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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

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

New Process for Production of Biodiesel Directly From Wet Algal Biomass Could Reduce Energy and Financial Costs

(Green Car Congress/FavStocks)  Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed and demonstrated the feasibility of a two-step hydrolysis-solvolysis process to produce biodiesel directly from wet algal biomass. Their process eliminates the need for biomass drying, organic solvent extraction, and

September 01, 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

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

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

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

August 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Company to Demonstrate Ethanol Extraction in Woodbine

by Ben Leach  (Press of Atlantic City)  A multimillion-dollar ethanol plant is planned for a former landfill site, but members of the community can get a sneak peak of the technology in action next week. Garden State Ethanol will demonstrate extracting the

August 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Deadline Set for Logan Cleanup / Biofuel May Be Answer to Sewage Lagoon Algae Woes

(Standard-Examiner)    Utah environmental regulators have set a seven-year deadline for Logan officials to cut the amount of phosphorus in sewage lagoons west of the city. Water from the lagoons discharges into Cutler Reservoir. Phosphorous fuels algae blooms that produce oxygen during the day,

August 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Another Brick in the (Blend) Wall: Key Thresholds and Barriers for Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But even were the US EPA to approve E15 ethanol blending, there are some other significant walls and thresholds to keep in mind. Here are the Digest’s Top 10. 1. The $60 oil parity wall.  At the

August 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Fuel Effort Grows: Tulsa University Students Researching Alternatives

by Rod Walton   (Tulsa World)  ..."I got into it because of the potential with algae," said Geoffrey Price, professor, department chairman and part of the research team. "It's because they take in sunlight more efficiently than other plants." Price and his

August 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Industrial Production Algal Biodiesel Feasible within a Half Decade

(Wageningen University/Science Daily)   Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production by a factor of

August 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae – Will Bulls or Bears rule?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...A significant number of voices in the community continue to caution that algal biofuels are 10 years away, or likely to arrive at commercial scale only in the waning years of the existing Renewable Fuel

August 16, 2010 Read Full Article

LakeMaster Building Algae-to-Biofuel System

by Joseph Holroyd  (Algae Industry Magazine)  LakeMaster Corporation, a clean energy technology company headquartered in Rochester, New York, is engaged in the development and commercialization of a proprietary algal to biofuel system that captures carbon dioxide. The company recently filed for

August 13, 2010 Read Full Article

The AIM Interview: OriginOil’s Brian Goodall

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)   ... “I’ve always wanted to work on things that are really important, at least to the company where I’m working and, ideally, beyond that. I don’t mind how big the challenge is or how hard

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

PetroAlgae Files for $200M IPO; Goldman, UBS, Citi, Piper Jaffray Underwriting

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The announcement was greeted with a hilariously inaccurate story in the New York Times, which apparently confused PetroAlgae’s technology with the OMEGA project developed by NASA (NASA proposed to grow algae in sealed bags floating

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

What’s “New and Cool” in the World of Algal Fuel Development

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...On the microcrop, bacterial and algael research front. Lemna... The Archaea... Electricity from Waste via microbes...   READ MORE

August 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Solazyme Takes Lead in Race for Commercialized Algal Oil; Raises $52M for Algal Fuel Expansion

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Solazyme, which was ranked #1 in the 2009-10 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” by Biofuels Digest readers and selectors, announced that it has raised $52 million in its Series D financing round.... In addition to its

August 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Gulf Disaster Renews Interest in Biofuel Technology

by Patrick Peterson (Florida Today)  Even as last of BP oil spilled on the Gulf Coast dissipates, interest in Florida's biofuel industry piqued by the spill may linger, and even grow. For the moment certainly, biofuels such as ethanol and algae-derived diesel

August 09, 2010 Read Full Article

NSF Grant to NC State U. for Algae Biofuel from Dunaliella

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Dr. William L. Roberts, a professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, and his colleagues, four biologists and three engineers, are working on ways to produce and extract lipids from

