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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 |

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 |

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 | No Comments | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments, Uncategorized |

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 |

Iberia and AENA Team up for Algae Biofuel Project in Spain

Iberia, the largest Spanish airline and the flag carrier of Spain has joined hands with AENA (Spanish Airports and Air Navigation) and Spain-based algae company AlgaEnergy for an algae biofuel project at the Bajaras Airport, Madrid. About €600,000 has been invested initially in this project and will become operational next month. The research plant will [...]

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[ More ] May 4th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Phyco’s Super Trough System Receives Equity Investment

In China, China Biological Engineering (CBEL)of Hong Kong is initially investing $5 million in  in Phyco BioSciences. for project development. CBEL is developing projects in the Peoples Republic of China beginning with a joint venture project that is utilizing Phyco’s super trough production and harvest platform and plans rapid expansion of algae biomass projects in [...]

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[ More ] January 10th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Investments |

GNE – Algae to Fuel Project in India

GNE-India,  a wholly-owned subsidiary of Florida based, World Health Energy Holdings and GNE Global Natural Energy Ltd. is an algae tech company with unique systems to grow algae commercially for energy and food This company has now signed a letter of intent with David Lobo from Deejay Coconut Farm PVT via a joint venture to [...]

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[ More ] January 8th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Algae biofuel push by TATA Steel

A nine-member strong consortium has bid to follow successful trials on the Scunthorpe steelworks by boffins from Sheffield University. TATA Steel bosses are backing this bid to build a production plant to convert algae into fuel. Chemical and biological engineer Professor Will Zimmerman, who heads up the Scunthorpe research, said progress was being made. “The [...]

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[ More ] December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Investments |

World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. embarks on Algae Enhancement Technology

Press Release: World Health Energy Holdings, Inc., a public holding company operating in the alternative energy sector, announced today that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, GNE-India, has signed a letter of intent with Prakash Anthony via a joint venture to install a 250 acre commercial farm on premises located in the Ramanagara District of Karnataka, India [...]

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[ More ] November 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Grant for Ohio University

The state Controlling Board has sanctioned grant of $2.5m for the Center for Algal Engineering Research and Commercialization, Ohio University, to convert algae into biofuel. The project hopes to create an academic center at Ohio University focused on algal systems engineering and commercialization. “It will allow us to buy analytical equipment to expand our abilities [...]

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[ More ] November 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy-Investments |

CEHMM not involved in New Mexico State University’s research

To turn algae into a sustainable source for aviation fuel, New Mexico State University has received a grant of $2.3m. However, the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management which is a non-profit organisation has said that it’ll not have any part of it. In the words of its director “Although it is a good grant, [...]

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[ More ] November 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy-Investments |

US Defense’s tryst with algae – Where are things?

Just as a recap for newbies and tattoo-ing the now age-old methods of algae cultivation a bit deeper and darker for regular visitors of the site, the algae research is carried out in two major systems – Open ponds and closed systems (which include traditional bioreactors and photobioreactors). Each of these systems has its set [...]

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[ More ] November 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Thawer Ashcroft Crowne & Co. Enters into a Strategic Alliance with Algepower, Inc. to Offer $25M Collateralized Portfolio

Press Release: Thawer Ashcroft Crowne & Co. announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Algepower, Inc. to offer investment collateral to the backend structure of the venture, where it will provide investors with a default-proof, collateral- backed portfolio of funded assets with face values equal to or exceeding the total amount invested [...]

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[ More ] November 18th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Algae biofuels: WHEN acquires GNE India

World Health Energy Holdings, a public holding company with holdings in the alternate energy sector has announced its ticker symbol as WHEN. This would help propagate its interests in the renewable energy field, it feels. The company works with visionary enterprises in the multi billion dollar renewable energy arena roducing progressive, broad-based solutions for better [...]

