tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:03:10 +0000Blog for discussing <a href="http://www.oilgae.com">oil, biodiesel &amp; fuel production from algae</a>.http://www.oilgae.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Ecacofonix)Blogger996125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5034842410714501412Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:41:00 +00002009-07-02T21:03:10.354-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-EthanolYou are at: Oilgae Blog.New Jersey-based Garden State Ethanol has selected a landfill site in Woodbine, Philadelphia, for the location of a $200 million (€142 million) biofuel plant that would use more than 100 bioreactor tanks to convert algae into ethanol and biodiesel oil.Garden State Ethanol is currently seeking funds for the project. If approved, work on the plant may begin as early as next http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/07/garden-state-ethanol-plans-for-algae-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6968428202917619626Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:00 +00002009-07-02T20:18:29.351-07:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management moved its Algae Biofuels Project from pilot scale to the commercial demonstration level.This facility is located on the grounds of the New Mexico State University Agriculture Science Center south of Artesia. This phase of the project expects to be in full operation by Sep 1, producing algae that will be harvested http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/07/cehmm-algae-biofuels-project-goes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5757911509916547517Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:04:00 +00002009-07-01T04:00:59.213-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Ag-Oil will develop a state-of-the-art biofuel refinery and a commercial scale oilseed processing facility on their existing Jatropha plantation. This project has the potential to yield an annual capacity of 15 million gallons of bio-diesel while utilizing production equipment which easily processes multiple feedstocks. “The continuous flow technology - A solid catalyst http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/07/ag-oil-uses-continuous-flow-technology_01.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-8972292356975057134Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +00002009-07-01T03:02:28.105-07:00Algae-StrainsAlgae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Researchers at two centers in St. Louis are gearing up to launch five-year research programs on algae, backed by U.S. DOE grants. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center received $15 million and Washington University $20 million from the DOE’s fund for Energy Frontier Research Centers. A total of 46 centers were funded from a pool of some 260 applications. Danforth’s http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/07/algae-fuel-research-by-donald-danforth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-376865504260008963Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:49:00 +00002009-07-01T02:52:29.657-07:00Algae-Cultivation-Power-PlantsAlgae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-CO2-SequestrationYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in Redcar has linked up with engineering giant Arup by growing algae, which naturally draws in carbon dioxide, and using it to produce environmentally friendly products.Both CIP and Arup believe the plant, which could also produce a rich compost and a non-chemical soil conditioner for crop production, has the potential to reduce the http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/07/centre-for-process-innovation-and-arup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-3992236885327997259Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:33:00 +00002009-07-01T02:38:34.894-07:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Oil-ExtractionAlgae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Along with colleagues from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, Dr. Richard Gordon argues in a new paper, titled "Milking Diatoms for Sustainable Energy," that diatoms – a type of algae found in oceans and lakes – could even be engineered to secrete gasoline directly.Gordon and his scientist colleagues have a problem with the current algae-to-fuel approach, in http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/07/milking-diatoms-for-sustainable-energy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6624917642183673537Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:33:00 +00002009-07-01T01:36:58.123-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-CO2-SequestrationYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Solix Biofuels is adding another $1.3 million to its Series A financing round, and announcing plans to start a commercial-scale demonstration of its technology within two months in southwestern Colorado.These new funds bringing the company’s total Series A to $16.8 million — come from international investment group Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd., or SAIL, and point to http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/07/solix-to-start-algae-fuel-demo-facility.