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Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (SPK)- Jet Fuel From Aquaflow’s Wild Algae

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The company announced today that its wild algae has been successfully refined to produce the world’s first sample of synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) converted from compounds derived from Aquaflow’s wild algae. SPK, when blended with petroleum-based kerosene, can be used to power commercial and military aircraft. Gerritsen says the sample [...]

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[ More ] December 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Aviation Fuel From Wild Algae Grown in Sewage Treatment Ponds

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation creates biodiesel from wild algae formed at Blenheim’s waste treatment oxidation ponds, essentially recycling a waste product. The company announced today that its wild algae has been successfully refined to produce a sample of synthetic paraffinic kerosene, a component in jet fuel. Aquaflow converted the algae to [...]

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[ More ] December 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algae Commercialization, Research and and Business Networking Forum – Jan 2009

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press release Algae Commercialization, Research and and Business Networking Forum January 29-30, 2009 The National Algae Association announces its Algae Commercialization, Research andBusiness Networking Forum. We are the first algae trade association in the U.S.Algae researchers, existing algae oil production companies, algaeprenuers and potential investors will present leading-edge technologies for [...]

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[ More ] December 16th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Algenol, Codon Devices in Algae Ethanol Partnership

You are at: Oilgae Blog. In Massachusetts, Codon Devices announced a multiyear partnership with Algenol, in which Codon will supply bioengineering technology and Algenol will contribute its scientific intellectual property, to produce algae based ethanol. (Jul 2008 news) By the way, have you subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?; How about joining the Oilgae mailing list?; [...]

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[ More ] December 13th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Algae Funding – PetroSun to Introduce Algal Oil Working Interest Program

You are at: Oilgae Blog. PetroSun, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors have approved an Algal Oil WorkingInterest Program to fund in part the commercialization of its domesticalgae-to-biofuel farm systems. The initial Algal Oil Working InterestProgram will focus on converting aquaculture farm ponds located withinTexas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas to commercial algaefarm systems. [...]

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[ More ] December 13th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Great Plains Renewable Energy Gets Iowa Power Fund Grant Approval for Algae Fuel

You are at: Oilgae Blog. In April 2008, GPRE received preliminary approval for a $2.3 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund to finance research and development in algae production. GPRE intends to revise the grant proposal to reflect the formation of BioProcess Algae. Green Plains, based in Omaha, Nebraska, has the strategy to become [...]

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[ More ] December 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Ethanol |

Green Plains, Clarcor JV for Algae Fuels – Clarcor is a Filtration Systems Co

You are at: Oilgae Blog. BioProcess Algae LLC, a joint venture formed by Nebraska-based Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., Tennessee-based filtration products manufacturer Clarcor Inc., Rhode Island-based photobioreactor and filtration system developer BioProcessH20 LLC and Ireland-based NTR PLC, was announced Nov. 18. GPRE committed $1.4 million in initial funding and with 25.5 percent interest in [...]

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[ More ] December 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Algae Cultivation, Harvesting Cost Figures from Algae World 2008 Conference

You are at: Oilgae Blog. This article, which provided some useful data based on presentations at the Singapore Algae World 2008 Conference, was interesting mainly because it gives us some much needed real world data on costs for algae cultivation & harvesting, and also some trends Key points: 1. Assuming oil is retailing at US$1 [...]

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[ More ] December 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Cost |

Valcent’s High Density Veritical Bioreactor, HDVB Picture Gallery

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Here’s a good number of images on the stuff Valcent is doing with its high growth bioreactors. You get a good idea of how the Valcent greenhouse looks and some pics of the support structure being installed for the bioreactor By the way, have you subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?; [...]

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[ More ] December 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Solix Photobioreactor Cuts Algae Cultivation Costs by 90% ?

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Now, that’s what I read here. When anyone claims they can cut anything by 90, you are naturally skeptical about it unless they are talking about cutting manpower in their companies by 90% which is perfectly believable under the circs! Solix claims that they have a unique photobioreactor design that [...]

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[ More ] December 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Photobioreactor |

PetroSun and Shanghai Jun Ya Yan move into algae commercialization in China

You are at: Oilgae Blog. PetroSun, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PSUD) announced today that the recent meetings held in Shanghai between PetroSun and Shanghai Jun Ya Yan Technology Development Co., Ltd. resulted in the completion of an agreement to move the parties into the initial stage of the commercialization of the algae-to-biofuel industry in China. The terms [...]

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[ More ] December 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Continental Airlines Picks Sapphire Energy for Bio Jet Fuel

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) said Monday it has picked Sapphire Energy as a supplier of algae-based biofuel to power the airline’s first bio-fueled test flight scheduled for next month.Advertisement The news puts San Diego-based Sapphire in a small club of algae-to-biofuel startups who have landed deals to produce large quantities [...]

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[ More ] December 11th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Continental Airlines announced to conduct biofuel flight in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation and CFM International

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Continental Airlines announced plans for the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner, to be conducted in Houston on Jan. 7, 2009. The demonstration flight, which will be operated with no passengers, will be powered by a special fuel blend including components derived from algae and jatropha plants [...]

