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Algae CO2 growth trials to be carried out at coal-burning plant

GreenFuel Technologies Corp. and Arizona Public Service Co. announced that emission-fed algae from a natural gas plant showed biomass growth rates 37 times higher than corn and 140 times higher than soybeans. GreenFuel's algae farms reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions from industrial facilities while producing high yield biofuel and feed.

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Supercrude Scum: The Algae-To-Biodiesel Battle

Written by Alexis Madrigal

Most greentech watchers have lost their sense of wonder over the fact that pond scum, a.k.a. algae, could be one of the most efficient ways to make biofuels for our cars. These tiny chemical factories can turn sunlight and nutrients into fuel with an efficiency unrivaled by traditional crops, all while using the CO2 that would otherwise go into the atmosphere. It seems almost impossibly promising, which is one reason that a host of companies working with algae, including Solazyme, GreenFuel, GreenShift, and Inventure Chemical have all received funding in the past year.

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Cleantech Smackdown: Algae vs. Soybeans

While some see algae as the ideal source for biofuels, industry watchers at ThinkEquity’s Greentech Summit in San Francisco on Thursday said the technology is likely to be years away.

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Pond-Powered Biofuels: Making Little Green Goo into America's Energy Source

Using a complex (and still expensive) photosynthetic process, breakthrough innovators have developed biodiesel and ethanol from an unlikely source that can double its output overnight and just might help give alternative energy the bump it needs: algae - so says this Popular Mechanics article...familiar details, still useful read

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Algae + Garbage = Clean Biofuel

That’s the plan in Virginia, where $1.5 million in research grants for clean energy are being dolled out by the state. About a third of that money will go to a project seeking to grow algae in treated sewage, extract oil from the slime, and convert the oil to biofuel. Wind power will also get a considerably chunk of money.

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Using the sea to grow biofuel

One reason the sea (unlike the land) is not covered with plants is that it lacks crucial nutrients—iron, in particular. Add iron, the theory goes, and you will promote the growth of algae. These will absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and then conveniently sink when they die. Thus, over the course of a few decades, the concentration of the gas in the atmosphere will return to pre-industrial levels.

The law of unintended consequences argues against doing any such thing, of course. But an experiment carried out a decade ago in the Southern Ocean suggests that the underlying idea is sound—and at a conference in Oxford this week, John Munford, an independent British researcher, suggested that a more modest version of the “fertilise the oceans” project might indeed help to stop climate change. Mr Munford's proposal is to harvest the algae, rather than allowing them to die and sink.

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International Energy Launches ‘Algae to Oil’ Initiatives

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Unlike Food Crops or Cellulosic Materials, Algae Produce Oil Naturally and Can Be Processed to Make Biofuel, the Renewable Equivalent of Petroleum, and Refined to Make Gasoline, Diesel and Jet Fuel

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Pursuant to a recently signed collaborative research agreement, International Energy, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has launched its “algae to oil” research and development initiatives.

International Energy is working to develop advanced biotechnology protocols for enhanced growth and biofuel productivity based entirely on the photosynthesis of algae, which have the unique capability of taking a waste (zero-energy) form of carbon (CO2) and converting it into a high-density liquid form of energy (natural oil). As a result, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.

In contrast to food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can, in the process, clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide, aiding in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.

International Energy employs proprietary microalgae that naturally photosynthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) to liquid hydrocarbons, and accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of biofuels, the renewable equivalent of petroleum.

Hydrocarbons produced from the photosynthesis of unicellular algae offer advantages in the production, storage, and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems. Additionally, the process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic, non-polluting, can be scaled up and offers a renewable energy supply.

“With the capacity to produce oil naturally and needing little more than sunlight and carbon dioxide to flourish, algae may well be the antidote to depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide,” states Mr. Harmel S. Rayat, a director of International Energy.

Mr. Rayat continues, “Algal biofuel production may also be what’s needed to meet President Bush’s goal of replacing 20 percent of US gasoline consumption by 2017, mostly by producing 35 billion gallons of renewable fuels. Compared to an acre of corn, which can generate around 300 gallons of ethanol each year, an acre of algae has been estimated to produce upwards of 5,000 gallons of biofuel annually.”

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International Energy, Inc. (Symbol: IENI) is developing leading edge technologies for the production of biofuels derived directly from the photosynthesis of green microalgae, which can accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of valuable biofuels.

As a result of current high oil prices, depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.

Our technology seeks to convert water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful long-chain liquid hydrocarbons from the photosynthesis of proprietary unicellular microalgae, which offer advantages in the production, storage and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems.

