You are at: Oilgae Blog. Here’s an interesting site (and blog) focussed on CO2 sequestration at power plants worldwide. Aptly called Power Plant CCS, it provides the latest updates on CCS at power plants worldwide. Interestingly, it has a special emphasis on researching the newest and novel methods for CCS at these plants. I find […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Hopewell launched the algae demonstration project in November. Until at least September, algae will be used to clean wastewater from nitrogen instead of conventionally engineered solutions. This new technology is a more cost-saving, green approach to nutrient removal, which results in cleaner waters in Virginia’s rivers and in the Chesapeake […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Energy Quest, Inc, an emerging leader in alternative energy and the development and production of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner announced today it is to begin construction on a turn key biomass (Wood Waste) to Power/Algae Energy plant producing 26.8 megawatt (24 net). The plant will consist […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Qatar Airways are trying to develop a biofuel that will enable them to keep on flying and become carbon neutral. The project will be a joint affair between Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park, and Qatar Petroleum. The trio has established the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform which will focus […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Climate change mitigation-related stories were among the top ten most read science stories from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2009. Los Alamos National Laboratory team-up with Solix Biofuels Inc. to use the laboratory’s sound wave technology in optimizing production of algae-based fuel ranked as the seventh leading story for […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The AgCenter announced in mid-December that it had received “conditional approval” from the state Board of Regents to establish the LSU AgCenter Biofuels Research Center, and it now has “one year to get the institute up and running,” said John Russin, associate vice chancellor of the LSU AgCenter. Timber processing […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Meghan Starbuck, an assistant professor of economics at New Mexico State University, is working on a way to turn microalgae, and millions of their tiny, slimy friends, into a successful fuel industry for the state. “Algal biofuel can be refined into a variety of fuels, including gasoline. I would run […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Growdiesel Climate Care Council announces the International Workshop on Algae Biofuel on the 12th & 13th of April 2010 in India.   The workshop is focused on next generation of Biofuels using Algae as a main feedstock. The workshop offers an excellent opportunity for investors, entrepreneurs, Biofuel companies, renewable fuel […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press Release: Proposed Algae Production Certification Program  3 day intensive training course To all Algae Producers, Researchers, Equipment Companies and Economists: The National Algae Association has written the first algae production certification program for the algae industry. Starting in the first quarter of 2010, the NAA will be offering an […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press Release: To all Algae Producers, Researchers, Investment Companies and Team Leaders: Due to the continuing volatility in oil prices, the lack of jobs in the US and the funds already dedicated to research, commercializing the algae industry is now on the fast track. The NAA has challenged the industry […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The article is found interesting as it deals with the negative aspects of biofuels from microalgae. The energy balance which is an essential factor influencing sustainability of biomass production is discussed. It can be determined that at first glance, microalgae appear to be an attractive source of biomass. A more […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Money from the state tech fund is also going to two South Texas businesses. Houston-based ScanTech Sciences, which is developing a food sterilization process through electronic pasteurization, was awarded $2 million. Another $1 million is going to Brownsville-based Photon8 Inc., which is working on producing bio-fuel from algae. The grants […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Endicott Biofuels, LLC, a Houston-based, next-generation biodiesel producer, and TransAlgae, Ltd., an algal biotechnology company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of algae as a potential transportation fuel and renewable chemical feedstock source. TransAlgae’s mission is to develop commercially viable algae strains for a variety of algae […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Fort Collins, Colo.-based Solix Biofuels is producing a steady stream of algae-based biofuel from its six-month old demonstration facility, CEO Doug Henston told the Cleantech Group. Solix, which developed a process using photo-bioreactors to make algae-based biofuel and chemicals, is sending the biofuel to potential partners for testing, Henston said. […]