Algae Yield

(OriginOil)  Algae Screen technology protects algae from microscopic predators, integrates with Live Extraction OriginOil, Inc., the developer of breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced Algae Screen™, a process

March 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Airline Industry Last in Line to Sign up for Algae Fuel: Sapphire CEO

by Kerry Reals   (FlightGlobal)   One or two pioneering airlines may begin using jet fuel derived from algae and use it to create a competitive advantage in the nearer term, but the commercial airline industry as a whole will

March 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Boeing and Algae Fuels, a Euro Perspective

(Algae Industry Magazine)  In the aviation biofuels market, as goes Boeing, so goes the industry. Boeing was a founding member of the Algal Biomess Organization (ABO) and is committed to a future of renewable fuels. “Without biofuels we cannot get

March 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae.Tec Opens in Atlanta

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Perth, Australia-based Algae.Tec Ltd. has announced the opening of their Algae Development & Manufacturing Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, where their photo-bioreactor algae growth and harvesting system—termed the McConchie-Stroud System—will serve the international market from an 18,200 square foot fabrication facility. “The Centre

March 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Genifuel Patents Sugar to Heterotrophs to Oil

(Algae Industry Magazine)  ...(P)atent attorney Lawrence B. Ebert notes the first claim of US 7,905,930 issued to Genifuel on March 15, 2011 for “A process for production of biofuels from algae, comprising: a) cultivating an oil-producing algae by promoting sequential

March 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Arizona State University's Dr. Qiang Hu

by David Schwartz   (Algae Industry Magazine)  ...So we drive over to the Arizona State University Algae Farm, at the Polytechnic campus located in Mesa, AZ, and drop in on Dr. Qiang Hu at his Laboratory for Algae Research and

March 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Solazyme Files $100M IPO

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...(C)an the company make oil fast enough to meet the demand and capture all the opportunities? ...“Our proprietary technology transforms a range of low-cost plant-based sugars into high-value oils. Our renewable products can replace or

March 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Highlights of the AquaFUELs Roundtable

(IEA Bioenergy Task 39)  The EU project AquaFUELs intends to establish the state of the art on research, technological development and demonstration activities relevant to producing 2nd generation biofuels from non-food aquatic biomass, including algae. More information on the project

March 14, 2011 Read Full Article

The College of William & Mary’s Algal Fuel Research Program

(Algal Industry Magazine)  Joyce Yang, Technology Manager at U.S. Department of Energy talks to Tyler Suiters about the College of William & Mary’s algal fuel research program and the state of that science as well. Yang says the DOE is funding

March 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Algal Fuel: VG Energy Study Shows Price Parity Possible With Conventional Oil

by Mitchell Anderson (EnergyBoom)  Proprietary technology owned by VG Energy could create algal biofuel at costs competitive with current prices for conventional crude according to a report released by the company this week. The study was authored by John Sheehan, former project manager at

March 14, 2011 Read Full Article

International Energy Agency's Task 39 Publishes 'Algal Biofuels Status and Prospects'

(IEA Bioenergy)  The IEA Bioenergy 2010 Annual Report includes a special feature article 'Algal Biofuels Status and Prospects' prepared by Task 39. The Annual Report also includes a report from the Executive Committee and a detailed progress report on each of

March 10, 2011 Read Full Article

ASA Bans ExxonMobil Biofuel Ad

(RAC)  The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an ExxonMobil advertisement after its claims relating to environmental benefits of using algae to form biofuels were found to be misleading. A complaint was filed by a viewer against the TV ad, featuring

March 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae to Biofuel Plan on Eyre Peninsula

(ABC News)  Farmers in South Australia could soon be producing biofuels on their properties to use in their machinery. Environment engineer Stephen Bedford Clark is setting up an algae-to-biofuel processing plant at Darke Peak on Eyre Peninsula in a bid to

March 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Solazyme, Dow Ink 80 Million Gallon Renewable Oil Order from Algal Platform