The process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic and non-polluting, can be scaled-up, offers a renewable energy supply, and aids in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.

In contrast to biofuels from food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can in the process clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Additionally, raw algae can be processed to make biofuel, the renewable equivalent of petroleum, and refined to make gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemical feedstocks for plastics and drugs.

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Better Than Corn? Algae Set to Beat Out Other Biofuel Feedstocks

Forget corn, sugar cane, and even switchgrass. Some experts believe that algae is set to eclipse all other biofuel feedstocks as the cheapest, easiest, and most environmentally friendly way to produce liquid fuel, reports Kiplinger’s Biofuels Market Alert. “It is easy to get excited about algae,” says Worldwatch Institute biofuels expert Raya Widenoja. “It looks like such a promising fuel source, especially if it’s combined with advances in biodiesel processing."

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Algae bio-diesel from Sunderbans, India

Indrani Dutta, Aug 2007

Sunderbans chosen as a site for proposed algae cultivation

KOLKATA: The Sundarbans delta, an archipelago of some 100 islands spread over 4,262 sq. km. on the Indian side of the Bay of Bengal, is becoming the incubator of ecology-friendly energy sources...

A new chapter will open if the efforts to try out algae cultivation in order to extract bio-diesel reaches fruition, in this remote deltaic marshland which is the world’s largest mangrove swamp. ....A Chennai-based company, Bio Max, is keen on setting up an algae cultivation project, on one of the uninhabited Sundarbans islands.

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Greenbox: Bio-Fuel From Car Fumes

28 Aug 2007

Greenbox is the name given to a new technology being touted as the next innovation that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The technology has been developed through the research of Derek Palmer, an organic chemist; and engineers, Ian Houston and John Jones from Wales in UK.

The greenbox can be fit under a car to replace the exhaust system. It would then capture the greenhouse gases like CO2 and NO2, and release water vapor into the atmosphere.

The trapped gases will be kept in a secure state inside the box, and the box will be transferred to a bioreactor, where the gases will be extracted and fed to genetically modified algae for biodiesel.

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Algae based alt energy cos join forces for $250M biorefinery

Two Arizona alternative energy outfits are joining forces to commercialize a patented technology to produce biofuel from algae.

Diversified Energy Corp. in Gilbert and XL Renewables Inc. in Vicksburg, have formed a partnership and licensing agreement for the use of Simgae, which leverages agricultural technology with algae production. Grown in long, plastic tubes, the algae is fed water and carbon dioxide and later processed for its oil and turned into biofuel.

The two companies started working together six months ago to find a way to commercialize XL's Simgae process. Using the technology is expected to lead to 100 to 200 dry tons per acre, with capital costs between $45,000 to $60,000 a year. This is up to 16 times more efficient than competing algae biofuel systems, according to Diversified statistics.

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LiveFuels Hires Senior NREL Biofuel Engineer

Press release

MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 24, 2007 -- LiveFuels Inc., a privately
funded developer of algae-to-biocrude, today announced the appointment of
John Sheehan as Vice President of Strategy and Sustainable Development.
With more than 16 years of experience as a senior strategic analyst at the
US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in
Golden, CO, Sheehan will lead the long-term planning and strategic
development at LiveFuels' research and production facilities.

"John is a national treasure in terms of his knowledge of biofuels, and
we're very proud he decided to join LiveFuels," said Lissa
Morgenthaler-Jones, CEO of LiveFuels. "John was the ultimate program
manager of NREL's Biodiesel from Algae Program -- a program that spanned 20
years -- and he's the lead author of the 300-page report that summarized
the program's results. There are a handful of people who really understand
the issues with algal biofuels, and John is one of them."

In addition, Sheehan managed DOE's Biodiesel Program and led the
strategic planning and analysis for DOE's Bioethanol and Biomass Programs.
Sheehan's extensive published works include a groundbreaking 1998 life
cycle assessment of soybeans as a source of biodiesel in urban busses.
Sheehan specializes in the evaluation and life-cycle assessment of
bioprocess technologies.

"I have voted with my feet," Sheehan said. "While the alternative
energy landscape abounds with potential, LiveFuels is clearly
well-positioned to overcome the obstacles involved, and I look forward to
helping them complete their move from the lab to the fuel tank."

Sheehan brings over 20 years of experience in the field of chemical and
biochemical engineering to the LiveFuels team. Prior to NREL, Sheehan
worked as a process engineer at Merck Pharmaceutical and a biochemical
engineer at the corporate research center of W.R. Grace. Sheehan holds a
master's degree in biochemical engineering from Lehigh University and a
bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania.

About LiveFuels, Inc.

