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2nd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts

Elsevier is organizing the 2nd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts between the 1oth and 13th of June 2012 in SanDiego, USA. The event will have a special focus on the latest unpublished technical and scientific results, discussion and direct interactions with strategic partners and leaders in the field. The conference themes are as follows: [...]

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[ More ] April 18th, 2012 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Events, Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Algae for Sustainable Construction

Algae algae everywhere! Students from the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Singapore Polytechnic have made concrete slabs with algae. They have found that a mix of algae and cement could be used to make precast drain sections, wall partitions, etc.  With the new regulations in sand exports, the finding will be a real [...]

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[ More ] December 28th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Strains |

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 |

High Value End Products from Algae

Found this article (http://www.cleantick.com/users/amandaleah/pages/high-value-end-products-from-algae)  really interesting ! This page discusses  about  what some algae fuel companies are doing to branch out beyond biofuels and finding revenue sources in pharmaceuticals, food products and chemicals and other high value products. The potential of each of these products and their market sizes have been highlighted in this article [...]

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[ More ] July 21st, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Meal, Biomass |

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 |

70,000 Liters of Spirulina Produced at GNE Algae Production Facility

In a Press Release World Health Energy Holdings Inc. (WHEN) has announced that GNE’s algae production facility has successfully grown and harvested 70,000 liters of Spirulina Biomass using the proprietary GB 3000 algae growth system. WHEN recently acquired GNE–India with the distribution and licensing rights to a unique and innovative system to grow algae for [...]

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[ More ] June 22nd, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Products, blue- green alage |

Biofuels Vital to Aviation Carbon Pledge says Boeing

For US plane manufacturer Boeing, biofuels will be key to achieving the airline’s pledges on carbon-neutral growth. Antonio De Palmas, Boeing’s president for EU and NATO relations said in an interview that Biofuels are highly vital to reach the destination of 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. For the complete interview http://www.euractiv.com/en/transport/boeing-biofuels-vital-airlines-carbon-pledge-interview-502989

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[ More ] March 15th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae-Aviation-Fuel, Algae-Energy-Products |

Algae for Beauty

Solazyme, a San Francisco-based algae fuel startup, is expanding its brand by bringing algae technology into the nutrition and cosmetics industries. This week, the company unveiled Algenist, an anti-aging skincare line that uses microalgae compounds as a main ingredient. Solazyme stumbled upon Alguronic Acid, a compound produced by one microalgae species that protects algae–and human [...]

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[ More ] March 8th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Products |

Consortium manages to convert algal oil into quality biodiesel

The National Alliance for Biofuels and Bioproducts is a consortium which has managed to produce algal fuels which specifications set by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Eldorado Biofuel, one of 13 industry members of the NAABB consortium, provided the algal oil while Catilin, Inc. converted the oil to biodiesel using the company’s [...]

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

Algae Industry and Genetic Modification

Genetic modification has played a decisive role in the biofuel industry so far. Majority of the crop and plant seeds which are cultivated for biofuel production are genetically modified. Statistics indicate that about 93% of the US soybean crop and 80% of the US corn crop used transgenic seeds in 2009. How is the response [...]

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[ More ] November 11th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Environment |

Chlorella genome decoded

Of the 25,000 species of algae existing on earth, many algal strains have been studied, screened or abandoned over the years when examining them as feedstock for biofuel production in the nascent industry. Chlorella sp., however, has always remained a darling. While scientists have shown a patronizing attitude towards this organism when considering it as [...]

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[ More ] September 24th, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Products |

Non-Fuel Products First, Fuel Next!!!

Most of the algae fuel companies are now shifting their focus from producing fuels to producing high-value non- fuel products . Recently, Aurora biofuels had repositioned into Aurora Algae and now I see Solix Biofuels colloborating with BASF to produce renewable chemicals. Here you go .. Some details about the collaboration of BASF with Solix [...]

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[ More ] September 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Products |

Algae as a Source of Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals

Here is an article which I retrieved from the Oilgae newsletter archives. This article focuses on the importance of algae as a source of high-value end products. Algae are a rich and varied source of pharmacologically active natural products and nutraceuticals. While nutraceutical and pharmaceutical content in the baseline algae strain is very small, current [...]

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[ More ] September 15th, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Products, Uncategorized |

Algal Bioplastics

I was browsing through the Oilgae newsletter archives and thought I should share this interesting article ( and a few more on various other algae topics) with the Oilgae blog readers. This article provides useful insights on the concept and types bioplastics that can be derived from algae as well as the future. Algae bioplastics [...]

