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Genesis Biofuels in a JV with Abundant Energy Solutions

Genesis Biofuel Inc. a designer and builder of carbon sequester and algal biodiesel refineries, recently announced the signing of an MoU with Abundant Energy Solutions (AES), an affiliate of the Colorado Energy Research Technologies (CERT), for the forming of a joint venture to engineer and construct Algal Biofuel Refineries. According to Harvey A Dorren, president and [...]

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[ More ] October 6th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, algae oil production, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Thailand Power Producer to Utilize CO2 Emissions for Spirulina Production

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (RATCH), the largest independent power producer of Thailand is hoping to start commercial production of Spirulina using the carbon dioxide emitted from its power plant. The company has been doing research on this for the past two years ans has spent about 70 million baht for the testing phase. According [...]

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[ More ] May 3rd, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Cultivation-Power-Plants, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Flue gas-CO2-Sequestration, CO2-Sequestration |

Algae-Powered Street Lights to Absorb CO2 from Atmosphere

Carbon capture using algae may not be a new idea, but the idea of using algae to power street lights for cutting carbon emissions is certainly innovative. French biochemist Pierre Calleja has developed a street lighting network that operates on a battery that is charged during the day by microalgal photosynthesis aided by sunlight, while [...]

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[ More ] April 30th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy |

Algae.Tec in a JV with Chinese Company for the First Algae Biofuels Facility in China

In a very recent Press Release, Australia-based algae company Algae.Tec has announced that it has signed an MOU with the Chinese company Shandong Kerui Group Holding Ltd. for building the first algae biofuels and carbon capture facility in China. Press Release Perth, Western Australia/Atlanta, Georgia – 18 January 2012 – Algae.Tec Ltd. today announced it has signed [...]

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[ More ] January 18th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies, Biofuel |

Australian Project Capturing CO2 with Algae

Australia’s first CO2 emission reduction project using algae is being implemented at Tarong Power Station. The Queensland Government has allotted $ 1 million for the first phase of the project, which is on track at the South Burnett power station after successful trials conducted at James Cook University. The project uses algae to capture the [...]

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[ More ] December 15th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Flue gas-CO2-Sequestration |

Algae.Tec to Build its First Biofuel Production Plant

Algae.Tec , which recently shipped its first photo bioreactors to Australia,  has now entered into a agreement with Holcim Lanka Limited, a cement manufacturing firm. The biofuels company in collaboration with Holcim intends to build its first algae biofuels production facility in Asia,  which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the cement manufacturing plant. This [...]

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[ More ] December 5th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Carbon-Capture |

Algae – The Perfect Choice for CO2 Capture

Algae-based CO2 capture and the subsequent production of biofuels is a practicable way of reducing the emission of the green house gas in the atmosphere. Professor Michael Aresta, a specialist in CO2 utilization studies, at the sustainable research conference in Barcelona, stated that CO2 capture could be used in a far better way for the [...]

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[ More ] June 6th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Carbon-Capture |

Intel Demonstrates Pilot Model for Algae Based Carbon Capture

Intel Corporation recently became the first technology company to obtain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its Ocotillo campus in Arizona. In addition to meeting the green building requirements for LEED, Intel has been doing many innovations towards sustainability approach. As a part of innovations, [...]

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[ More ] April 22nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-CO2-Capture |

MBD Energy Test Origin Oil’s Extraction Unit at Tarong

Origin Oil, the developers of the Quantum fracturing technologies have announced that their harvesting technology is being tested by MBD Energy in Australia.  MBD energy recently purchased Origin Oil’s extraction unit for their power plant at Tarong, Australia. MBD Energy expects OriginOil technology to support a pilot Bio-CCS (Bio-based Carbon Capture and Storage) algal synthesizer [...]

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[ More ] January 28th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Conference on Algae Solutions and Investment Opportunities – Singapore, Oct 19-20 2010

The 3rd Algae World Asia conference conducted by the Centre for Management Technology (CMT) in October will run on the 19th and 20th at Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore. This conference is designed to act as a catalyst to facilitate constructive exchanges among the Academic, Commercial and Investment community involved in algae sector, with agenda that [...]

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[ More ] September 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Events, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Algae in China: For CO2 Capture and Food

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Seambiotic, one of the oldest companies in algae, has signed a deal with China Guodian Corp. to build algae farms near power plants in that country. The first farm, opening in 2010 in Penglai, will cover 12 hectares and cost about $10 million. Seambiotic specializes in open “racetrack” ponds. In [...]

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[ More ] December 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Saudi Arabia to Capture CO2 using Algae

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Saudi Arabia first disclosed plans for the carbon injection project in October, but Mr al Naimi detailed a longer-term strategy noting that the eventual goal was to tie carbon capture with the kingdom’s interest in producing biofuels from algae. “We are looking at capturing carbon dioxide, injecting it in sea [...]

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[ More ] December 10th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-CO2-Capture |

NASA Launches with Algae Systems on Eve Of COP 15: Carbon-negative Fuel from Sewage and CO2

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press release As several industrialized nations rush to dampen the expectations of Copenhagen, NASA has launched a new mission. The payload: Algae Systems – a new company started by NASA engineers and seasoned biofuel industry veterans to launch a profitable global solution for reducing greenhouse gases. Algae Systems: Producing Carbon-Negative [...]

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[ More ] November 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Carbon-Capture, Algae-Energy-Investments, Algae-Fuel-Research |

The Linde Group and Algenol Biofuels Joins to develop Algae-based Carbon dioxide Capture Technology.

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The Linde Group and the US company Algenol Biofuels LLC have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) for Algenol’s algae and photobioreactor technology. The research collaboration builds on a process developed by Algenol Biofuels and other [...]

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[ More ] November 19th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Carbon-Capture |

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