Based in Menlo Park, California, LiveFuels is a privately-backed
company working towards the goal of creating commercially competitive
biocrude oil from algae by 2010. LiveFuels is partnering with top
scientists, national laboratories and commercial institutions in order to
speed the research and development process of creating algal biocrude. The
company addresses the challenge of economically-competitive energy from
algae by reducing cost at every step of the process. For more information,
please visit http://www.livefuels.com.

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An Israeli company drills for oil in algae

The Israeli company Seambiotic has found a way to produce biofuel by channeling smokestack carbon dioxide emissions through pools of algae that clean it. The growing algae thrives on the added nutrients, and become a useful biofuel.

For the last two years, the company has done something that other alternative fuel companies have dreamt about and are only starting to do now: they've tested their idea with an electric utility company - a coal-burning power plant in the southern city of Ashkelon operated by the Israel Electric Company (IEC).

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The challenge of algae fuel: An expert speaks

Making fuel out of algae is one of those ideas that everyone loves. An acre of algae can produce 50 times more oil than an acre of soy, estimates John Sheehan, now vice president of strategy and sustainable development at LiveFuels.

"It can produce a lot of oil," he said in an interview on Wednesday.

Sheehan's not new to the field. He oversaw biomass, ethanol and algae programs at National Renewable Energy Labs. An NREL paper on algae--along with research from some of the national labs--forms the basis of a lot of the thinking around algae.

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Algae-based biofuel producer ventures into Mexico

Aug 2007

PetroSun Inc. has set up a Mexican subsidiary to manage the company's algae-to-biofuel operations in the Latin American country. The new subsidiary, PetroSun BioFuels Mexico, will enter into joint ventures to produce algal oil, algae biomass products and excess electricity for the Mexican and United States markets.

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Algae to Biofuels Startup lands funding from Imperium

Aug 2007

A Tacoma startup by the name of Inventure Chemical has raised about $1.5 million to continue development on a chemical process that turns algae into biodiesel and ethanol.

One of the biggest backers of the company is Imperium Renewables, the Seattle biodiesel producer that just opened a massive biodiesel plant in Grays Harbor County last week.

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OriginOil Launches Corporate Website

Aug 2007

OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, launched its corporate website recently. The website is the first glimpse into the OriginOil System, a complete bioreactor-based process where microalgae can be rapidly grown and cracked to extract algae oil for fuel and chemical production.

The OriginOil website outlines the current challenges in algae production and explains the Company's breakthrough technology, Quantum Fracturing" , which addresses these challenges. The site discusses the applications for algae-based feedstock; it is also a resource center for information on algae production as a biofuel.

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ASU Researchers trying to get jet fuel from algae

David van den Berg, The Arizona Republic, Aug. 6, 2007

A team of researchers at Arizona State University's Polytechnic Campus in Mesa is involved in a project to turn oil produced from algae into military jet fuel.

Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld, directors of the school's Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, will search for oil-rich strains of algae, evaluate their potential as oil producers and develop a production system that will yield competitively priced oil. UOP, LLC, a Honeywell company, is leading the project, which the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is backing with a $6.7 million grant.

"We believe, at a minimum, that 100 barrels of oil per year per acre of algae is achievable," Sommerfeld said.

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Energy from green goo

Several San Diego scientists are forming a new research center to tap energy from a source that is environmentally friendly and literally green: algae.

Microscopic algae are the ultimate crop for producing biodiesel because they grow quickly and with few added nutrients, said Steve Mayfield, who specializes in the biochemistry of algae at the Scripps Research Institute. He has teamed up with colleagues to create the San Diego Center for Sustainable Bioenergy.

For now, the center "exists on paper," but the group is developing plans to have a physical building, perhaps at UC San Diego, Mayfield said.

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ASU researchers partner with UOP to make biofuel for military jets a reality

August 2, 2007 News Release

Project sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) focuses on demonstrating efficient conversion of vegetable and algal oils to Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8)

MESA, Ariz. — Arizona State University researchers are part of a team led by UOP, LLC., a Honeywell company, that is looking at alternative sources of oil that could be used to produce Jet Propellant 8 (JP-8) or military jet fuel.

The goal of the project, which is backed by a $6.7 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is to develop and commercialize a process to produce Jet Propellant (JP-8), which is used by U. S. and NATO militaries.

The ASU team in the School of Applied Arts and Sciences will lead an effort to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of using algae as an alternative feedstock resource. ASU’s researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld will screen for oil-rich algal strains, evaluate their potential as oil producers and develop an algal feedstock production system that will yield competitively priced oil that can be converted into jet fuel.