August 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Biofuel Grown in Bioreactors Has 3.7x the Carbon Footprint of Petro-Diesel: Study

by Matthew McDermott (Treehugger)  ...According to Anna Stephenson from the University of Cambridge, when algae is grown in clear-tubed bioreactors the energy required to move the algae around so that it gets enough sunlight means that per megajoule equivalent of

August 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Pennsylvania Pursues Alternative Fuel JV

(Algae Industry Magazine)  The Raytheon Co., Accelergy Corp. of Houston, TX, and A2BE Carbon Capture LLC/Algae at Work, of Boulder, CO have formed a joint venture to develop a technology to gasify algae mixed with coal and/or coal waste into a

August 03, 2010 Read Full Article

OriginOil Announces Revenue from First Customer

(OriginOil)  Shipment of OriginOil Quantum Fracturing System to MBD Energy Triggers Payment 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 recently

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Researchers Work to Fill Biofuel Gap

by Ashley Bray (Minnesota Daily)  The University (of Minnesota)’s Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering is working to develop sustainable, domestic biomass solutions. ...The University’s Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering — a division of the College of Food, Agricultural and

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

The AIM Interview: LANL’s José Olivares

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)  National security is at the root of the nearly seventy-year old Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the world’s leading scientific research institutions. While originally organized for a single purpose: to design and build the

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Rosetta Green and Seambiotic to Collaborate for Algal Biofuel

(Algae Industry Magazine)   Rosetta Green, a company specializing in the identification of unique genes in plants and algae for the cleantech and plant biotech industries, and Seambiotic, a company specializing in the growth of algae at industrial scale, have announced that

July 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Exploring Algae as Fuel

by Andrew Pollack  (New York Times)  ...“We’ve probably engineered over 4,000 strains,” said Mike Mendez, a co-founder and vice president for technology at Sapphire Energy, the owner of the laboratory. “My whole goal here at Sapphire is to domesticate algae,

July 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Green Plains Renewable Energy Moves on Algae, Corn Oil Extraction

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. is moving to Phase II with its algae project at one plant and planning to install corn oil extraction technology at all six of its ethanol plants. On July 20,

July 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewergy Develops Aeroponic Algal System

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Renewergy Corporation, of Erie, PA, has begun cultivating algae with its patent pending Aeroponic Algal Culture system at the Erie Wastewater Treatment Facility. The system is designed to encourage and enhance the growth of naturally occurring algae with nutrients from the

July 24, 2010 Read Full Article

New Development in the Algae Field Could Lead to the ‘Holy Grail’ of Hydrogen Production

by Jonathan Williams  (Algae Industry Magazine)   ...(O)one of the major roadblocks on the road to a hydrogen economy is the cost to produce hydrogen. If hydrogen is to become a viable fuel source, it will need to be produced cheaply.

July 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Secretary Chu Announces Six Projects to Convert Captured CO2 Emissions from Industrial Sources into Useful Products

(US Department of Energy)  $106 Million Recovery Act Investment will Reduce CO2 Emissions and Mitigate Climate Change U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selections of six projects that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions

July 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Airframers Step Up Biofuel Efforts ahead of Farnborough

(FlightGlobal)  In the run-up to Farnborough both of the major commercial airframers have launched new initiatives aimed at bringing the prospect of a low-carbon, biofuel-powered aviation industry closer to reality, amid a sharpening awareness of the urgent need for investment

July 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Aviation Industry Harnesses Algae for Biofuel

by Gerald Traufetter  (Der Spiegel)  There are plans within the aviation industry to replace kerosene with biofuel derived from algae. The new fuel comes with a surprising benefit: Planes will be able to fly farther on the same amount of

July 19, 2010 Read Full Article

AIM Interview: Dr. Russell Chapman

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)  Dr. Russell Chapman, Executive Director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in San Diego, takes great joy in sharing his passion for algae with his students.