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, Solazyme announced today the execution of both a joint development agreement and a letter of intent with Dow Chemical, to use Solazyme’s algal oils in next generation, bio-based dielectric insulating fluids key to

March 10, 2011 Read Full Article

VG Releases Algal Fuel Energy Study

(Algae Industry Magazine) V iral Genetics Energy (VG) has recently announced that it has been able to translate a research discovery related to cancer treatment into a potential breakthrough for biofuels made from algae. According to the company, laboratory experiments

March 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Monsanto Invests in Sapphire; Goes Hunting for Yield Traits in the Wild, Wild Wet

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But let’s take this opportunity to really lock down an understanding of Sapphire. That will help reveal the motivations and opportunities in this deal. But also, in a larger sense, will help clarify the algal

March 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Mind-Bending Microbes

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  New isobutanol-producing and protein-munching microbes from UCLA remind us that biofuels remain in the anything-but-static, eye-popping era of their development. The Digest’s “mind-bending breakthrough” in-basket is overflowing this week with advances in the fermentation of protein

March 08, 2011 Read Full Article

European Biofuels Technology Platform Adds Reports to Library

(European Biofuels Technology Platform)  The mission of the European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP) is to contribute to the development of cost-competitive, world-class biofuels technologies, to the creation of a healthy biofuels industry and to accelerate the deployment of sustainable biofuels

March 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Peak Phosphorus: Is There Enough for Biofuels at Scale?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Forget water or oil, we’ll run out of phosphorus first, say some. Will that spell “doom” for biofuels as usual? ...It’s phosphorus. Environmentalists and the scientific community have been warning for the past two years that

March 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Algstralia: the Land of Gold from Green

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Solazyme teaming up with Qantas for a renewable jet fuel project. A Dunaliella salina plant at Hutt Lagoon in Western Australia, co-developed by Murdoch University. The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), which has

March 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Industry Magazine Interview: Algenol's CEO, Paul Woods

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)   "The conclusions from the Aquatic Species Program are not correct,” says Algenol CEO Paul Woods, taking issue with the 1980’s assessment that photobioreactors cannot be a cost effective means for biofuel creation. He

March 01, 2011 Read Full Article

The Brew Barons: Masters of Advanced Fermentation, Driving the Redefinition of Biofuels: Pt 1

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Is there enough energy, food, fiber and feed for all? Advances in industrial fermentation – a/k/a an incredulous “you’re making what? from what? using what? – will be the key to answering that question. The stars of this drama

March 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Diversified Technologies' PEF Pre-Treatment of Algae for Oil Extraction to Help Biorefineries Cut Costs

(MarketWire)  Diversified Technologies, Inc. has introduced a low-cost process (patent pending) for the pre-treatment of algae using pulsed electric field (PEF) technology to streamline the extraction of oils from algal cells early in the biorefining process. The Diversified Technologies' PEF Pre-Treatment of Algae

February 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Alltech Cuts the Ribbon on Opportunity at $200 Million Algae Facility in Kentucky

(Alltech)  Alltech, a global leader in natural animal nutrition, cut the ribbon on its $200 million Alltech Algae plant in Winchester, Kentucky. Alltech Algae is a state-of-the-art algae fermentation facility that was acquired in 2010 from Martek Bioscience Corporation for approximately

February 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Raptor Reveals Algae-Based Jet Fuel Project

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Raptor Technology Group, Inc., of Groveland, FL, has announced their involvement in an advanced algae-based jet fuel project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), part of the Department of Defense. The goal of the project

February 27, 2011 Read Full Article

One Dozen Algal Biofuels Companies, Three Strategies, Will Reach Commercial Scale

by Will Thurmond (Emerging Markets Online/Biofuels Digest)  ...Digest columnist Will Thurmond released Algae 2020, Vol. 2  highlighting why some algae companies will be winners and some will be losers bringing their product from pilot to commercial scale from 2011-2020. ...The study

