Spirulina is a cyanobacteria, or blue-green microalgae, known by the scientific name Arthrospira. It occurs naturally in warm, alkaline bodies of water throughout the world and has been in the human food chain for thousands of years, having been reported as a food for the Aztec civilization. Today, spirulina is still harvested from natural blooms […]

For algae value-added products, the quality of the algae paste is very important. Every step in the up- and downstream process should maximize the valuable components within the algae cell. Evodos, an algae company based out of Netherlands has been manufacturing a harvesting equipment – Dynamic Settlers for the extraction of even the smallest algae […]

One of the interesting algae product’s that we recently came through is the algae bioplastics manufactured by Algix.  Algix uses nutrient rich waste water for cultivating algae and uses the biomass obtained to produce bioplastic materials. This blog post is to bring more light on  Algix’s Bioplastics. ALGIX, LLC has limited world-wide exclusive license agreements […]

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A  nanoparticle system which stimulates the growth of microalgae – a valuable resource used in the production of biofuels and medical compounds – has been developed by a team of Australian scientists, including Flinders University clean technology expert Professor Colin Raston. The technique, developed in collaboration with researchers from the University of Western Australia, creates […]

Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) have announced a partnership to develop and implement a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in Southern Africa, a first for the continent. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the second week of October, 2013, as part of the companies’ broader efforts to support environmental sustainability for the […]