July 15, 2010 Read Full Article

DOE and Salk Researchers Study Volvox Genome

(Algae Industry Magazine)  ...One contribution that may inform biofuels research is reported in the July 9 issue of Science, where researchers led by the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Salk Institute presented the 138 million nucleotide genome of

July 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Biojet Fuel from Algae – Unitel’s New Technology Overcomes a Major Problem Facing the Algal Biofuels Industry

(BusinessWire.com)  Process eliminates the energy intensive and costly oil extraction step. Unitel Technologies, Inc. announced that the company has filed a patent application for a new technology for making biofuels from microalgae. The process involves minimal dewatering, and completely bypasses the

July 12, 2010 Read Full Article

OriginOil Announces Breakthrough Hydrogen Harvester Invention

(OriginOil)  New technology taps hydrogen generated by living algae. OriginOil, Inc. , the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, July 8, 2010, announced a new invention that generates

July 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Researcher Sees Algae as Key to Green Energy Future

by Jeffrey Tomich  (StLToday.com)  ...The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur has emerged as a hub for algae-to-biofuel research thanks to millions of dollars in donations and grants, including a $25 million gift from local billionaire Jack Taylor that

July 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Benchtop Biofuels: Fine-Tuning Growth Conditions Helps Cyanobacteria Flourish

by Richard Harth (Arizona State University)  Cyanobacteria are among the oldest living forms in nature, responsible for generating the atmospheric oxygen we breathe today. Now Hyun Woo Kim and Raveender Vannela, researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University

July 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Collegiate Scholarship

With an eye toward young water-process and civil engineering, talent leading the future development of the algae biofuel and biomass industry, the National Algae Association and Algae Industry Magazine.com are collaborating to produce, sponsor and host a collegiate scholarship that

July 07, 2010 Read Full Article

ABO Recommends Three Key Changes to USDA Biorefinery Assistance Program

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Among the changes proposed by the (Algal Biomass Organization) were: providing more flexible revenue requirements for qualifying under the program, including allowing consideration of co-product, or chemicals sales as part of revenue floors; increasing the

July 07, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Aviation Fuel

(Compact Contractors for America/YouTube/Algae Industry Magazine)  The Dry Process Bio Jet Fuel from Algae utilizes raw algae for fuel for any aircraft or land based turbine. This methodology uses a variety of algae biomass to create a powdered turbine fuel.

July 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Releases National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap

(US Department of Energy)  Despite algae's potential, many technical and economic challenges must be overcome for algal biofuels to be commercialized. To identify these hurdles and guide research and development activities, DOE convened the National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap Workshop, bringing together

June 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Announces $24 Million for Algal Biofuels Research

(US Department of Energy)  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced June 28, 2010, the investment of up to $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialization of algae-based biofuels. The selections will support the development of a

June 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Energy of the Future? It’s Green and Slimy

by Penni Crabtree  (SignOnSanDiego.com)  Algae’s potential vast, but the cost so far is immense. ...Scientists agree that the science to turn algae into fuel has arrived. It’s just the economics that remain elusive. “We all complain about the price of gas, but

June 29, 2010 Read Full Article

EADS Undertakes First Aircraft Flight Powered by Algae-Derived Biofuel and Signs Brazilian Production Venture

(GreenAirOnline)  The first public flights of an aircraft with an engine fully powered by algae-derived biofuel took place last week during the ILA Air Show in Berlin. The demonstration flights of a twin-engined Diamond DA42 NG light aircraft was undertaken

June 29, 2010 Read Full Article

University of Toledo to Add $1M Facility for Algae Biofuel work

(Toledo Blade)  By early next year, the University of Toledo's Scott Park Campus for Energy and Innovation will be home to a nearly $1 million facility to research and develop algae biofuels in hopes of accelerating the alternative fuel's commercialization. Ohio University,

June 29, 2010 Read Full Article

First Commercial-Scale Algae Production Incubator

(National Algae Association)  The National Algae Association, a 501(3)6 non-profit association, located in The Woodlands, Texas is starting a new algae production incubator to help lower the cost and risks in the algae production industry. It will be the first commercial-scale algae production

June 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Using Carbon to Fight Carbon

by Janneke Pieters (REnewable Energy World)  ...CO2 — along with sunlight and water — is needed to grow algae, which can in turn produce oil, otherwise known as “oilgae” or “green crude.” While in its nascent stages, the “oilgae” industry

