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You are at: Oilgae Blog. The potential of algae as an energy source has a lot of people excited, including Iowa senator Tom Harkin. The potential of algae as an energy source has a lot of people excited, including Iowa senator Tom Harkin. Recently, Harkin was in Shenandoah, Iowa to meet with representatives from Green [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. The following is the brief excerpt of an article about the Renewable Energy Group from Biodiesel Magazine (the full article can be read here) Renewable Energy Group of Ames, Iowa, has announced it has technology capable of producing biodiesel from algae oil. The company said it is working with several [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press release. Aug 06, 2008 – Greenbelt Resources Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire 20% of Renewed World Energies, Inc. Renewed World Energies is an algae oil company specializing in a new automation for covered pond harvesting of genetically modified super-algae strains used to produce a non-food based oil [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Some latest news articles on oil from algae Algae: Biofuel of the future? – University of Virginia researchers have a plan to greatly increase algae oil yields by feeding the algae extra carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas) and organic material like [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Some interesting points: 1. The airline industry is aggressively pushing for homegrown alternatives to petroleum-based jet fuel to help control a projected $61 billion industrywide fuel expense this year.2. Jet engines can be retrofitted to run on hydrogen, for example. But hydrogen [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Toronto, Jun 2008 “Biodiesel from algae has the potential to replace petro fuels”, boasts entrepreneur Nick Mashin. Currently, biofuels are largely derived from oil seed crops such as canola, soybean, rapeseed and palm oil. The competition between food and fuel uses has [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Closely held Solazyme Inc. is set to announce shortly that its algae-derived biodiesel meets the American Society for Testing and Materials specification for diesel fuel. This means it can go into existing diesel engines without modifications. Solazyme says it is the first [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Thus asks this article from Daily Times, Pakistan With the costs of edible oil spiraling in the international market, experts are keen on finding solutions for the crisis that is engulfing developing countries, including Pakistan. Interestingly, one of the top contenders for [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Seattle-area start-up Bionavitas is one of several companies moving into the algae business. Because it doesn’t compete with food and has a high energy density, algae has a lot of potential as a source of biodiesel. But it will take years before [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Solazyme could be making algal biodiesel for the US military, after a test-drive demonstrated the fuel’s superior cold-weather properties when compared to commercially-available biodiesel. Former Director of Central Intelligence and Under-Secretary of the Navy R. James Woolsey tested the fuel himself by [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. The world’s first pair of cars to run on algae biodiesel were announced at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The cars were prominently displayed outside the world premier of Fields of Fuel, Josh Tickell’s stunning new documentary on biodiesel and the state [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. 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 [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. 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 [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. 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 [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Dairy Biorefinery to Include Biodiesel, Later AlgaeJun 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 [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Solix Biofuels – Brief Update A new, brief report on what Solix Biofuels is up to… Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature’s way again Oilgae; Oilgae Blog; List of Oilgae Blog articles.algOS – Biodiesel from Algae Open [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Gold Coast Energy Firm Goes Green, to Get Oil from Algae 15 May 07 ICON Energy, the Robina-based oil explorer, has gone green in its latest venture with a plan to snare a stake in a US bio-diesel business. The company, which [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Algal Biodiesel: Fact or Fiction? May 14, 2007 The author of the post says, “I originally wrote an article over a year ago in which I mentioned the potential of algal biodiesel. I still believe, as I did then, that biodiesel (or [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Here’s an interesting “Comments to the Editor” I came across. TO THE EDITOR: ‘Hydrogen economy’ a Boondoggle Mon 07 May 2007“While the “hydrogen economy” receives much media attention, there are serious problems with hydrogen as transportation fuel. The first is hydrogen gas [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Land of algae, milk and biofuel! Ed Taylor, Tribune, May 13, 2007 Milk and biofuel is an odd combination, but a Phoenix, Arizona-based company is planning to produce both. When fully built, the ag-industrial complex planned by the XL Dairy Group will [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae for more. Alabama Grant Furthers Cultivating Algae for Biofuel 30 Apr 2007, via RenewableEnergyAccess.com Gov. Bob Riley has awarded a $10,000 grant to Auburn University [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae for more. Investigative Carte Blanche casts doubt on De Beers Fuel By: Helene Le Roux, 2 Apr 07 The popular investigative programme Carte Blanche has [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae for more. Algae BioFuels Issues Australasia License to PetroSun BioFuels 9 Apr 2007 Phoenix, Arizona [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] PetroSun, Inc. announced that the Board of Directors of [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae for more. Bio diesel from algae introduced next year in Philippines17 Apr 2007 The Philippine National Oil Company-Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC) is talking with a [...]
You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae for more. De Beers Biodiesel plan: Commercially unproven 26 Mar 2007, by: Jana Marais The business plan of biodiesel group De Beers Fuel, which has [...]
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