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-2846787392877658920Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:27:00 +00002009-07-01T00:50:23.132-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The Dow Chemical Company is planning to team up with Algenol Biofuels to build and operate an algae-based integrated bio-refinery to produce ethanol.Algenol submitted a formal request for a grant from the US Department of Energy last week with the intention of building a refinery that would be based at Dow’s Freeport site in Texas. If the grant is approved, Dow and other http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/07/dow-chemical-company-is-teaming-up-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-3373354598314753195Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:46:00 +00002009-06-29T21:48:41.739-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels, a start-up company, are set to announce Monday that they will build a demonstration plant that, if successful, would use algae to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol as a vehicle fuel or an ingredient in plastics.Algenol grows algae in “bioreactors,” troughs covered with flexible plastic and filled with saltwater. The water is saturated withhttp://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/algenol-use-algae-to-turn-co2-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6035107132653730952Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:47:00 +00002009-06-18T20:22:12.955-07:00Algae-Cultivation-MarineAlgae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The tripartite BioMara bio-marine energy research project will be spearheaded by marine scientists based in Ireland, the North and Scotland.They will investigate on converting seaweed and other plant algae into fuel as an alternative to the use of food crops to produce bio-fuels. Addressing stakeholders at the Northern Ireland Science Park Mrs Foster said the BioMara http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/seaweed-could-provide-sustainable-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6176361236958709963Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:43:00 +00002009-06-17T22:51:44.943-07:00Algae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Professor Emeritus Milagros R. Martinez-Goss of the University of the Philippines Los Baños has got the approval of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Resources Research and Development (PCAMRD) for funding her proposal to mass cultivate freshwater microalgae for biodiesel feedstock.With an initial funding of P 4.5M http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/philippines-quest-for-biodiesel-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5045109563808530324Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:26:00 +00002009-06-16T23:22:20.030-07:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Aviation-FuelYou are at: Oilgae Blog.A team of chemists at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., is testing alternative fuel formulas using items such as algae, weeds, animal fats and liquefied coal.Their goal is to create an alternative version of today’s jet fuel, known as JP-5, which could be easily transported and burned by today’s fleet.Rick Kamin, the fuels lead for the Navy Energy Coordination Office,http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/navy-tests-alternative-fuels-for-jets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-2876401927431822653Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:50:00 +00002009-06-16T00:53:27.452-07:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Energy-CostAlgae-Energy-InvestmentsYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The combined global biodiesel and ethanol markets will reach $247 billion in sales by 2020, up from $76 billion in 2010, Pike Research of Boulder said Monday.Pike Research said it anticipates three key waves of biodiesel development over the next several years:-- Fuels based on waste greases will reach market in 2010.-- Jatropha-based fuels will begin having a significant http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/pike-research-report-biofuels-markets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-3621248741300132831Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:13:00 +00002009-06-15T23:50:39.335-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Solazyme, Inc., received the San Francisco Business Times’ Bay Area Green Business Award for Renewable Energy – Fuels. The awards, which were presented at a ceremony June 11, recognize the Bay Area’s most promising clean technology companies. A panel of Bay Area esteemed experts in clean technology judged more than 200 nominations in 14 categories. The judging was http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/solazyme-received-bay-area-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-3826046222874470638Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:38:00 +00002009-06-14T20:57:30.639-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-CO2-SequestrationYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Chemical companies and other industrial sources of greenhouse gas emissions are eligible for $1.3 billion in grants for large-scale carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) demonstration projects under a Department of Energy program announced on June 8.Industrial sources generate some 19% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, but DOE funding support for CCS projects has gone http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/doe-grants-13-billion-for-companies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-4273037484783368533Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:24:00 +00002009-06-12T20:47:03.061-07:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-CO2-SequestrationYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The Welsh Assembly Government (press release) is supporting a trial looking at how to use algae to feed off liquid digestate by-products from anaerobic digestion plants. It has given a £50,000 grant to community group Merlin Bio-developments to investigate the potential to further reduce the carbon footprint of AD facilities by using the liquid residues from the plants to http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/funding-for-research-into-algae-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5946825283173292359Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +00002009-06-12T20:17:12.760-07:00Algae-Fuel-ResearchYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The Japanese and Indian space agencies have announced that they are to collaborate on a new project to research photosynthesis in space. Noriaki Ishioka, a professor from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), told AFP that JAXA and the Indian Space Research Organisation will be sending an unmanned satellite into space in October. The objective of the mission http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/japan-and-india-to-launch-space-algae.