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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 | 1 Comment | 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 |

Algae.Tec and Lufthansa Sign MoU for Algae-based Aviation fuels

In a press release, Georgia-based Algae.Tec Ltd, an advanced algae to biofuels company with a high-yield enclosed algae growth and harvesting system has announced that Algae.Tec Ltd and the major European airline Lufthansa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly evaluate the potential for algae oil from Algae.Tec’s bio-reactors to be developed into a sustainable [...]

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[ More ] December 22nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

WHEN Signs LOI with Prime Inc. India to Develop 250 Acre Algae Farm for Production of Biodiesel and Fish Food

In a recent Press Release, World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. (WHEN) has announced the signing of Letter of Intent (LOI) with Prime Inc., an India Industrial and transport Company, to develop a biodiesel production facility ramping up to 250 acres with a budget of up to $ 100 million. The proposed sites for development are [...]

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[ More ] December 22nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algenol’s New Biorefinery – Construction Commenced!

Construction of Algenol Biofuels’ new biorefinery is started. GCM Contracting Solutions Inc has been working on the construction project. The site has an area of 36-acre and construction is scheduled to be completed by 2012. GCM Contracting has worked with Algenol before; in 2010, the firm built a research and development complex for the alternative [...]

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[ More ] December 21st, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, bio diesel-companies |

Sapphire Energy Installs Custom-made Software for Biofuels Research

Sapphire Energy, US-based algae fuel company has installed a custom-made software in its research center in San Diego, from CLC bio, a bioinformatics sequence analysis software provider. According to Dr Christopher Yohn, Sapphire Energy’s principal scientist, the company is in need of bioinformatics tools for their development needs. He also added that the software will [...]

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[ More ] December 17th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Fuel-Research |

OriginOil in a Joint Venture with Australian Partner

OriginOil has entered into a joint venture with an Australian company for the development of biorefinery. These biorefineries are expected to meet the US and NATO military requirements for alternative fuels. According to OriginOil, the JV aims to build biorefineries in strategic locations around the world that would serve military customers. The JV, called Future [...]

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[ More ] December 16th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

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 |

Heliae to Develop Process for Algae to Fuel and Food

Heliae, a technology-development company based in Gilbert, is developing an industrial process for the creation of high-fat strains of algae to produce ready-to-use jet fuel and other commercial products. The company is aiming to develop an integrated process to grow, harvest and refine algae products on an industrial scale. According to Craig Johnson, Heliae’s Chief [...]

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[ More ] December 1st, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Sapphire Energy Secures Funds from USDA

Sapphire Energy, an algae fuels company, based out of  Mexico, has secured loan from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)  to build and operate a $135 million integrated algal biorefinery (IABR) in Columbus.  This refinery aims to produce about 100 barrrels of algae oil / day. The IABR will be capable of producing 100 barrels of refined [...]

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[ More ] November 15th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments, Uncategorized |

Algaetech International into the Production of Aviation Fuels from Algae

Here is a Press Release from Algaetech International, Malaysia on the Frost & Sullivan’s Asia Pacific Green Excellence award and the company’s venture into algae based aviation fuels. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Algaetech International Sdn. Bhd. has received the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Green Excellence Award for Service Innovation in Algae Technology. The [...]

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[ More ] September 26th, 2011 | 2 Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algaetech International Receives 2011 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Green Excellence Award

Algaetech International, Malaysia has received Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Green Excellence Award for their innovative services in algae technology. Algaetech International is into the field of micro algal research, development and consultancy as well as production and marketing of renewable energy and high value products such as anti-oxidants and other nutraceuticals. Algaetech has researched [...]

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[ More ] September 8th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algae-based CO2 Capture Companies

For power plants and other entities which are large-scale emitters of CO2, capturing it using algae will help a great deal in monetizing the carbon- credits as well as providing algae biofuels -Link Key advantages of algae-based CO2 capture is that it has the potential to provide a sustainable pathway for CO2 capture and partial [...]

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[ More ] July 25th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Showcase your Algae Fuel Company@ the Algae Fuels Community @ CleanTick

Cleantick ( an online clean technology software, started by the promoters of Oilgae) recently launched the Algae Fuels Community( www.cleantick.com/topic/algae-fuels ). By joining this community, you can showcase your algae fuel project, start a page related to algae fuels and pen down thoughts ,start a discussion, view latest algae news and feeds and so forth [...]

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[ More ] July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies |

World Health Energy Holdings Signs LOI with Eco Green Fuels to Grow Algae for Biofuels

World health Energy Holdings (WHEN) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Eco Green Fuels for a joint venture to produce algae for biofuel production. By the terms of this Joint Venture WHEN will start production so as to supply one million liters of algal oil to EFG by the last quarter of 2012. [...]

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[ More ] July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, bio diesel-companies |

Algae Fuels Community @ CleanTick – One-stop Destination for All about Algae Fuels!

CleanTick is an online cleantech community from the promoters of Oilgae. Cleantick has  recently launched  an online algae fuels community which aims to bring about all the algae fuel professionals, researchers and enthusiasts at one place for focussed discussions, and interactions on  specific topics pertaining to algae fuels. Algae Fuels Community @ CleanTick provides you [...]

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[ More ] July 20th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Biodiesel-Ethanol, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Cultivation-Marine, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Cost, Algae-Energy-Events, Algae-Energy-Investments, Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Fuel, Algae-Fuel-Research, Algae-Patents, Algae-Photobioreactor, Algae-Strains, Algae-Wastewater-Treatment |

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