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European Water Management Company to Venture into Algae Fuels

Aqualia, a spanish water management is planning to invest 12 million euros to venture into algae fuels. The company will be cultivating oil containing microalgae  for producing biodiesel and biomethane. More than half the 12 million euro ($15.9 million) project has been funded by the European Commission, which is aiming for 10 percent of energy [...]

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[ More ] March 30th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae oil production, Algae-Energy-Companies |

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 |

Algae Harvesting to Become Cheaper and Easier Soon

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a technology based on microbubbles, to improve the way of algae cultivation, which eventually will make the algae harvesting cheaper and easier. Professor Will Zimmerman and his team have devised an inexpensive way of producing microbubbles that can float algae particles to the surface of the water. [...]

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[ More ] January 27th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae oil production, Algae-Fuel-Research, Algae-Harvesting |

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 |

USU Professors Awarded for Algae Fuel Research

Two professors from Utah State University, Bruce Bugbee and Byard Wood are awarded the Governor’s Science and Technology Medals for their research on algae biofuels. In addition to their work with biofuels, Bugbee and Wood were selected for their commitment to bettering their communities and students. The research team has been working on the algae biofuels [...]

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[ More ] January 19th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Marine Algae to Feed Animals

Cornell University animal sciences professor Xingen Lei is trying marine algae as a supplement and to replace soybean and corn in animal feed. He hopes to save thousands of acres of cropland by using marine algae for animal feed. Lei found that dried defatted algae derived from biofuel production can replace up to one-third of [...]

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[ More ] January 19th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Fuel-Research |

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 |

Novel Conversion Process to Make Algae Fuels a Reality

Research team under Johannes A. Lercher of Technische Universität München has introduced a new catalytic process that allows the effective conversion of biopetroleum from microalgae into diesel fuels. Traditional methods for refining oil from microalgae suffer from various disadvantages. The resulting fuel either has too high an oxygen content and poor flow at low temperatures, [...]

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[ More ] January 12th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae Oil Extraction, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Fuel-Research |

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 |

Algenol Biofuels Inc. Pledges $250,000 to FGCU

The Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation has received a $250,000 pledge from Algenol Biofuels Inc. to create the Algenol Biofuels Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Scholarship Fund. Juniors and seniors at the University who are majoring in biology, biotechnology, chemistry, environmental engineering and mathematics are eligible for the scholarship. Read More

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[ More ] January 6th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Sea Robots Farm Algae for Fuel

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 [...]

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[ More ] January 6th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Energy, Algae-Equipments, Algae-Fuel-Research, Algae-Oil-Companies |

School Students Build Classroom Bioreactors to Test Algae Fuels

Students from Cape Cornwall School in UK are going to build bioreactors in class for testing the viability of marine algae-based biofuels. The students will carry out the research with the help of grants from the Royal Society. According to Janine Walker, a biology teacher in the school, they are aiming at the best possible [...]

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[ More ] January 6th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Biodiesel, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Researchers from Univ of Arizona to Discuss Algae Energy

Two researchers from University of Arizona (UA) are sharing their research experience on algae-based biofuels on 13th Jan 2012 at La Posada. Professors Mark Riley and Randy Ryan will talk about algae as a new energy source at a free noon program on that day. Riley is an instructor and the head of UA’s Biosystems [...]

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[ More ] January 6th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Fuel-Research |

Inland Empire Paper Co. Applying Algae-based Wastewater Treatment

Millwood-based Inland Empire Paper Co. is studying a new biological technology to reduce the amount of phosphorus in the wastewater it discharges into the Spokane River during its paper-making process. For about two years, the 100-year-old paper mill has been working with Corvallis, Mont.-based AlgEvolve Inc., to study a wastewater treatment technology that company has [...]

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[ More ] January 6th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Cultivation-Sewage, Algae-Wastewater-Treatment |

Cosmetics from Algae

Non-fuel applications of algae are gaining considerable attraction now-a-days, as most of them are high market value products. One such area is cosmetics. Lipid containing algae are an excellent choice for the production of cosmetics, since they can be used to produce oils and biomass economically for use in the cosmetic industry. In a recent [...]

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[ More ] January 5th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, Algae-Oil-Companies, Biomass |

Hawaiian Company Converts Agriwaste to Oil with Algae

In a collaborative research project with the US Dept of Agriculture Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (USDA-PBARC) and Rivertop Solutions, a Hawaii-based system engineering and economic development firm, Hawaiian company BioTork has attempted convert agricultural by-products into high value oils with the help of microbes including algae. The company has used unmarketable Hawaiian papayas to [...]

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[ More ] January 3rd, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Algae, algae biodiesel USA, algae oil production, Algae-Meal, Biofuel, Biomass- Oil |

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 |

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 |

Wanna Lose Weight? Algae can Help You!

An exciting research has been carried out by the University of Copenhagen. They have found that dietary fibers (alginates) from brown algae make people eat less as it creates the feeling of satiety, and ultimately they lose more weight. They conducted the research with 96 over-weight people, of which 48 were made to consume a [...]

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[ More ] December 20th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Algae |

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 |

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