DIC Corporation is investing $13m into expanding production capacity of Linablue, a natural blue colour obtained from Spirulina in California. The algae is being grown by Earthrise Nutritionals. The move follows an initial investment of $10m made in November 2013, with new facilities scheduled to come online in 2018. More

Algae firms Piveg and Cellana have announced that they signed a letter of intent for joint production and commercialization of products from algae biomass including omega-3 oils. Under the new agreement for joint development and commercialization, Cellana will supply Piveg with algae material from its Kona, Hawaii facility, which Piveg will use in its existing […]

EAI had been studying the bioplastics industry for the past few years and in the recent past we had the opportunity to look at the sector, in India and worldwide at close quarters. Based on these, we have put together an exclusive team to provide strategic and market consulting for the global bioplastics industry. If […]

The Bioplastics Guide, which was started by EAI as a specialized division to provide strategy and market consulting for the bioplastics and biopolymers segments, has a useful section that provides an overview of bioplastics. The following are the main topics discussed in this section: Bioplastics and its classification Feedstock used to make Bioplastics Biodegradable plastics […]

The Bioplastics Guide, an initiative by EAI, is a focussed consulting and market research division for the global bioplastics and biopolymers sectors. The Guide has an interesting section that provides an overview of the end use segments and applications for bioplastics. Get to know more about the current and emerging end use segments for bioplastics […]

Allmicroalgae Natural Products S.A., has decided to enter the algae Omega-3 market through large scale production of Nannochloropsis oceanica. Currently, they’re working with strategic partners within the supplement industry to test Nannochloropsis. In addition to continuing production of phototrophically grown Chlorella and the omega-3 opportunity, another focus area is to finalise the development of microalgae […]

Highly alkaline solutions (pH ≥ 10) absorb CO2 rapidly from atmosphere. Hence, alkaliphilic microalgal strains, which thrive and grow in alkaline media, constitute an efficient means of atmospheric CO2 capture. In this study, scientists from Toledo performed an experiment where effect of increasing the media alkalinity on algal growth and the resulting improvement in CO2 […]

DIC Corporation have announced that it will expand the production capacity of its California-based subsidiary Earthrise Nutritionals, LLC for Linablue, a natural blue food coloring derived from edible algae Spirulina. Investment in this project, estimated at approximately US$13 million, follows the investment of around US$10 million in November 2013 for its first expansion. The planned […]

The government of Canada is supporting clean energy research, development and technology demonstration at all stages of the innovation spectrum, from high-risk, early-stage research that can deliver transformative energy solutions, to later-stage technology demonstrations to help speed the commercialization and adoption of cleaner energy technologies. Canada’s first algal biorefinery demonstration project, a collaborative research effort […]

Seaweed farming industry is set to get a major boost with the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) transferring its technology of seaweed cultivation to the Andaman administration. A feasibility study conducted in the seawater inundated areas in south Andaman by a team of CMFRI scientists that these regions are highly prospective for the seaweed […]

Scientists from US have discovered a way to make algae better oil producers without sacrificing growth. They identified a mutation in the green alga Chlamydomonas which substantially removes a constraint that is widely observed in micro-algae where the highest yields of oil can only be obtained from starving cultures. They found that there was a […]