Malaysian BioNexus-status company, Algaetech International Sdn Bhd has planned to commence construction of its second astaxanthin production facility at Brunei by year end. The Brunei facility will be built on a 2.023 hectare site leased from Brunei Economic Development Board. The new plant costs slightly more than the RM27 million Malaysian factory. Nearly 80% of […]

Algae Tec Ltd.’s shares have surged following an agreement signed with Gencor, a worldwide supplier of health supplements. The supply agreement gives Gencor, the rights to buy all of the algae oil and powders produced by Algae.Tec plant in Georgia, U.S.A. for nutraceutical applications. Algae.Tec’s plant is designed to initially produce 50 tonnes per year […]

Scientist from Denmark have performed an experiment to produce valuable chemicals such as cancer treatment drugs from microalgae. The main idea behind this experiment is to hijack a portion of the energy produced by microalgae from their photosynthetic systems. By redirecting that energy to a genetically modified part of the cell capable of producing various […]

Scientists from Swansea University have installed a new seaweed farm in Pembroke Dock to examine the biofuel potential of the seaweed. The project funded by Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council also aims to discover more about the use of seaweed as food. The farm is an original design and its new structure is part […]

A young research scholar from Allahabad University has prepared a cookie from the green algae Spirulina. The tasty biscuits which have been patented were assessed in a food laboratory. After analysis, it was found that the biscuits had higher percentage of moisture, proteins, fat, crude fibre, ash, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Experimental results showed that […]

Friend of the Sea (FoS) has introduced a new standard for the certification of seaweed from sustainable harvesting and farming. The standard aims to protect seaweeds from overfishing as they serve as a crop as well as a habitat for hundreds of other ocean species. Seaweeds are an important raw material for many industries. Although […]

Phycospectrum Environmental Research Centre (PERC) from India has developed and successfully demonstrated microalgae based technology for reverse osmosis at Brintons Carpets Asia Pvt ltd, India. The R/O reject from Brintons has a TDS of 20,000 to 25,000 mg/L and this was continuously loaded into a 10 KL demonstration plant in which selected microalgae were also […]

Scientists from Australia have found that a freshwater macroalgae Oedogonium native to Australia could be used to create a high quality, renewable biofuel that could be mixed with jet fuel, gasoline and diesel. Thus, jet aeroplanes may one day be powered with biofuel made from algae. Source

TerraVia and Bunge Limited have launched native, whole algae DHA as a sustainable, specialty feed ingredient for the aquaculture market. AlgaPrime™ DHA will be produced at the companies’ SB Renewable Oils joint venture facility in Brazil. The companies will act as distributors. AlgaPrime™ DHA is their first major new product which could offer a non-marine […]