Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are working on a project to identify and employ probiotic bacteria to increase microalgal survival by two-fold when the mass algal cultures are affected by rotifers or chytrids. The work will also analyze ways to overcome barriers that exist during shifting of lab-scale work to open pond process. The […]

International Sustainability Group, Inc. has begun its production of commercial algae in its new pilot plant located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The company also is in the final stage of setting up a facility in Philadelphia, Mississippi to produce additional algae for making various nutraceuticals products. The making of the new pilot plant will be […]

Researchers from Canada performed an experiment to optimize the biological fixation of CO2 using Chlorella kessleri cultivated in oil sands process water (OSPW). A lab-scale closed raceway photobioreactor was designed for the cultivation of Chlorella kessleri. A model-based optimization method was used to calculate the optimal feeding strategies for CO2 phosphate and light intensity. Results […]

University of Delaware lab group that has been experimenting with algae for years has received extra funding for two years from multiple federal agencies like National Science Foundation funding, NOA, Delaware Sea Grant etc. The group is attempting to air pollutants from power plant emissions. It plans to take the biomass from algae and convert […]

Tokyo based DIC Corporation has built its $10 million state-of-the-art extraction plant for spirulina in Southern California to meet the growing demands for natural blue food colours.  The commercial production is expected to begin in September. The new extraction facility will produce DIC’s Linablue natural blue food colouring from phycocyanin extracted from Spirulina. Source

US Department of Energy has announced that it will fund $18 million to six algae based biofuels projects in order to reduce the price of algae based biofuels to less than $5 per gasoline gallon equivalent by 2019. This funding will also support the development of bio economy that can help create green jobs and […]

Roquette Group and Algama have formed a partnership to develop prototypes of food products from microalgae.  The companies have also planned to exhibit the prototypes at Expo Milano 2015 to be held in Italy. Roquette is a French company, which supplies chlorella under the brand name algility, while, Algama is a Paris-based company that develops […]

Scientists from India and Singapore conducted an experiment to incorporate a brown seaweed Turbinaria conoides in green roof growth substrate to enhance the run-off quality from green roofs.  The green roof substrate was prepared using perlite, vermiculite, sand, crushed brick, coco peat and 10% of Turbinaria conoides. The results showed that the green roof substrate […]

A Galway based seaweed business, Ocean Harvest Technology, has raised €1.4 million from a variety of private investors which could help to increase the production of its product by five-fold. A U.S. investor provided about half of the money while non-executive directors also participated. The company mainly produces animal feed using carefully crafted mixes of […]

Researchers from Malaysia conducted an experiment to produce biodiesel and bioethanol from Scenedesmus bijugatus cultivated in vertical tubular photobioreactor.  The alga was cultivated in the photobioreactor in a semi-continuous mode and harvested by a combined process involving coagulation and flocculation. Maximum biodiesel yield was obtained using acid base catalytic process. Further, the lipid extracted residual […]

Las Cruces Utilities has collaborated with New Mexico State University on a project funded by Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. The project mainly deals with the production of biofuels from algae grown in wastewater. National Science Foundation is funding $5 million for a course of 10 years while Department of Energy is funding […]