February 23, 2011 Read Full Article

ROI, Not IOU: Why Federal Investments in Energy Technologies Will Grow Our Economy

by Mary Rosenthal (Algal Biomass Organization/Biofuels Digest)  ...(T)argeted investments in clean energy technologies like advanced biofuels, including those derived from algae, will grow our country’s economy, foster the creation of new industries, create tens of thousands of jobs in the

February 23, 2011 Read Full Article

The Green Machine: Algae Clean Wastewater, Convert to Biodiesel

by Susan Gawlowicz  (Rochester Institute of Technology)  ...Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing biodiesel from microalgae grown in wastewater. The project is doubly “green” because algae consume nitrates and phosphates and reduce bacteria and toxins in the water.

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

W2 Energy Begins Construction of 2nd Generation SunFilter Algae Bioreactor

(W2 Energy, Inc./MarketWire)  W2 Energy, Inc., is pleased to announce that the SunFilter algae bioreactor has been up and running successfully for over 15 months, growing algae on a steady diet of air and carbon dioxide. W2 Energy has designed a

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

UK's Carbon Trust Funding Cut by 40%

by Damian Carrington  (The Guardian)  Cuts to the government's low-carbon agency will cancel grants to biofuel projects and cause dozens of redundancies The government's leading low-carbon agency has had its funding cut by 40%, causing the cancellation of grants to a major

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...From the low points like the closure of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Aquatic Species Program to highs like 2009′s “Summer of Algae”, aquatic organisms from cyanobacteria to macroalgae have maintained a hold

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Solazyme, Qantas Sign Aviation Biofuels Development Partnership

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Solazyme announced that it has begun a collaboration with Qantas, to pursue the potential for commercial production of Solazyme’s microbial derived aviation fuel, Solajet, in Australia. This represents the first collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Arizona Would Be Perfect Place to Farm Algae for Biofuel, Experts Say

by Tara Alatorre   (Cronkite News)  ...Bruce Rittman, director of the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, said in a telephone interview that he thinks the technology needed to mass-produce algae probably is more like

February 18, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil to Help Mexico Industrialize its Algae Production

(OriginOil)  Government-funded ‘Manhattan Project’ to pursue aggressive national jet fuels goal OriginOil, Inc., the developer of breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, has agreed to participate in a pilot scale

February 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Solar Acquisition Corp. Signs MOU With Global Natural Energy to Form Bio-Fuel Subsidiary

(MarketWire)  GNE-USA Will Have Exclusive US Rights to Breakthrough Bio-Diesel Technology Solar Acquisition Corp. and Global Natural Energy Cyprus Ltd today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture, GNE USA, to produce algae-based bio-diesel

February 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Editorial: Florida Should Be a Leader in Biofuels

If any state should be leading the way in biofuels development, it’s Florida. With abundant sunshine, a long growing season, and plentiful waste from agriculture and from a big human population, the possibilities are obvious for refining biological materials, including algae,

February 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Gevo Raises $107 Million in IPO; Solazyme Next? Butamax Boogieing to Brazil?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Highlights from the road show, according to our Digest spies. The company (Gevo) is touting that it will cost $40-45 million for each conversion of an existing ethanol facility to the production of biobutanol. The

February 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Tagging the Most Promising Feedstocks for Biofuels

by Cole Gustafson (Western Farm Press/North Dakota State University Extension Service)  A USDA-funded study is developing new pricing and trading standards for cellulosic biomass feedstocks. A first step in the study is to identify the most promising feedstocks and the

February 07, 2011 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: Ben Cloud, CEO, Phyco Biosciences

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Ben Cloud had a radical idea. Coming from an agricultural background that included 17 years as president and CEO of Western Agri-Group—a diversified farming enterprise comprising 4500 acres and 250 employees producing, packing and shipping dates, cotton,

February 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Algal Biomass Organization's Response to EPA's "Biofuels and the Environment: First Triennial Report to Congress"

(Algal Biomass Organization)  We support the EPA's effort to quantify the potential for algal biomass to serve as a long term, viable option for low carbon fuel and the potential environmental impacts of algae-to-fuel technologies. The authors of the study focused