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6734025773652095016Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:47:00 +00002009-06-10T21:52:32.456-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.For one month starting June 10, the regular gasoline purchased at a Shell service station in Ottawa, Ontario will contain 10% cellulosic ethanol. The biofuel is produced locally from non-food raw materials at Iogen Energy Corporation's demonstration plant, using advanced conversion processes. Iogen(www.iogen.ca.) and Shell(http://www.shell.com) are partners in the plant, http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/shell-first-to-sell-gasoline-blended.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5366599610824197231Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:41:00 +00002009-06-10T21:46:25.054-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.An article in Biodiesel magazine lists all recent happenings in biodiesel industry in its july 2009 issue. Read Here:"Business Briefs: Companies, Organizations & People in the News"By the way, have you subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?; How about joining the Oilgae mailing list?; and our forum to discuss on with others?http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/business-briefs-companies-organizations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5366749441237120786Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:34:00 +00002009-06-10T21:38:31.273-07:00Algae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.The European Commission showed its support for the European Algae Biomass Association (EABA) by sending Peter Vis, Member of Cabinet of Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Energy, to the launch on 4 June. He was not the only representative of an international body and was joined by members of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/european-algae-biomass-association.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-7773287198001384745Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:59:00 +00002009-06-09T22:04:16.029-07:00Algae-BiodieselYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Press Release:19th Annual EPAC Conference in Bozeman, MTThe 19th Annual Ethanol Producers and Consumers (EPAC) Conference, Fuel, Food and the Future, will be held at the the Best Western Grantree Inn, Bozeman, Montana June 29 and 30, 2009. This educational conference will allow attendees to network with and learn from nationally recognized authorities, and participate in http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/19th-annual-epac-conference-in-bozeman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-5785372467250811567Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:42:00 +00002009-06-09T20:44:00.851-07:00You are at: Oilgae Blog.15 year old Javier Fernández-Han invented a truly innovative solution to meeting the basic needs of many of the world’s poor, and won Ashoka’s Invent Your World Challenge with his algae energy system, called VERSATILE. His holistic approach uses an efficient, modular system to meet multiple needs.The basis of Javier’s system is salt-water loving algae.The VERSATILE http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/versatile-complete-algae-energy-system.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-6466049018512945652Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:29:00 +00002009-06-08T21:33:46.323-07:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Energy-CompaniesAlgae-Cultivation-SewageYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Last month, the Reynolds Town Council approved a plan by Indianapolis-based algaewheel Inc. to build a special system using algae to process the town's wastewater.After passing through a series of filters, wastewater will flow through the wheels. The algae, simple organisms that use photosynthesis to turn sunlight into energy, will feed on nutrients in the wastewater. http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/algaewheel-to-build-algae-system-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-2484803593392976372Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-06-08T21:17:32.561-07:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-Energy-CompaniesYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Solazyme said it recently raised $57 million to enable its march toward commercializing its technology.New investors include VantagePoint Partners and undisclosed companies that do business in the markets Solazyme is targeting, Solzyme said.Solazyme is not only developing fuels for the transportation market, from cars to jets, it also wants to sell to the cosmetic and foodhttp://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/solazymes-soladiesel-undergoes-field.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715422.post-7200291554174459798Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:46:00 +00002009-06-07T21:49:03.652-07:00Algae-BiodieselAlgae-StrainsAlgae-Cultivation-Open-PondYou are at: Oilgae Blog.Texas researchers are working to transform algae fuel into a commercially competitive process. Both Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin are deeply involved in algae research, and private corporations in Texas also are exploring its potential. Texas A&M is producing oil-rich algae at a test facility just west of Pecos.At the test facility near Pecos, researchershttp://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/06/texas-researchers-are-working-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GURU)0