June 24, 2010 Read Full Article

NASA Boss Investigated for Possible Conflict of Interest on Biofuel Project

by Robert Block and Mark K. Matthews (Orlando Sentinel)  Charlie Bolden asked Marathon Oil for its opinion on Project OMEGA — but he has financial interest in Marathon, which has a competing project. While millions of barrels of spilled oil choke the

June 21, 2010 Read Full Article

AIM Interview: National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Al Darzins

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)  ... I’ve heard a lot of people say that developing algal biofuels is just an engineering issue, that is, all we have to do is engineer more efficient growth ponds and cost effective harvesting and

June 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Microbes Reprogrammed to Ooze Oil for Renewable Biofuel

(Science Daily)  Using genetic sleight of hand, researcher Xinyao Liu and professor Roy Curtiss at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have coaxed photosynthetic microbes to secrete oil -- bypassing energy and cost barriers that have hampered green biofuel production. ..."The real

June 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae BioReactor Project Wins National K-12 School Science Competition

(Algae Industry Magazine)   Richard Ira and Brian Niguidula, sixth grade students at Scofield Magnet Middle School, in Stamford, CT, won the National Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Award, for their original science project, a Community Algae BioReactor that extracts oil from algae. As they describe

June 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Seaweed Biofuel - How It Can Be Done

(YouTube)  Seaweed biofuel could be the largest renewable energy source of the the 21st century. This video by Mr. Kaare Bækgaard, Designer,  demonstrates how.  WATCH VIDEO

June 09, 2010 Read Full Article

World's First Integrated Algae Bio-Refinery Has Just Opened Near Carlsbad

by Reid Wright (Currrent-Argus, CEHMM)  It takes hundreds of thousands of years for fossil organisms beneath the earth's crust to simmer into crude petroleum. It takes a single day to make 1,000 gallons of crude algae biofuel at a small

June 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Opinion: “BP…We Should Cut to the Chase…Biofuels, Please.”

by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest Asia)  ...We’ve had enough of “tough oil” and the damage caused by leaks, spills and explosions as you risk your lives and ours for the a resource that’s already on the verge of exhaustion and

June 08, 2010 Read Full Article

$5m Research Effort in Nova Scotia to Explore Production of Biofuels from Algae

by Michael Tutton (The Canadian Press, Winnepeg Free Press)  Tiny, slimy East Coast algae could eventually be a viable form of fuel for everything from jets to diesel generators and power a new Canadian industry, research scientists said Friday. Federal scientists

June 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Exxon Explores Algae Biofuels as Alternative Energy

by Jennifer Tan and Seng Li Peng(Reuters)  ...Although oil, coal and natural gas are expected to represent about 80 percent of global energy supply mix through 2030, nuclear and renewable energy such as wind, solar, geothermal and biofuels will play a

June 08, 2010 Read Full Article

EADS Sets First Public Algae-Biofuel Flight At ILA Berlin

by John Morris (Aviation Week)  EADS will make the world’s first public flight of an aircraft with an engine powered solely by third-generation algae-derived biofuel here at ILA. A Diamond DA42 with Austro Engine AE300 diesel powerplants has been flying for a

June 08, 2010 Read Full Article

19 Transformative Algae Technologies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In today’s profile, we look at the world of transformative algae technologies with a focus on this years’ #1 Hottest Company in Bioenergy, Solazyme, and 18 other ventures who have scored “Red Hot” in the 50

June 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Carbon Capture on the Cheap?

by Michael Kanellos  (GreenTech)   It’s a sulfur scrubber, mineral maker and carbon capture machine all in one. Skyonic, which has developed a system for converting smokestack fumes into sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and other minerals, is moving toward commercialization and says that

June 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Exxon Bets $600 Million on Algae Biofuel Despite Doubters

by Kambiz Foroohar  (Bloomberg)  ...In Japan, the U.K. and the U.S., green energy advocates and some well-heeled investors are obsessed with perfecting a way to turn the scum that coats ponds, lakes and fish tanks into a substitute for gasoline,

