Innovative technology that uses algae to convert waste coal dust into a clean, high-quality coal which can readily be processed into biofuel was publicly demonstrated at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth on Monday. The pioneering technology has been developed by the university over the past three years with funding from the Department […]

Wastewater treatment lagoons have the potential to serve as a local energy source, according to a Clarkson University doctoral student. Stefanie Kring, an environmental science and engineering Ph.D. student, has discovered the potential biofuel content of microbes that live in local waste water treatment aerated lagoons. Kring regularly visited the Canton, N.Y., wastewater treatment aerated lagoons during a […]

A unique bioreactor at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory can help find the ideal locations for farms to produce algae that could someday compete with renewable diesel, cellulosic ethanol, and other petroleum alternatives as transportation fuel. It does so by revealing the intricate biochemical rearrangements that algae undergo when grown in different locations […]

Australian algae fuel developer Algae.Tec has received a $2.4 million purchase order from an affiliate of Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited (RIIHL) in connection with an investment announced in January. This purchase order is for supply of Algae.Tec algae production technology and technical expertise. Algae.Tec is to build a pilot biofuels plant with RIIHL using its algae fuel technology […]

A multi-million pound project to make energy out of pink and orange algae is being led by researchers at a Kent university. An international team of scientists aim to build a biorefinery called the D-Factory to turn an algae called Dunaliella into useful products like food, plastics and fuel. Researchers at the Medway campus of […]

McConnell sought grant money for a company seeking to develop biofuel from algae, then a few years later called Obama’s proposal for a similar plan a “pipe dream.” Two years ago, Sen. Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to deride President Barack Obama for a speech that called for developing biofuel from algae — […]

Algae educators have an important role to play in responding to critical societal needs.  Remarkably, algae have the capacity to powerfully address major global food, fuel, and CO2 issues.  There is currently an urgency to act in a timely fashion.  Relevant and dynamic curricula which are coupled with affordable, appropriate instructional technology that is packaged […]

San Diego’s members of the House of Representatives were divided in the end of January 2014 on whether to approve the nation’s new nearly $1 trillion farm bill, one that cuts food stamps by about $8 billion over the next decade. Members who were against it the bill that establishes the federal government’s farm policies […]

Much of the resources in the oceans are underutilised or not yet discovered. Now Norway has been given the responsibility for coordinating important European research on marine biotechnology. The ERA-NET on marine biotechnology (ERA-MarineBiotech) was recently launched. Special Adviser Steinar Bergseth of the Research Council of Norway is the coordinator for the new network, which […]

The emerging algae production industry is having new successes every day by dedicated commercially-minded algaepreneurs, researchers and equipment companies collaborating throughout the world.  Algae production for both fuels and co-products have been on the rise over the past year. As these new technologies are proven to scale, they are being introduced into the algae production […]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has released its Advancements in Algal Biofuels: Year in Review. The goal of BETO is to support advanced in the production of algal biofuel – especially those that lower the cost of production. Highlights of the report: Fast algae-to-bio-crude oil process reduces production costs: DOE’s […]

In Arizona, SCHOTT North America, Heliae, and Arizona State University announced a partnership to bring Heliae’s algae production technology to ASU’s algae testbed facility. Through the partnership, SCHOTT, a global leader in glass innovation, financed a Helix photobioreactor built by Heliae and installed at ASU’s DOE-funded algae testbed facility. Over the next several years, algae research […]

This article was taken from the Feb 2014 issue of Wired magazine . Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2014/02/start/interactive-algae-farm  Algal architecture is on the rise: in early 2013, Arup unveiled an algae-powered building in Hamburg with a “bioadaptive” façade; and researchers in Barcelona are developing biological concrete that uses microalgae. Cesare Griffa, a Torinese architect, is taking a more networked approach: “I believe that […]