Hu and Sommerfeld, who direct the Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, have focused on algae as a source of renewable oil for more than 20 years. The benefits of oil produced from algae are endless, according to the ASU researchers. “Algae are non-food/feed sources, so there is no inherent conflict of using food crop plants for fuel rather than for food,” said Hu and Sommerfeld. “Also, algae can be grown on land that is unsuitable for agriculture and can use saline or brackish water, making the algae feedstock production system complementary rather than competitive to existing agriculture.

“Moreover, since algae can use carbon dioxide from waste or flue gases as a nutrient for growth, an added value of algae feedstock production is environmental carbon sequestration.”

While algal oil is very similar to other vegetable oils in terms of fatty acid composition, the oil yield of algae is projected to be at least 100 times that of soybean per acre of land on an annual basis.

ASU, UOP LLC, Honeywell Aerospace, Southwest Research Institute and Sandia National Laboratories researchers will be working to help develop and commercialize a process to produce jet fuel that is vegetable and/or algal oil based rather than petroleum based.

“We are confident that we have assembled a strong team of experts that will be successful in proving the viability of biofeedstock technologies for JP-8 and other jet fuels, while offering the U.S. military another option for sustainable liquid fuels critical to their programs,” said Jennifer Holmgren, director of UOP’s Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit.

Fuel produced by the new process will have to meet stringent military specifications and is expected to achieve 90 percent energy efficiency for maximum conversion of feed to fuel, to reduce waste and to reduce production costs. UOP expects the technology will be viable for future use in the production of fuel for commercial jets.

The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.

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Valcent Products Inc.: Vertigro Joint Venture and SGCEnergia Form European Biodiesel Feedstock Company

26 Jul 2007

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- 07/26/07 -- Vertigro and SGCEnergia, the biofuels division of the SGC Group of Portugal, have agreed to form a joint venture company to produce Vertigro algae biodiesel feedstock. Vertigro is jointly owned by Valcent Products Inc. and Global Green Solutions Inc..

The agreement calls for SGCEnergia to build and operate a Vertigro pilot plant near Lisbon, Portugal which will also serve as a research and development facility for Vertigro technology applications and projects in Europe.

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Algae, weeds are key to biofuel future, says CSIRO

Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) deemed the move to use non-food feedstocks as the only way to save the nation's beleaguered biofuel industry.

Dr. Tom Beer, leader of CSIRO's Transport Biofuels research division, told ABC News more research should focus on replacing costly raw ingredients with non-food products such as algae, weeds and waste cropping stubble.

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One of the awardees for Western Region (USA) Sun Grant Initiative 2007 award is David Holland of Washington State Univ:"Assessment of salt tolerant algae as a potential biodiesel feedstock through genetic screening and field tests. • Regional Economic Analysis of Feedstock Production and Processing in the Pacific Northwest: Expected Economic Impact, David Holland, Washington State University (2-year project, $200,000 total)." - Source: Grainnet

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Here Comes Pond Scum Power

Algae biodiesel isn't practical yet, but startups and giants are enthusiastically exploring the possibilities - by Gail Edmondson, BusinessWeek

In a world spooked by global warming and thirsty for nonpolluting fuel, lowly algae hold a potent appeal. The plants sop up large quantities of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and produce tiny globules of fat that can be collected and turned into biodiesel fuel for trucks, cars, and trains. The oils might even be processed into aircraft fuel, says this BusinessWeek article (Nov 2007)

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GSPI Releases Algae Biodiesel R&D Video

20 Nov 2007

- Green Star Products, Inc. today announced that it has decided to release a video illustrating some advanced algae production research.

The 5-minute video is available on Green Star's website, GreenStarUSA.com.

Biotech Research, Inc. (BTR), who is a Consortium partner company with GSPI, made the field video.

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Dairy Biorefinery to Include Biodiesel, Later Algae

Jun 2007 report

XL Dairy Group Inc. is currently expanding its 2,500-head dairy operation to 7,500 dairy cattle in Vicksburg, Ariz., the first step in developing its integrated biorefinery complex. Biomethane from anaerobic digestion will produce 11 megawatts of power while providing enough process heat and steam to make 54 MMgy of ethanol and 5 MMgy of biodiesel. Start-up is targeted for the first quarter of 2009, after which the company plans to incorporate algae into its feedstock stream, which would boost biodiesel capacity six-fold to 30 MMgy.

Source: Biodiesel Magazine

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US Air Force to Cut Oil’s Role in Fuel

The United States Air Force has decided to push development of a new type of fuel to power its bombers and fighters, mixing conventional jet fuel with fuels from nonpetroleum sources that could eventually limit military dependence on imported oil.