June 04, 2010 Read Full Article

AIM Interview: Solazyme’s Harrison Dillon

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)  Seven years ago two former college roommates set up shop in a Palo Alto garage, with the mission of becoming the first company to develop commercial algae-based fuel. They built their business plan with the

June 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Time to Turn to Algae-Based Fuel

by Rep. Harry Teague (D-NM) (Politico)  ...It turns out there are two immediate barriers to raising capital for commercial-scale production of algae-based fuel.  The first is a quirk in our tax code that provides tax incentives for cellulosic biofuel production but

June 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Algal Industry Magazine Interview: Algal Biomass Organization’s Mary Rosenthal

by David Schwartz  (Algal Industry Magazine)   ..."Our near term goals are to continue to be the leading voice for the algae industry, to provide our members resources and networking opportunities, such as the 2010 Algae Summit, to grow their businesses

May 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Algal Biomass Organization Publishes Annual Report

by Mary Rosenthal  (Algal Biomass Organization)  It was a great year for algae – and a great year for the Algal Biomass Organization.  In the past 12 months, the algae industry has reached a number of critical milestones: significant federal policy

May 20, 2010 Read Full Article

North Wales Algae Farm Aims to Feed the World

by Andrew Forgrave (Daily Post North Wales)  Waste food and even cow slurry could be used to feed the world using a farm-scale process being pioneered in North Wales. Start-up company Merlin Biodevelopments has devised a new way of growing protein-rich

May 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Electronic Waste Produces Algae for Biofuel

by Aniqa Hasan  (Discovery News)  Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created Bio-Grow, a device made from various computer parts that serves as a reservoir to cultivate algae. The algae can then be used in biodiesel production, which could potentially

May 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Profit Margin: Algae-to-Biofuel Venture Says It's Solved Industry-Vexing Puzzles

by Steve Clark (The Brownsville Herald)  ...Brad Bartilson, Photon8’s president and CEO, says the Traveling Wave Tube technology boosts algae growth by 500 percent, representing a major advance in the profitable conversion of algae to biofuel — "profitable" being the key

May 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Alltech to Create Large Algae Farm in Kentucky

(Kentucky.com)  Alltech President Pearse Lyons said Monday that his company will announce in August the creation of a large algae factory in Kentucky to make bio-fuel and research new approaches for mitigating climate change. Lyons declined to give the location or other

May 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Shell Says Share of Renewables in Transport Fuel Set to Double

by Eduard Gismatullin  (Bloomberg Business Week)   Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, expects the share of renewable energy in transport fuels worldwide to double over the next 10 years. The portion of renewables is already approaching 10 percent because of

May 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae: A Mean, Green Cleaning Machine

by Ann Perry  (USDA ARS)  ...Agricultural Research Service microbiologist Walter Mulbry has been finding out there’s more to algae than just stringy masses that muck up streams and ponds. Though some scientists believe algae might be the next best thing

May 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Construction Complete on Commercial-Scale Photobioreactor Demo for Algae Production

(National Algae Association)   The National Algae Association is pleased to announce that construction has been completed on a commercial-scale photobioreactor (PBR) demo located at Lone Star College in The Woodlands, Texas. “Thanks to donations of materials, time and effort by

May 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Seaweed-Based Biofuel Farm to Rise in Aurora

by Manny Galvez  (The Philippean Star)  The government plans to develop a $5-million (P220-million) ethanol farm at a 100-hectare site in the province using the Korean technology of extracting ethanol from seaweed. Sen. Edgardo Angara told The STAR that the Department of

May 12, 2010 Read Full Article

A Sea Change For Biofuels
: Peak Oil, Fresh Water Shortages, and Food Challenges Are Driving Innovations in Aquatic Feedstocks



by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest)  As we enter a new decade in 2010, leagues of prescient scientists , businessmen, politicians, commodity traders, defense hawks, activists, NGOs and social entrepreneurs are taking on future challenges by invoking ancient wisdom. Necessity is

May 12, 2010 Read Full Article

An Interview with Chris Cassidy, Business and Renewable Energy Advisor to the USDA

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)  ...When we look at the markets, it will come down to transportation as the deal killer on biofuels, including algae. The longer the distance from the production site to the processing site and to