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[ More ] November 12th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Cultivation-Biofuel, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

EBI’s report to BP casts a glum light on algae fuels

A technoeconomic report submitted by The Energy Biosciences Institute which was funded an amount of $500 million by BP reports the current scenario in the algae fuels industry and its future prospects in a discouraging note. An excerpt from the report: A new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of [...]

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[ More ] November 10th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

U.S Navy’s plan of building the great green fleet facilitated by DLA Energy

The U.S navy is consistently progressing on its set target of reducing petroleum use in its commercial fleet by 50 percent by 2015. To showcase its steady steps forward, it recently held an alternate fuels demonstration demonstration showcasing fleets run by 50% algal fuels supplied by Solazyme at Naval Station Norfolk, VA. Navy Secretary Ray [...]

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[ More ] November 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Rich algal biodiversity in India’s north east region

A project titled ‘Identification and Screening for Potential Bio-Diesel-Yielding Microalgae from Northeast India’ sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India is underway in the North-eastern region of India. The project aims to collect, isolate and identify microalgae belonging to diverse groups, such as diatoms, green algae and cyanobacteria, for their suitability in production of [...]

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[ More ] November 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Investments, Algae-Environment, Algae-Strains |

Beckons Industries in a joint venture with a German company

BSE-listed Beckons Industries based in Punjab, India has joined hands with Germany-based Deutsche Gesellschafr Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH to set up an algae production facililty and a centre of excellence in India. The set up will presumably produce algal biomass from with the help of photobioreactors (PBRs). Beckons Industries is already into development of PBR Technology [...]

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[ More ] November 8th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Solazyme and Ecopetrol Extend Partnership to Produce Renewable Oil and Bioproducts Using Microalgae in Colombia

Press Release: South San Francisco – October 7, 2010 – Solazyme, Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing renewable oils and bioproducts using microalgae, has signed its third development agreement with Ecopetrol (EC, NYSE), the largest company in Colombia and one of the four major oil companies in Latin America, to analyze manufacturing viability of algae-based [...]

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[ More ] October 14th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Investments |

Algae as aviation fuel

Large scale cultivation of algae might be carried out near airports to fuel airlines in an attemopt to find green fuels for aviation. Industry giants including British Airways and Airbus are supporting a project at the UK’s Cranfield University to investigate ways of harvesting algae for jet fuel in commercial quantities. British Airways announced earlier this [...]

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[ More ] October 13th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Ford Joins the Algae Fuel Race

Ford joins the algae fuel race to better understand the use of biomass to produce future biofuels as part of an overall strategy to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and address climate change. and they see algae as one renewable fuel it needs to study. They planned to venture into  this exciting domain [...]

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[ More ] October 4th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Investments |

Kickboxing country kickstarts algal biofuel research!

The Thai Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency Department would possibly step up to fund a research and development program on algal biofuels conducted by Kasetsart University (in freshwater microalgae) and Burapha University (marine microalgae). The biofuel produced will be tested by Bangchak Petroleum which currently delivers 95-octane petrol. With the demand for transport fuels rising [...]

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[ More ] October 2nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Investments, Algae-Fuel-Research |

What’s new with Algae@Work Alliance Network

The A2BE Carbon Capture LLC’s ‘Algae@Work Alliance Network’ formed to deliver turnkey algae production systems has been joined by Siemens Industry, Inc. The Alliance network includes corporations, researchers and institutions. The aim of the collaboration is to make viable the commercial process of sequestering industrial CO2 emissions. The technology used by the firm depends on [...]

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[ More ] October 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Investments |

Global Companies Eager to Tap Into Algae’s Potential in Asia Pacific to Meet at 3rd Algae World Asia Conference in Singapore

The recent increase in private and public funding for the algae research underscores the growing global interest in the algae sector. Key executives of top companies keen to explore new algae commercialization opportunities and receive latest industry updates are meeting in Singapore for 3rd Algae World Asia conference on 19-20 October 2010. Press Release Singapore, [...]

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[ More ] September 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Events, Algae-Energy-Investments |

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 |

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