Carbon capture using algae may not be a new idea, but the idea of using algae to power street lights for cutting carbon emissions is certainly innovative. French biochemist Pierre Calleja has developed a street lighting network that operates on a battery that is charged during the day by microalgal photosynthesis aided by sunlight, while […]

French agricultural research organization the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) has launched a 160 million Euro collaborative platform, named “GreenStars”, for producing biofuels and high added value products using  microalgae feeding on nutrients contained in waste and CO2 emitted from industries. INRA has collaborated with 45 partners for this project and it hopes to be […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has had discussions with top companies from Belgium and Israel for the possibility of undertaking algae biofuel project. Representatives from two companies, Actiview Solutions from Belgium and Univerve Ltd from Israel and top officials from the Nigerian government were a part of the discussion. The discussion was focused on making […]

Algal scrubbers may save Baltimore’s polluted harbor! US-based ecological restoration firm Biohabitats has set up an algal scrubber at the Fells Point in Baltimore harbor. The gutter, 350 feet long by one foot wide, uses native algae to strip nutrients, suspended sediment and carbon from water and inject oxygen into it before returning it to the harbor. The algae feed […]

The US-DOE has announced that, for an initiative entitled Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC), which aims at the development of alternative energy throughout  South Asia, the University of Florida and the Indian government will enter into a research collaboration to work on a biofuel project. The project will focus on the benefits of biofuels […]

Halifax-based start-up SABRTech , has won the Nova Scotia Clean Tech Open, for developing technology to mass produce microalgae for fuel and other products. SABRTech was awarded awarded $100,000 in cash, a $200,000 negotiable seed investment, and in-kind business building services. The company is setting up a lab and working on a micro-algal bioreactor that effectively produces micro-algal biomass […]

Research interest of college and university students is leaning towards algae fuels! The U.S. EPA co-sponsored the 8th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo, which took place in Washington on April 21-23, over the Earth Day Weekend. The event witnessed a large number of university and college researchers working on biofuels and algae. Most of the researchers […]

A new project which is to be launched in America’s South Sioux City will utilize waste water for algae cultivation and the algae will in turn be used for fish feed and energy generation. In the collaborative pilot project, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and US-based company Clean Energy Chesapeake will focus on algae cultivation for […]

Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, with the goal of building a 1000 tonnes per day biorefinery, will seek millions of dollars of funding from global investors. Earlier the company had planned to build a 100 tonnes per day biofuel plant to test the economics of producing a “drop-in” fuel from algae that could be used in existing combustion […]

Sapphire Energy’s Jason Pyle has stepped down as CEO.  In yesterday’s press release Sapphire Energy has announced transition of management.  Cynthia “C.J.” Warner, who was the president and chairman has taken charge as the new CEO. Dr Pyle will continue to be a member in Sapphire’s board of directors. Prior to Sapphire Energy, Ms. Warner spent more than […]

European Algae Biomass Conference, 2012 is taking place on 25th and 26th of April, 2012 in London. The event will present exciting opportunities to interact with industry experts, investors, researchers and government representatives in the algae energy domain.  The key topics to be discussed in the conference include European Market Insight Potential and Future Outlook […]

The Super Formula to Fight Aging – Its Name is Astaxanthin -Know more Elsevier is organizing the 2nd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts between the 1oth and 13th of June 2012 in SanDiego, USA. The event will have a special focus on the latest unpublished technical and scientific results, discussion and direct interactions with […]

After a $ 10 million project that took two years, NASA has now come up with a new system of growing algae in floating plastic bags. The system is designed with the aim of reducing the costs of biofuel production from algae, since the system can be coupled with wastewater treatment facilities. In a prototype […]