May 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Layered Algae Ponds Improve Biofuel Yield

(ChemInfo)  OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae into a true competitor to petroleum, May 4, 2010, announced a breakthrough direct-solar growth design that uses growth layers to harness the sun’s energy more effectively than existing pond systems,

May 11, 2010 Read Full Article

The AIM Interview: Dr. John Benemann

by David Schwartz (AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com)  As pioneers go, in the modern business of algae biofuels and co-products, possibly no one has built a longer record of accomplishment than Dr. John Benemann. Involved in algae biofuels and related research since the early seventies,

May 07, 2010 Read Full Article

The Best Peak Oil Investments, Part V: Algae

by Tom Konrad (RenewableEnergyWorld.com)  There are many proposed solutions to the liquid fuels scarcity caused be stagnating (and eventually falling) oil supplies combined with growing demand in emerging economies. Some will be good investments, others won't. Here is where I'm putting

May 07, 2010 Read Full Article

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Advance American Biofuels

U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Mark Schauer (D-MI) and Brian Bilbray (R-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation yesterday that will encourage the next generation of biofuels or fuels made from living things such as plants and algae.   The GREEN JOB (Grow Renewable Energy

May 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Industry Magazine Interview: National Algae Association’s Barry Cohen

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)  Since forming the National Algae Association over two years ago, Barry has concentrated on creating and establishing strong working relationships with what he calls “algaepreneurs” throughout the U.S. Starting the NAA was a direct result

April 23, 2010 Read Full Article

University of Michigan Pressure-Cooking Algae Into Better Biofuel

(Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report)   Heating and squishing microalgae in a pressure-cooker can fast-forward the crude-oil-making process from millennia to minutes. University of Michigan professors are working to understand and improve this procedure in an effort to speed up development

April 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Scientists Try Algae ‘Alchemy’ to Grow Oil in Paddies

by Shigeru Sato and Yuji Okada (Bloomberg Business Week)  As Japan’s rice fields turn fallow and its farming communities decline, a new army of workers is preparing to make the countryside fertile again. This time the crop is motor fuel and

April 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Re-Engineering Algae for Biodiesel Production

by Green Liver (Imperial Valley News)  A Purdue University researcher will lead a portion of a federally funded effort based at Iowa State University aimed at creating genetically engineered algae for environmentally friendly biodiesel production.  Currently, hydrocarbon fuels such as diesel

April 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Scientists Developing Algae as Renewable Energy Source

by Loretta Sorensen (Farm & Ranch Guide)  ...“There are numerous benefits to extracting oil from algae,” said Todd Hylden, vice president of marketing and investor relations for Energae LP. “I'm a farm boy from North Dakota and have no axe to

April 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Direct Production of Biodiesel from the Fungus M. circinelloides; Opportunity to Enhance Yield with Genetic Engineering

(Green Car Congress)  Researchers in Spain have demonstrated the direct transformation of biomass consisting of the fungus M. circinelloides into biodiesel compliant with ASTM D6751 and EN14213 and 14214 standards. A paper on their work was published online 2 April

April 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Mark Edwards & Algae Industry Magazine Launch Algae 101 Online

2009’s Best Science Book award winner, Mark Edwards, will begin a 20-part primer in understanding the basics and current state of algae biofuels to appear in www.algaeindustrymagazine.com. The series begins Thursday, April 15, and a new installment will be posted

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

From Hype to Reality – Not All Algae Are Created Equally: Solazyme Defies Skeptics on Its Rapid Path toward Commercialization

by Joshua Kagan (GreenTechMedia)  Algae biofuels are often considered one of those technologies --- like hydrogen fuel cells --- that are always "ten years away."  Well, one company says it might have just cracked the code and could be supplying

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Honeywell's UOP and Indian Oil Corp. to Collaborate on Biofuels Project in India

Companies would evaluate non-food Indian feedstocks for the production of green diesel and green jet fuels as well as the development of renewable power applications from biomass waste. UOP, a Honeywell company, announced March 31, 2010, that it signed a memorandum

