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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 |

SoladieselRD – the First 100% Microbially Derived Renewable Diesel Fuel to be Registered with the EPA

Another feather in Solazyme’s cap! The company’s microbially derived renewable diesel fuel SoladieselRD, has been granted registration by the US-EPA. This registration enables SoladieselRD to be sold commercially either in blended and unblended (R100) forms. Solazyme claims that SoladieselRD is the first 100% microbially derived renewable fuel to get registered with the EPA. Solazyme’s algae-derived fuel [...]

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[ More ] August 4th, 2012 | 1 Comment | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies |

OriginOil Files Patents for its Oil & Gas Field Wastewater Cleanup Technologies

OriginOil has filed two patents with the US PTO for its recently developed technology for cleaning up oil and gas field wastewater. The company hopes that its unique technology will find immediate application in oil and gas field wastewater cleanup  and in the long run, it will find a great market potential in industrial wastewater and [...]

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[ More ] May 25th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Heliae Breaks Ground on Arizona Demonstration Facility

Algae fuel company Heliae has begun construction at the 20 acres demonstration facility adjacent to Heliae’s Gilbert, Arizona headquarters. The construction is expected to go for 18 months. This facility will showcase the scalability and economics of Heliae’s algae technology platform. According to Frank Mars, the company’s co-founder and chairman, this advancement from R & D [...]

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[ More ] May 23rd, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, algae oil production, Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Japanese Researcher Converts Algae to Fuel & Food

Kengo Suzuki, who is the Head of R & D of the algae fuel start-up by the name Euglena, located in the premises of Tokyo University, is working on the microalgae Euglena, to check the possibility of using it as a  key source of fuel for powering jet planes in future. He has also made [...]

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[ More ] May 15th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae Oil Extraction, algae oil production, Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Oil-Companies |

Algae.Tec Announces Commencement of Commissioning of Shoalhaven One Facility

Algae.Tec, one of the important players in the algae energy industry has announced the commencement of the commissioning of the showcase facility in Shoalhaven One, Australia. According to Roger Stroud, the company’s Executive Chairman, production of biomass will start in early June, as the commissioning process is on track and the facility will take carbon [...]

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[ More ] May 11th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies |

OriginOil and Algasol Collaborate for Developing Integrated Algae Growth and Harvesting System

OriginOil and Algasol Renewables, two major companies in the algae energy industry have entered into an agreement for developing an integrated algae growth and harvesting system. Algasol, which is already working with NASA and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories plans to bundle its offerings with OriginOil’s Algae Appliance, developed by the company wit the aim of reducing the [...]

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[ More ] May 11th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, algae oil production, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Harvesting |

Solazyme and Dow Enter into Contingent Global Commercial Offtake Agreement and Concurrently Sign Phase 2 Joint Development Agreement to Accelerate Commercialization of Bio-based Dielectric Insulating Fluids

In a recent press release, algae giant Solazyme has announced that the company has entered into  into a contingent offtake agreement with Dow Chemicals in which Dow has agreed to purchase from Solazyme all of its requirements of non-vegetable microbe-based oils for use in dielectric fluid applications through 2015. Press Release: South San Francisco, Calif. – May 2, [...]

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[ More ] May 9th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy, 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 |

Nova Scotia Start-up Wins Clean Tech Competition

Halifax-based start-up SABRTech , has won the Nova Scotia Clean Tech Open, for developing technology to mass produce microalgae for fuel and other products. SABRTech was awarded awarded $100,000 in cash, a $200,000 negotiable seed investment, and in-kind business building services. The company is setting up a lab and working on a micro-algal bioreactor that effectively produces micro-algal biomass [...]

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[ More ] April 25th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

New Project on Algae for Fish Feed and Biofuels

A new project which is to be launched in America’s South Sioux City will utilize waste water for algae cultivation and the algae will in turn be used for fish feed and energy generation. In the collaborative pilot project, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and US-based company Clean Energy Chesapeake will focus on algae cultivation for [...]

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[ More ] April 24th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Cultivation-Sewage, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Aquaflow Plans to Build Large Scale Biorefinery

Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, with the goal of building a 1000 tonnes per day biorefinery, will seek millions of dollars of funding from global investors. Earlier the company had planned to build a 100 tonnes per day biofuel plant to test the economics of producing a “drop-in” fuel from algae that could be used in existing combustion [...]

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[ More ] April 23rd, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae oil production, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Sapphire Changes CEO

Sapphire Energy’s Jason Pyle has stepped down as CEO.  In yesterday’s press release Sapphire Energy has announced transition of management.  Cynthia “C.J.” Warner, who was the president and chairman has taken charge as the new CEO. Dr Pyle will continue to be a member in Sapphire’s board of directors. Prior to Sapphire Energy, Ms. Warner spent more than [...]

