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Algae Biodiesel Costs 33$ a Gallon

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Although many believe that algae will become one of the chief feedstocks for diesel and even hydrocarbon-like fuels, growing large amounts of algae and then converting the single-celled creatures remains expensive, said experts at the National Biodiesel Conference taking place in San Francisco on Tuesday. Algae biofuel startup Solix, for [...]

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[ More ] February 5th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Cost |

Bionavitas Inc. Grows Algae In Fertllizer Run Off

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Bionavitas Inc. in Redmond, Washington, has a tricked out proposition for growing algae for biofuels. Step one. Find a pond polluted with agricultural fertilizer, and toss in some algae. Problem: Our algae love all the nitrogen in that lake, and they are growing like crazy. But, once the algae covers [...]

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[ More ] February 4th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Cultivation, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Patent Applications for Algae Technologies Increases

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Algae may have finally arrived if the rising number of patent applications for algae technologies is any indication. The growth in algae has been spurred by its potential to provide an abundant and sustainable feedstock for fuels, biomaterials, feed and other products. Major investments in algae technologies have been made [...]

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[ More ] February 4th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Fuel-Research |

Solazyme Differs from its Competitors for its Algae Strains

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Solazyme is most strikingly different from its competitors for the fact that its organisms produce not just transportation fuels, but also other consumer products-a way to diversify their business and leverage high-cost goods against the low price bar set for fuels. Dillon started Solazyme with some colleagues in 2003 , [...]

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[ More ] February 3rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Strains |

Biofuels: The Next Generation – Algae

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The third generation of biofuels comes in the form of the water-based plants known as algae. The ability to transform algae into a biofuel is a burgeoning science, and could hold the future of the biofuel industry, although not without some hurdles to leap over first. The algae oil specialists [...]

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[ More ] February 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae Oil Extraction, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Cultivation |

Aquaflow Refines Crude oil From Algae in Sewage Ponds

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Although only about 200 to 300 has been produced at American process technology company UOP LLC’s Chicago laboratory, Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation’s algae fuel now has an important 12 months ahead, said Aquaflow director Nick Gerritsen. This is an good approach to harness energy from waste. This year the firm will [...]

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[ More ] February 2nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Cultivation-Sewage, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Primafuel, Converting Algae to Green Gasoline

You are at: Oilgae Blog. “Algae can be used to make food, to produce pharmaceuticals, to combat disease and to create plastics,” says Rahul Iyer, a founder of the California-based Primafuel company. “And it can also be used to make low-carbon automotive fuels.” Algae can be made into many useful products, including motor fuels. (Primafuel [...]

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[ More ] February 2nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Cultivation, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Milton Sommerfeld says Algae Commercialization will take 10 Years

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The 40-year veteran ASU professor and algologist has spent more than two decades nurturing the idea of extracting biofuel from algae. “I think it’s going to be one of the alternatives,” Sommerfeld said, standing on a balcony overlooking a plot of land punctuated by giant vats bubbling with the stuff [...]

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[ More ] February 2nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Fuel-Research |

An Old Letter from GreenFuel, But an Interesting One!

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Bumped across a rather old letter from the (then) GreenFuel Technologies CEO Bob Metcalfe. This was written in Jun 2007, but I thought I’d give a link to it because it lays out some interesting things that happened at the algae energy pioneer company. What’s really funny is that the [...]

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[ More ] February 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Cultivation, Algae-Energy-Companies |

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