“The goal is to certify the entire fleet by 2010 with a 50-50 mix,” said Paul Bollinger, an Air Force official who is working on a shift to synthetic fuels.

Mr. Bollinger said that one of the promising long-run sources of clean fuel may be sea algae, using excess CO2 from the fuel-making process to grow algae more rapidly and to create more feedstock.

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Greenest Green Fuel

A nice and detailed article on algae to fuel @ Popular Science...

Gives good coverage to Solix Biofuels and to its founder, Jim Sears...

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GreenFuel Technologies Enhances Algae Downstream Product Development with Two New Appointments

Jun 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a leading developer of algae bioreactor systems that recycle carbon dioxide emissions into clean renewable biofuels and other high-value products, has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Adu-Peasah as Manager of Downstream Process Development, and John Piechocki as Manager of Product Development.

A Chemical engineer with more than 16 years experience in conventional and specialty oil seeds and bio-fermented oils processing, Adu-Peasah will be responsible for the development and commercialization of technologies for harvesting and processing algae biomass into oil, biodiesel, ethanol and biomeal.

John Piechocki brings more than 16 years of experience in the biotechnology industry where he has managed product/process development, production scale-up, and manufacturing of both human and animal nutrition products derived from microalgae.

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Amelot Applies For $25 Million Grant Available Through the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005

OSTERVILLE, Mass., June 11, 2007 -- Amelot Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:AMHD), has formally filed its intention to respond for a Renewable Energy Research and Development Grant as authorized in Section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This grant opportunity provides up to $25 million in funding for a demonstration of integrated biorefinery operations for producing biofuels and other chemical materials products.

Amelot plans to develop a proposal that will build and demonstrate a biorefinery based on the production and extraction of algae oil to be processed into biodiesel. The algae residue will be processed to produce methanol, a feedstock required in the biodiesel process, as well as the base feedstock for many plastic materials.

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De Beers Investors for 'fuel-from-algae' Scheme Left High&Dry?

De Beers Fuel, which had promised South Africa biodiesel produced from algae, to date seems not to have made good on any of its pledges.

Most investors in the company, who invested in its biodiesel plant, today have nothing but paper to show for their money, says this report from Engineering News, South Africa

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Iron Fertilization Of Oceans: A Real Option For Carbon Dioxide Reduction?

ScienceDaily (Jun. 10, 2007) — Over the last weeks, commercial efforts have been launched to manipulate a portion of the Pacific Ocean to increase the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by artificially enhancing phytoplankton activity. A research vessel is currently sailing to the Galapagos Sea to seed an area larger than Puerto Rico with tonnes of iron, to stimulate the CO2 sequestration into the deep ocean. However, such iron fertilization is also a way of generating carbon offsets, whereby CO2 polluters can buy “ecosystem restoration credits” and shrink their carbon footprint.

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Algae Biofuel May Be Future For Aviation

The aviation industry may one day be powered by algae. Manufacturing giant Boeing says that a biodiesel alternative made from algae could be the aircraft biofuel of the future.

Last month, in an 8-page document plainly titled “Alternative Fuels for Commercial Aircraft”, Boeing presented their estimation of the alternative fuel sources that could ‘relieve worldwide pressure on crude-oil derived fuels’ and drive air travel to carbon neutrality.

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GreenFuel Technologies Corporation Appoints Guillermo Espiga Chief Financial Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a leading developer of algae bioreactor systems that recycle carbon dioxide emissions into clean renewable biofuels, has announced the appointment of Guillermo Espiga as Chief Financial Officer. GreenFuel’s Emissions-to-Biofuels™ process uses safe, naturally occurring algae to recycle flue gas CO2 emissions into clean renewable biofuels and other high-value products.

Espiga will be responsible for all finance, accounting and strategic financial planning activities of the company. Espiga comes to GreenFuel with extensive experience in financing infrastructure projects at such companies as Credit Suisse First Boston and InterGen.

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Green Star Algae Biodiesel Interest Expands Globally

SAN DIEGO-- May 29, 2007--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI) (OTC: GSPI.PK), announced today that it has received serious interest in producing biodiesel from algae globally.

Over the past few weeks, companies from over 20 countries on five continents have expressed their interest in GSPI's biodiesel and microalgae technology.

These countries include: South Africa, India, China, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Costa Rica, Sweden, Czech Republic, Zimbabwe, Spain, Italy, Nicaragua, Mexico, Russia, Kazakhstan, etc.

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LiveFuels Gets 10 mill $ funding, kicks it up

May 31 2007

Fresh with $10M in capital, the algae biofuel developer is getting to work lowering the cost of turning slime into fuel.

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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again