You are at: Oilgae Blog. If the first generation was corn-based ethanol and the second involves using non-food parts of the corn plant to make ethanol, the third generation, Richard Sayre (who heads a a team of researchers in Creve Coeur) predicts, will be “algal oil” from algae. “There are things you can do with […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The potential of algae as an energy source has a lot of people excited, including Iowa senator Tom Harkin. The potential of algae as an energy source has a lot of people excited, including Iowa senator Tom Harkin. Recently, Harkin was in Shenandoah, Iowa to meet with representatives from Green […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Growing algae is not hard – of course we all know that. But making enough to be competitive with fossil fuel prices has eluded the many companies and researchers betting on algae as a biofuel feedstock. Solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson on Wednesday said that his company will be able to […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. The U of A is studying ways to turn algae into fuel, in Springdale. Now, they wants to bring their knowledge, and testing, to Fayetteville. UA officials like agriculture professor Tom Costello say this is all still in the brianstorming stage, but […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The following is the brief excerpt of an article about the Renewable Energy Group from Biodiesel Magazine (the full article can be read here) Renewable Energy Group of Ames, Iowa, has announced it has technology capable of producing biodiesel from algae oil. The company said it is working with several […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press release. Aug 06, 2008 – Greenbelt Resources Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire 20% of Renewed World Energies, Inc. Renewed World Energies is an algae oil company specializing in a new automation for covered pond harvesting of genetically modified super-algae strains used to produce a non-food based oil […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. A long and interesting oilgae article, with a focus on Sapphire Energy, the green crude company that has been making news last few months… Full report here By the way, have you subscribed to the Oilgae Blog? Nature gave us oil from […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. BOSTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Allied Minds, a seed investment corporation specializing in early stage university business ventures, has partnered with the University of Washington to establish AXI, LLC to commercialize novel technology to develop and create commercially advantageous strains of algae […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Some latest news articles on oil from algae Algae: Biofuel of the future? – University of Virginia researchers have a plan to greatly increase algae oil yields by feeding the algae extra carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas) and organic material like […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Algae fuel idea has been tested at several locations. NRG Energy, a power company based in Princeton, N.J., participated with GreenFuel Technologies Corp. to try out GreenFuel’s proprietary system at a 1,489-net-megawatt, coal-fueled power plant in New Roads, La. NRG spokesman David […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Some interesting points: 1. The airline industry is aggressively pushing for homegrown alternatives to petroleum-based jet fuel to help control a projected $61 billion industrywide fuel expense this year.2. Jet engines can be retrofitted to run on hydrogen, for example. But hydrogen […]