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[ More ] December 9th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Valcent technologies – Nearing Completion Of Its First Commercial H.D.V.G. Vegetable Production Plant

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Valcent technologies expects to complete construction of the first full scale commercial High Density Vertical Growing System project at its El Paso Research facility. Site preparation is complete and erection of the one eighth acre plant expects greenhouse containment structure is at an advanced stage. Valcent COO Forrest Ely has [...]

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[ More ] December 5th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Cultivation, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Photobioreactor |

Times magazine Quotes Aquaflow Bionomics

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation is making its mark on the international stage, after being named as the 11th best invention in the world for 2008 by Time magazine. In September, the three year old company announced it had also discovered a way to make green crude oil. Aquaflow was mentioned in [...]

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[ More ] December 3rd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Products |

Blue Marble Energy Turns Toxic Algae Blooms into Alternative Energy

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Most algae-to-energy company’s research focus on creating biofuels for cars or jets. Instead of liquid fuel, Blue Marble wants to convert algae into natural gas and biochemicals.Along with private investment, Blue Marble has a contract with the Washington Department of Ecology to collect sea lettuce at two bays in Puget [...]

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[ More ] November 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Harvesting |

OriginOil Named Among Top 100 Clean Energy Technologies

You are at: Oilgae Blog. OriginOil, Inc. (OTCBB: OOIL ), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced that the company has been named as one of the Top 100 Clean Energy Technologies by the New Energy Congress. NEC ranks [...]

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[ More ] November 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies |

Dr Reddy’s Developing Algae Technology in India

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is developing large scale algae production using the carbon dioxide from the company’s boiler stacks. Although the project is still at the laboratory stage, the aim is to convert the algae into biodiesel.It is also working on extracting fats from the sludge of effluent [...]

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[ More ] November 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation seeks to raise up to $30m

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation said it was offering up to 60m new shares at 50c each. It was seeking to raise $20m but reserved the right to accept over-subscriptions of up to $10m.Aquaflow said it had developed and was operating a commercial scale prototype harvesting plant on a wastewater plant in [...]

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[ More ] November 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments, Algae-Harvesting |

Solix plans algae biofuel plant in Colorado

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Solix Biofuels Completes $10.5 Million Series A Funding Round, Receives Commitment for Additional $5 Million to Build Biofuels Pilot Plant in Southwest Colorado.Colorado Governor Bill Ritter said. “Colorado is building a New Energy Economy and is leading a renewable-energy revolution thanks to innovative and forward-thinking companies like Solix.This is also [...]

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[ More ] November 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Solazyme, Inc. will be featuring its SoladieselRD(TM) Global Climate Summit in Beverly Hills, CA

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Algae-biodiesel production company Solazyme, Inc. will be featuring its SoladieselRD(TM), the world’s first algal-based renewable diesel, at a summit this week in California. This company press release posted on MarketWatch.com says SoladieselRD(TM) will be showcased at the Governor’s Global Climate Summit in Beverly Hills, CA, Nov. 18th-19th Solazyme also recently [...]

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[ More ] November 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

PetroSun BioFuels Proposes New Crop to Catfish Farmers at the Mississippi Biomass Council Meeting

You are at: Oilgae Blog. PetroSun, Inc. announced that PetroSun BioFuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary, and Biomass Partners presented an Aquaculture Algae to Algal Oil Program at the Mississippi Biomass Council meeting held November 5th in Jackson, Mississippi. PetroSun BioFuels and Biomass Partners have identified in excess of 80,000 acres of catfish ponds within the state [...]

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[ More ] November 17th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Cultivation, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Meal |

OriginOil, Inc Reminds Investors of the Advanced Biofuels

You are at: Oilgae Blog. http://www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, announces new featured showcase company OriginOil, Inc: (OTCBB: OOIL), an algae-to-oil technology company. The company’s technology is an advanced algae growth system that can grow multiple layers of algae biomass around-the-clock with daily harvests. According [...]

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[ More ] November 17th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Cultivation, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Alternative Fuels Inc. (AFI) Rejects Grants for Algae Fuel!

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Perhaps we should re-emphasise that we at Oilgae try to give the picture “as it is” and not blindly promote oil from algae – we know it is tough, why pretend it isn’t? Which is why we make it a point to let you know about cases where things did [...]

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[ More ] November 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies |

Holcim Spanish Cement Plant Gets GreenFuel, Aurantia Algae CO2 Recycling Project

You are at: Oilgae Blog. GreenFuel Technologies Corporation and Aurantia, SA announced the second phase of their joint project to develop and scale algae farming technologies in the Iberian Peninsula. Initiated in December 2007 at the Holcim cement plant near Jerez, Spain, the project’s goal is to demonstrate that industrial CO2 emissions can be economically [...]

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[ More ] November 7th, 2008 | 3 Comments | Posted in Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Cultivation, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Photobioreactor |

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