The Federal Government of Nigeria has had discussions with top companies from Belgium and Israel for the possibility of undertaking algae biofuel project. Representatives from two companies, Actiview Solutions from Belgium and Univerve Ltd from Israel and top officials from the Nigerian government were a part of the discussion. The discussion was focused on making […]

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 […]

Research interest of college and university students is leaning towards algae fuels! The U.S. EPA co-sponsored the 8th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo, which took place in Washington on April 21-23, over the Earth Day Weekend. The event witnessed a large number of university and college researchers working on biofuels and algae. Most of the researchers […]

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 […]

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 […]

European Algae Biomass Conference, 2012 is taking place on 25th and 26th of April, 2012 in London. The event will present exciting opportunities to interact with industry experts, investors, researchers and government representatives in the algae energy domain.  The key topics to be discussed in the conference include European Market Insight Potential and Future Outlook […]

The Super Formula to Fight Aging – Its Name is Astaxanthin -Know more 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 […]

Although presently a small biofuel farm with only a small wind turbine, solar panel and a container of algae floating on water, Pennsylvania-based BEAR Oceanics envisions a fleet of tiny robots that could harvest the sea for algae which can then be converted to biodiesel. Six microbial genera will be used for the production of […]

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, […]

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 […]

The Biotechnology Consortium has begun the construction of the Experimental Centre of Algae (CEA) in Puerto Montt Campus of the University of Los Lagos, Chile. The plant is expected to be operational from August 2012. The project aims to produce biofuels and high value products from the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. The goal of the project […]

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 […]

Though algae has emerged out of nowhere to become the most promising of all biofuel feedstocks, it really hasn’t given the reassurance to the world that it would be the perfect solution to the energy puzzle.  To some it might be a bit surprising that the commercial efforts for algal biofuels have been few and […]

  The energy products from algae are always under expansion. Biodiesel, Ethanol, Hydrogen, Methane, Syngas and the list extends to Butanol … The University of Arkansas is working on a project converting algae — with low levels of lipids, but high levels of sugars — into butanol, which could be used in automobiles. The project […]

The Japanese nuclear disaster was an ill omen to many but not necessarily for the world of alternative energy. The disaster indeed has re-awoken the world to the possibilities of alternative energy. While natural gas (Liquefied Natural Gas) would receive an immediate boost, it is obvious that the green technologies would also re-emerge as favourites. […]

As we all know, algae is emerging as a very attractive biofuel feedstock in recent years. However, it is yet to hold the promise of being the sustainable alternative the whole world is in search of. In one of the previous blog posts, I had mentioned that the issue of sustainability has to be handled […]

Algae might have emerged as the saving grace for the world of alternative energy.  But sustainability – the word that has haunted everything and everyone in the world of alternative energy, hasn’t spared algae biofuels too. A recent research study claims that sustainability is far from reality for algae biofuel production. The study also revealed […]

Biodiesel using genetically engineered algae has been tested from some years but so far has not proven to be practical on an industrial scale. The Joule Unlimited process uses another cyanobacterium that it claims to be able to manufacture 15,000 gallons of diesel fuel per acre at about $30 a barrel, using very little biomass […]

Sukh Sidhu, sustainable environmental technologies group leader in the University of Dayton Research Institute’s energy and environmental engineering division, recently discussed the possibility of algae as an alternative fuel source with SOCHE Talks. Sidhu is part of a team at the University of Dayton Research Institute working on a a two-year, $980,000 Air Force pollution-reduction […]

The 4th international algae congress will take place in the Planetarium in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 1 and 2 December 2010. The Congress sessions will address the following themes: Algae Projects BioFuel Synthetic Genomics/ GMO Algae Markets – Economic potential Markets – Economic potentia Regulations Macro Algae DLG BENELUX is the organizer of the International […]

A remarkable event comprising of many algae enthusiasts all around the world was conducted by the Centre for Management Technology (CMT) in Singapore on the 19th and the 20th of last month. The event com prised of many intellectual delegates keen on updating their knowledge on the latest developments in the algae-energy industry. Several discerning […]

ALGAE EUROPE Conference & Expo the first fair-conference in Italy dedicated to the technologies and industrial applications of algae culture, which will take place from 26 to 28 October 2010 at Fieramilanocity, Milan. The event has been designed especially for the manufacturers of technologies, plants and machinery for the production of algae, along with the companies […]

Press Release Solution Recovery Services, an employee owned industry leader in oil separation and purification systems partnered with Touchstone Research Laboratory a privately owned, U.S. Small business with principal operations in Triadelphia, W.V. The project team has successfully secured $6.2 MM in funding from the Department of Energy to support field piloting of Algal-Biofuel technology […]

The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA), the UK’s independent regulator for biofuels  report that they are disappointed that the vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts do not conform to environmental standards. The fuel suppliers were meeting legally binding volume targets but some were falling “well short” on achieving voluntary green standards. The figures of […]

Pate, who is a principal member of technical staff at Sandia, has been in Washington, D.C., since November 2009, serving as a technical consultant to the emerging algae biofuels program within the Biomass Office of the Department of Energy’s Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EERE). Pate was part of the DOE-sponsored team that […]