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Construction Complete on Commercial-Scale Photobioreactor Demo for Algae Production

National Algae Association is pleased to announce that construction has been completed on a commercial-scale photobioreactor (PBR) demo located at Lone Star College in The Woodlands, Texas. “Thanks to donations of materials, time and effort by Ed Baker, Harvel Plastics,

April 05, 2010 Read Full Article

For The First Time, Researchers Harvest Raw Electric Current Directly From Algae

(Popular Science) ...But a collaboration of Korean and Californian researchers wanted to take raw electricity directly from algae themselves by harvesting electrons. Using the common Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a test subject, the researchers applied what's known as an overvoltage -- a

April 05, 2010 Read Full Article

Microbes Reprogrammed to Ooze Oil for Renewable Biofuel

(Physorg.com)  Using genetic sleight of hand, researcher Xinyao Liu and professor Roy Curtiss at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have coaxed photosynthetic microbes to secrete oil—bypassing energy and cost barriers that have hampered green biofuel production. Their results appear in

April 05, 2010 Read Full Article

Merrimack High School Biodiesel Crew Wants to Turn Algae into Energy

by Karen Lovett (Nashua Telegraph)  ...Closer to home, the Merrimack Biodiesel Crew has also been experimenting with algae, growing different types in flasks on a science lab windowsill. Now, the crew hopes to expand its operation – and host other environmentally

April 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Uiversity of Nebraska at Lincoln Team Looks to Tap Algae for Energy

by Kevin Abourzk (Lincoln Journal Star) But algae?  A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers is working to extract oil from that sticky green stuff that gums up boat motors and fishing lines. Then they'll study the feasibility of using it

March 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Solazyme and Unilever Partner to Bring Algal Renewable Oil to Personal Care Products

Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company, has signed a research and development agreement with Unilever to develop oil derived from algae for use in soaps and other personal care products. The agreement follows the culmination of a yearlong

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

OriginOil Announces Initiative to Make Jet Fuel from Waste Using Algae

OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, March 24, 2010, announced the formation of an industry working group to develop jet fuel from algae

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

CO2-Eating Algae Turns Cement Maker Green

by Tyler Hamilton (TheStar.com)  A mixture of hot gas rises out of a flue stack at the St. Marys Cement plant about 50 kilometres west of Waterloo. But not all the CO2-rich exhaust is vented to the open air. Some is redirected

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

EADS Backs Algae As Future Biofuel

by Graham Warwick (Aviation Week)  Airbus parent company EADS is backing algae as the best source of sustainable jet fuel, arguing that other feedstocks will not allow the airline industry to meet its carbon-footprint reduction goals. EADS Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

UK Looks to Produce 70bn Litres of Biofuel a Year from Pondlife

(clickgreen) The Carbon Trust has announced plans to take on the world in the global race to develop a sustainable, cost-effective biofuel from algae. The "dream team" of eleven leading UK institutions was unveiled who will work together with the Carbon

March 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Microalgae Research Advances towards Biodiesel Production

(FIS)  A team of researchers at the National Technological University of Mar del Plata (UTN) is working on a research project to produce biodiesel from marine microalgae, with the aim of developing economically viable and environmentally sustainable processes. The group already

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “If Policymakers Thought This Is a CO2 Sequestration Approach…We Would Be Entirely Screwed.”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Jack Oswald, CEO, SynGest: “One of the things worth pointing out about most algae approaches, is that they rely on large sources of CO2.  These will come from our existing fossil fuel sources such as

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Craig Venter: Without Scale, Algae Fuel Companies “Playing”

by Katie Fehrenbacher (Earth2Tech)  Craig Venter, considered to be the father of genomics and the founder of synthetic biology startup Synthetic Genomics, said there’s a fundamental problem with algae fuel at the Wall Street Journal’s Eco:nomics conference on Thursday: in

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

OriginOil CEO Presents on Algae Extraction Methods, Algae Oil Production

by Riggs Eckelberry (Origin Oil)  In his presentation at the World Biofuels Markets conference March 2010 in The Netherlands, Eckelberry reviewed current industry approaches to extraction and harvesting in depth. These approaches typically require high capital investment, heavy energy usage,