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[ More ] April 20th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Oil-Companies |

European Water Management Company to Venture into Algae Fuels

Aqualia, a spanish water management is planning to invest 12 million euros to venture into algae fuels. The company will be cultivating oil containing microalgae  for producing biodiesel and biomethane. More than half the 12 million euro ($15.9 million) project has been funded by the European Commission, which is aiming for 10 percent of energy [...]

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[ More ] March 30th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae oil production, Algae-Energy-Companies |

American Company to Produce Algae Biofuel

Extreme Biodiesel, a wholly owned subsidiary of BookMerge Technology, a US-based alternative fuel and recycling company is going to produce algae biodiesel (A100) for SunEco systems. SunEco is now finalizing the ‘million mile test’ with J.B. Hunt Trucking with fuel produced by Extreme Biodiesel. BookMerge and SunEco are planning for the next step to bring [...]

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[ More ] January 27th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Maersk Tests 100% Algae Fuels from Solazyme

Solazyme, Inc. along wiht  Maersk Line (one of the biggest shipping companies in the world) has completed the testing of Solazyme’s 100% algal derived renewable diesel as part of an integrated testing and certification program with the U.S. Navy. This test, performed in collaboration with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), represents the first [...]

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[ More ] January 25th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algae.Tec Announces $5M Capital-raising with Patersons Securities

Algae.Tec has announced in a Press Release, that it has mandated Patersons Securities Limited (‘Patersons’) to raise A$5,000,000 via the issue of 12.5 million shares (‘Placement Shares’) at an Issue Price of $0.40 per Placement Share to sophisticated and professional investors. This capital raising of A$5,000,000 via a Placement will marginally increase the Company’s shareholder base [...]

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

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 |

Algae- Never never and Aurora Algae

Algae and the Never-Never It won’t happen until the 2020s if ever. It will use too much land, or too many inputs, forever. The CO2 will never be affordable, The ponds will crash. No VC will ever put up enough cash. There will never be enough available lipids, You’ll never affordably get the algae out [...]

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[ More ] January 17th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Heliae – New Faces, New IPs

Heliae, Arizona-based algae company has hired new key team members in order to significantly accelerate the preparations for commercial scale algae production. The three new team members are Adrian Galvez as Vice President of Manufacturing, Anna Lee Tonkovich as Vice President of Research and Development, and Mike Rohlfsen as Director of Business Development for Food [...]

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[ More ] January 11th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Patents |

Algae.Tec Expanding

Algae.Tec has expanded its Algae Development & Manufacturing Centre in the US in order to equip itself for commercial scale production. The facility, in Atlanta, Georgia, has increased almost fourfold to 6,500 m2, from about 1,650 m2. The increased capacity will make the company undertake more commercial scale projects. The Centre is Algae.Tec’s alga-to-transport fuel [...]

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[ More ] January 11th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Oil Giant Total into Algal Biofuels

Oil giant Total has signed an agreement with Cellectis, a France-based genetic engineering company to develop microalgae-based oil substitutes. The first phase of the program will look into developing genome engineering methods and tools on certain microalgae species selected for their specific characteristics. The second phase will focus on trait engineering with a view to producing [...]

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[ More ] January 10th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Aurora Algae to Raise $100 M before IPO

US-based Aurora Algae is all set to raise an additional US$100 million from private investors ahead of a probable share market listing. The funds will be used to build a facility producing commercial quantities of biodiesel for use in mining trucks and other byproducts from algae, in Karratha, Australia. The company has forged a supply [...]

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[ More ] January 10th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algae Companies Advance in Nova Scotia Cleantech Open

Two algae start-ups have advanced to the round two of Nova Scotia Cleantech Open contest. Marine Arctic & Antarctic Technologies Inc. (MAAT Inc.) – Nova Scotia, Canada – Developer of a micro-algal bioreactor which effectively produces micro-algal biomass at an industrial level, while minimizing waste, costs and harm to the environment. Algae Energy – Nova Scotia, [...]

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[ More ] December 31st, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Oil-Companies |

Missoulian Company Digging the Possibilities of Algae to High Value Products

Missoula-based company, called Blue Marble Biomaterials is exploring the ways of highly valuable products food colorings, flavors and nutritional oils derived from sustainable sources coffee grounds, beer mash and algae. The company’s co-founder James Stephans is very much excited about the recent research on the metabolic processes by which algae produce energy. Blue Marble is [...]

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[ More ] December 23rd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Products |

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