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[ More ] September 15th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Products, Uncategorized |

Algae Biodiesel Production Process Uses Catalytically Active Particles for Convertions

Sachtleben, a unit of Rockwood Holdings Inc. and the leading producer of specialty titanium dioxide and functional additives has developed catalytically active particles that stand to revolutionize the production of biofuels using sustainable and environmentally friendly means. Sacthleben is working with Augsburg College and biodiesel producer Ever Cat Fuels LLC, which is currently designing the [...]

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[ More ] February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Equipments |

DuPont & Bio Architecture Lab Researching Third Generation Biofuels

DuPont and Bio Architecture Lab (http://www.ba-lab.com/) recently were awarded a $9 million matching grant from ARPA-E for a third generation biofuels research program to determine if sugars from macroalgae — or seaweed — can be efficiently converted to biobutanol. The project will complement the efforts under way in the Butamax™ joint venture to commercialize a [...]

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[ More ] February 15th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Cultivation-Marine, Algae-Energy-Products |

Your Next Trip to the Airport May Be Fueled By Algae

St. Louis-based conglomerate Enterprise Rent-A-Car is going green. Algae green, to be specific. The company is converting its entire fleet of airport shuttle buses — more than 600 vehicles — to biofuel. For now soybeans will provide the power but a report from yesterday’s St. Louis Business Journal says algae — the tiny blue-green plants [...]

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[ More ] February 12th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Products |

Turning Green Algae into Piles of Green Money

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Meghan Starbuck, an assistant professor of economics at New Mexico State University, is working on a way to turn microalgae, and millions of their tiny, slimy friends, into a successful fuel industry for the state. “Algal biofuel can be refined into a variety of fuels, including gasoline. I would run [...]

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[ More ] January 12th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Cereplast Sees Algae as Viable Raw Material for Plastics

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Frederic Scheer, the owner of cereplast talks about bioplastics made from algae. Cereplast is a company that designs and makes sustainable plastics from starches found in tapioca, corn, wheat and potatoes  Cereplast hopes to offer a plastic made with algae for commercial sale by the end of 2010 and is [...]

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[ More ] December 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Energy-Products |

Biofertilizer from Microalgae

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Bioalgal Marine, an Almeria University spin-off company specialised in cultivating and integral usage of microalgae has developed a new fertiliser manufactured from a microalga called Spirulina, called Algafert. This natural fertiliser visibly enhances plants’ roots and resistance According to Marta Sánchez de Puerta, Bioalgal Marine’s Manager, “this biofertiliser, which is [...]

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[ More ] December 14th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Meal |

Cyanotech Corp Identified Vitamin K12 in Spirulina

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Big Island-based microalgae producer Cyanotech Corp. said the presence of Vitamin K2 has been identified in one of its primary products, spirulina.   The company has sold spirulina for more than a decade as a food supplement rich in natural beta carotene and other nutrients, but said it recently received [...]

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[ More ] December 14th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Products |

Solazymes Builds Algae Biorefinery at Cherokee

You are at: Oilgae Blog. A San Francisco company’s will tap into under-used large vats at Cherokee Pharmaceuticals plant in Riverside to open its first facility to make biodiesel fuel from algae oil.  “Cherokee has under-utilized vats and our company hopes to use them to execute this grant to produce fuel from algae,” said Michael [...]

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[ More ] December 9th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Products |

Wastewater Grown Algae to Bio-crude Oil Demonstration Project

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The Minister of Energy Hon Gerry Brownlee will open the largest wastewater algae to bio-crude oil demonstration project in the world this week. The project combines NIWA’s scientific expertise on advanced wastewater treatment and algal production pond technology with Solray’s bio-crude oil conversion technology and is hosted by Christchurch City [...]

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[ More ] November 19th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-CO2-Capture, Algae-Cultivation-Sewage, Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Products |

Algae Turned Into a Hydrogen Source

You are at: Oilgae Blog. A team of researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed that photosynthesis may function as that clean, sustainable source of hydrogen. The team, led by Barry Bruce, a professor of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology at UT Knoxville, found that the inner machinery [...]

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[ More ] November 16th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Products, Algae-Hydrogen |

Cereplast to Transform Algae into Bioplastics

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Cereplast have been developing what it calls a breakthrough technology that will transform algae into bioplastics. The company aims to commercialise this development and launch a new family of algae-based resins that will complement its existing line of Compostables and Hybrid resins. Cereplast has initiated contact with several companies that [...]

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[ More ] November 2nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Energy-Companies, Algae-Energy-Products |

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