March 17, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Government Awards DuPont, Partners with Technology Investment Agreement for Macroalgae-to-Biobutanol Research

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a Technology Investment Agreement to DuPont for the development of a process to convert sugars produced by macroalgae into next-generation biofuels called isobutanol. Bio Architecture Lab (BAL)

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Industry Magazine Launched

William Laski & David Schwartz, publishers, launched an online magazine addressing the growth and development of the algae biofuels and co-products industry: • its influential personalities • developing technologies • evolving businesses • breakthrough products • important news and timely information  READ MORE

March 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Honeywell's UOP Awarded Funding for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Reuse Through Algae Growth and Biofuel Production

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

March 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Flying High on Algae?

(TodayOnline) Can algae oil be viably converted to kerosene for jet fuel that might one day power the world's aircraft? This is something a new 12-month collaboration between A*Star's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences and global aerospace and defence

March 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Solid Separation, Product Drying and Oil Extraction Opportunities

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

March 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Spring Algae Bloom: an Inside Look at the DOE’s New Algal Fuels Consortium, the NAABB.

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

March 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Honeywell's UOP Awarded Funding for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Reuse Through Algae Growth and Biofuel Production

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

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Stacking Traits in Algae is Focus of Grant to Iowa State University Researcher

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

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Putting In a Good Word for Algae

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

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

New Clear Lake Company Promotes Algae as Biofuel

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

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Co-location Could Make Algae Biofuels Affordable

by Mark Fischetti  (Scientific American)  ...But as more new and established companies examine how to scale up lab processes to commercial levels, scientists and engineers seem to be finding that standalone operations may not be economically viable. Co-locating algae farms

February 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Investment Trends – Advanced Biofuels Insight

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

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae to Solve the Pentagon's Jet Fuel Problem

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

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Hopes to Tap Into Algae as Energy Source

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

February 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae, Brine Shrimp and Tilapia Make Recipe for Biofuel

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

February 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Future Shock: A New Paradigm In Algal Biofuels Technologies

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

February 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Biofuels: From Development to Deployment

by Jim Long (Gabriel Ventures and Aurora Biofuels)  At the January 2010 Pacific West Biomass Conference in Sacramento, California, this presentation focused on comparing the economics of algae's potential productivity for biodiesel to that of sugar-based feedstocks and processes.  Charts of Aurora's process

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

OriginOil Turns Corner to Commercialization, Unveils In-House Pilot System

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

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Rules Change for Algenol, but Lee County's Gamble Could Work

by David Plazas (News-Press)  The Lee County Commissioners on Tuesday changed the rules on doling out economic development incentive money, and maybe that’s a good thing.  We’ll have to see because Algenol Biofuels— which is now getting $10 million of

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Exxon Starts Biofuel Research; Expects Commerical Manufacturing in 8-10 Years

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

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae-Powered Vehicles within Five Years

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

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Growing Green: Bodega Algae and Bigelow Laboratory Collaborate to Develop Algal Biofuel Technology in New England

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

January 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Algal Biomass Organization Questions Accuracy of University of Virginia Algae Life Cycle Study

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

January 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Engineers Find Significant Environmental Impacts with Algae-Based Biofuel, Offer Alternative to Production

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

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Emerges as DOE Feedstock of Choice for Biofuel 2.0

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

January 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Solix Biofuels Signs Agreement With Los Alamos National Laboratory to Develop Algal Oil Extraction Process

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

January 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Cavitation Technologies, Inc., Is Unveiling Renewable Fuel Technology for Algae Oil

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

January 15, 2010 Read Full Article

National Algae Association's Barry Cohen Urges Algae Production Facility Now

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

January 11, 2010 Read Full Article

How Algal Biofuels Lost a Decade in the Race to Replace Oil

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

January 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Scum of Earth Will save Us before ETS Does

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

January 02, 2010 Read Full Article

How Algal Biofuels Lost a Decade in the Race to Replace Oil

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

December 31, 2009 Read Full Article

Clean Algae Biofuel Project Leads World in Productivity

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

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article
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