AlgaEnergy SA, part-owned by Spain’s Iberdrola SA (IBE) and Repsol SA (REP), is in talks with potential partners to set up a plant in Mexico to supply the American markets with biomass made from algae. The International Energy Agency, a policy adviser for industrialized nations, estimates biofuels must supply about 27 percent of road fuels […]

A team of Michigan State University scientists have invented a new technology that increases the odds of helping algae-based biofuels cross that gap and come closer to reality. The current issue of Algal Research showcases the team’s invention — the environmental photobioreactor. The ePBR system is the world’s first standard algae growing platform, one that […]

Oilgae, the most popular web destination for algae fuels and algae value-added products, has launched, Oilgae Gallery. This will be a unique promotion platform for all companies and suppliers for the algae industry. The Super Formula to Fight Aging – Its Name is Astaxanthin -Know more What is Oilgae Gallery? It is an attractive section […]

NAA announces the Origin Oil Algae Harvester will be demonstrated on Friday’s during the month of March and April for students, algaepreneurs, private industry and equipment lenders interested in learning about commercial algae production and harvesting technology. Students will learn about algae farming and indoor biomanufacturing in their future for fuels and co-products. Algaepreneur’s  will […]

Innovative technology that uses algae to convert waste coal dust into a clean, high-quality coal which can readily be processed into biofuel was publicly demonstrated at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth on Monday. The pioneering technology has been developed by the university over the past three years with funding from the Department […]

Wastewater treatment lagoons have the potential to serve as a local energy source, according to a Clarkson University doctoral student. Stefanie Kring, an environmental science and engineering Ph.D. student, has discovered the potential biofuel content of microbes that live in local waste water treatment aerated lagoons. Kring regularly visited the Canton, N.Y., wastewater treatment aerated lagoons during a […]

A unique bioreactor at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory can help find the ideal locations for farms to produce algae that could someday compete with renewable diesel, cellulosic ethanol, and other petroleum alternatives as transportation fuel. It does so by revealing the intricate biochemical rearrangements that algae undergo when grown in different locations […]

Australian algae fuel developer Algae.Tec has received a $2.4 million purchase order from an affiliate of Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited (RIIHL) in connection with an investment announced in January. This purchase order is for supply of Algae.Tec algae production technology and technical expertise. Algae.Tec is to build a pilot biofuels plant with RIIHL using its algae fuel technology […]

A multi-million pound project to make energy out of pink and orange algae is being led by researchers at a Kent university. An international team of scientists aim to build a biorefinery called the D-Factory to turn an algae called Dunaliella into useful products like food, plastics and fuel. Researchers at the Medway campus of […]

McConnell sought grant money for a company seeking to develop biofuel from algae, then a few years later called Obama’s proposal for a similar plan a “pipe dream.” Two years ago, Sen. Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to deride President Barack Obama for a speech that called for developing biofuel from algae — […]

Algae educators have an important role to play in responding to critical societal needs.  Remarkably, algae have the capacity to powerfully address major global food, fuel, and CO2 issues.  There is currently an urgency to act in a timely fashion.  Relevant and dynamic curricula which are coupled with affordable, appropriate instructional technology that is packaged […]

San Diego’s members of the House of Representatives were divided in the end of January 2014 on whether to approve the nation’s new nearly $1 trillion farm bill, one that cuts food stamps by about $8 billion over the next decade. Members who were against it the bill that establishes the federal government’s farm policies […]

Much of the resources in the oceans are underutilised or not yet discovered. Now Norway has been given the responsibility for coordinating important European research on marine biotechnology. The ERA-NET on marine biotechnology (ERA-MarineBiotech) was recently launched. Special Adviser Steinar Bergseth of the Research Council of Norway is the coordinator for the new network, which […]

The emerging algae production industry is having new successes every day by dedicated commercially-minded algaepreneurs, researchers and equipment companies collaborating throughout the world.  Algae production for both fuels and co-products have been on the rise over the past year. As these new technologies are proven to scale, they are being introduced into the algae production […]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has released its Advancements in Algal Biofuels: Year in Review. The goal of BETO is to support advanced in the production of algal biofuel – especially those that lower the cost of production. Highlights of the report: Fast algae-to-bio-crude oil process reduces production costs: DOE’s […]

In Arizona, SCHOTT North America, Heliae, and Arizona State University announced a partnership to bring Heliae’s algae production technology to ASU’s algae testbed facility. Through the partnership, SCHOTT, a global leader in glass innovation, financed a Helix photobioreactor built by Heliae and installed at ASU’s DOE-funded algae testbed facility. Over the next several years, algae research […]

This article was taken from the Feb 2014 issue of Wired magazine . Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2014/02/start/interactive-algae-farm  Algal architecture is on the rise: in early 2013, Arup unveiled an algae-powered building in Hamburg with a “bioadaptive” façade; and researchers in Barcelona are developing biological concrete that uses microalgae. Cesare Griffa, a Torinese architect, is taking a more networked approach: “I believe that […]

Laboratory instrumentation manufacturer Fluid Imaging Technologies, Scarborough, Maine has awarded its 2014 Student Equipment & Travel Grant to Louis R. Brown, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Texas A&M AgriLife Research. His proposal, Elucidating the impacts of seasonal variation and contaminant suppressants in algal cultures using FlowCAM, was selected after a series of in-depth reviews by a panel […]

Waste stream generated in the textile industry is essentially based on water-based effluent generated in the various activities of wet processing of textiles, in a practical estimate, it has been found that 45% material in preparatory processing, 33% in dyeing and 22% are re-processed in finishing. The fact is that the effluent generated in different […]

Industrial-scale production of leather  requires extremely high volumes of process water. The water is not only needed for transportation in the production process but also for various tasks such as removing or soaking the hides. The wastewater problem is correspondingly acute  especially in European producer countries like Italy and Spain but also in China, India, […]

Algae are possibly one of the most useful, yet one of the most ignored organisms. In addition to the fact that algae are responsible for consuming most of the CO2 and releasing the most amount of oxygen that keeps us alive, algae are also being used in diverse industries and applications. In fact, according to […]

Aside from the fact that expensive reactor systems are not required, the algae- based wastewater treatment also is unlike some other algal-cultivation (for fuel) methods that rely on using algae that might not have a particular medium as its natural habitat. This is the powerful idea that has driven some companies to make serious efforts […]

The California Center for Algae Biotechnology (Cal-CAB, previously SD-CAB) and UC San Diego Extension are offering the EDGE Biofuels Certificates again for 2014.  Applications for the certificates are open. Enrollment in individual Biofuels courses is also an option, space permitting. The Educating and Developing workers for the Green Economy (EDGE) Initiative was started with funding from the […]

The International Biomass Conference & Expo, presented by BBI International, will be held March 24-26, 2014 in Orlando, Florida. The 2014 agenda is tightly focused on leading edge developments in the biomass industry, from feedstock cultivation, harvest and storage to conversion technology, project finance and regulatory guidance.  The 2014 main program will include 30-plus panels and more than 100 […]

U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Navy’s joint “Farm-to-Fleet” venture will now make biofuel blends part of regular, operational fuel purchase and use by the military. This incorporates the acquisition of biofuel blends into regular Department of Defense (DOD) domestic solicitations for jet engine and marine diesel fuels. The Navy will seek to purchase JP-5 […]