February 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Vinod Khosla on Biofuel Feedstocks

by Vinod Khosla  (GreenTechMedia)  Imagination is in shortest supply when it comes to agronomic econometrics that extrapolate the past instead of inventing a new future. Part II:  Feedstock. Feedstock cost, environmental impact and even its politics are critical variables. With each

February 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Grown in Pecos for Fuel

by Geoff Folsom (OAOA.com)  Icicles drip from the paddlewheel in the only one of the three 12th-of-an-acre algae ponds at Texas A&M University’s Pecos Research Center that’s operating this January morning. Not much is happening in the other six, smaller ponds

February 05, 2011 Read Full Article

BA, Rolls-Royce Ramp Up Biofuel Effort

by Robert Wall (Aviation Week)  British Airways and Rolls-Royce will begin work on validating 10 different alternative fuel programs this year, with the hope of completing work on the initiative by early 2012. The two last year launched a new call

February 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae: The Future of Fuel

(Canadian Broadcasting Company)  ...Algae : The Future of Fuel is a half hour documentary that reveals the global search that is underway to develop a renewable energy source from an unlikely source: algae. The film explores the ground breaking research

February 05, 2011 Read Full Article

European Algae Biomass Association Forms

(Algae Industry Magazine)  he European Algae Biomass Association will be officially launched during the first EABA Conference: General Assembly, to be held June 3-4 in Florence, Italy. The University of Florence and the European Biodiesel Board, together with number of

February 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Algaeventure Awarded Loan for Algae Dewatering Systems

Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  Algaeventure Systems Inc. has been awarded a $1.5 million loan from the Ohio development department’s R&D investment loan fund to support the purchase of machinery and equipment to manufacture its algae dewatering systems. The $2.5 million

February 04, 2011 Read Full Article

BioJet Receives $1.2 Billion Funding Facility

(BioJet International Ltd.)  BioJet International Ltd.  announced that it has received a US $1.2 Billion funding facility from Cayman based Equity Partners Fund SPC. The funding structure is a 3 year facility, further terms of the funding were not disclosed. BioJet

February 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Israel’s Ben-Gurion University Begins Algae Research with Thailand’s PTT

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the PTT Chemical Public Company Ltd. in Thailand have signed a research and development collaboration agreement for commercial development of BGU’s proprietary green algae strain. The agreement is for

February 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Project Advances at Green Plains Renewable Energy Plant

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  BioProcess Algae LLC has begun operating commercial-scale algae bioreactors at Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.’s 65 MMgy ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa. The project is a joint venture among GPRE, BioProcessH20 LLC, a division

February 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Harvesting No Problem for Kent Bioenergy

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...Kent Bioenergy has been harvesting algae for years, as part of their aquaculture business that dates back the the 1970s. The original company needed to learn how to clean the water used for fish farms and

February 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Regents Give LSU AgCenter 5-year Extension on Biofuels Institute

(Louisiana State University)  The LSU AgCenter has received a five-year extension from the Louisiana Board of Regents to continue with the establishment of the Louisiana Institute for Biofuels and Bioprocessing. “We appreciate the vote of confidence,” said John Russin, LSU AgCenter interim

February 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Project Eyes Algae for Biofuel

by Lori Shull (Watertown Daily Times)  Algae could, one day, save the Development Authority of the North Country money on its power bills. The agency is teaming up with a group of researchers from Clarkson University to find out whether wastewater

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Shell Exits Algae as It Commences “Year of Choices”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Last week [after previously exiting their investment in Choren, a Fischer-Tropsch technology based in Germany]  Shell announced that it will will exit its shareholding in Cellana, a joint venture between Shell and HR Biopetroleum. Today,

January 31, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil Lands First Order for Industrial Scale Algae Oil Extraction System

(OriginOil)  Owner of three ‘CO2 to energy’ projects will pilot extraction unit at large coal-fired power plant OriginOil, Inc., the developer of breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article
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