The Super Formula to Fight Aging – Its Name is Astaxanthin -Know more Solazyme (SZYM) is testing one another new product from algae, to survive in the algae biofuel industry. The big product that Solazyme is testing and has had approved by food regulators is so-called whole algal flour. This is the residue of crushed algae that […]

OriginOil has developed a process to treat liquid sewage at the point of origin and use it to feed and grow algae for fuel. A prototype of the system, known as the Electro Water Separation system, is now installed at an urban algae demonstration site near Paris. Human sewage is first separated into solids and […]

The third Algae World Australia is going to take place at Adelaide from August 26th to 28th this year.Organized by the Center for Management Technology, this is believed to be a vital industry-event where top executives convene for first hand updates and network with industry leaders.The meet also provides opportunities to visit the labs in […]

The 7th annual Algae Biomass Summit is taking place on September 30 – October 3, 2013 at the Hilton Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Organized by the Algae Biomass Organization and coproduced by BBI International, this event brings current and future producers of biobased products and energy together with algae crop growers, municipal leaders, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, […]

The 7th International Algae Congress is taking place on December 3 & 4 December 2013 in Hamburg, Germany.The main theme of the congress is: Successful Algae Applications in Aquaculture and Agriculture. Topics include Algae Biodiversity to design crops, Algae Bioanalytics,Algae Production systems,Algae Processing, Algae in Aquaculture, Algae in Agriculture,Food Applications of Algae. Read: http://www.algaecongress.com/page/3789

Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the top algae biofuel companies , expanded their partnership with the Linde Group to commercialize a new industrial scale conversion technology  needed to upgrade algae biomass into crude oil. Together, the companies will refine the hydrothermal treatment process developed and operated by Sapphire Energy at pilot scale. This agreement is […]

Indian Oil and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has started gearing up into biofuel research in India. Together they have jointly set up a Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research on the campus of Indian Oil’s R&D Centre at Faridabad. Now, this IOC-DBT Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research has signed an agreement with LanzaTech, USA, to further […]

Algae.Tec has formed a partnership with the Bayswater power station to build a facility that will eventually collect over a million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. The CO2 will be used to generate algal blooms in stackable shipping containers on the site. The algae will then be used to create biodiesel and jet fuel. More – http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-03/lukewarm-response-to-algae-biofuel-plan/4795582

Cellana is constructing commercial-scale biorefineries around the world for producing its feedstocks. It plans to operate these facilities, and will also use them to produce microalgae-based feedstocks for two other existing product lines: animal feed and Omega-3 nutritional oils. The non-exclusive agreement with Neste Oil is contingent upon several future variables, including production capacity and […]

One of Australia’s largest coal-fired power stations,Macquarie Generation, a power company owned by the New South Wales (NSW),  is set to be fitted with an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility to reduce its carbon footprint. The system will feed waste carbon dioxide into an enclosed algae growth system, where the algae consume the […]

One of Australia’s top agenda is to attain energy independence, which is spurring accelerated R&D in Australia’s algae-derived sustainable aviation biofuels. In the drive towards the commercialization of algae-derived aviation biofuels, the Australian Government pledged a $9.8 million investment in two projects through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) Advanced Biofuels Investment Readiness Program earlier […]

OriginOil is moving from a proof of concept to a full scale plant for production of oil from algae and the separation of oil and water in oil fields using the company’s unique separation processes – Clean Frac System. The company’s goals for the next three years are the commercial introduction of the Clean-Frac system […]

Caron Products, a company that promotes earth-friendly products has released an Algae Chamber as that provides precise lighting and temperature-controlled conditions suited for algae growth applications. The chamber is designed to use high efficiency fluorescent lamps to mimic day/night conditions. Available in 25 and 33 ft3, the chamber produces 300 µmoles/m2/sec of light standard and […]

Research from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have found out how the cells notice the absence of oxygen and  have stated that when green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii  “can’t breathe”, they get rid of excess energy through the production of hydrogen. For this, green algae need the messenger molecule nitric oxide and the protein haemoglobin, which is commonly known […]

Based on a new research from the University of Delware, an algae species – The microscopic algae Heterosigma akashiwo has been identified that grows rapidly on a gas mixture that has the same carbon dioxide and nitric oxide content as emissions released from a power plant. This algae can tolerate flue gas , also do […]

The Aurora Algae patent portfolio covers inventions and improved processes spanning the end-to-end production of algae-based products, from strain development through cultivation, harvesting, extraction, processing, and product development. The company has developed the industry’s first commercial-scale photosynthetic platform for sustainable, algae-based product development. The company’s proprietary algae strains and production process uses arid land, seawater […]

Solarvest Bioenergy an algae technology company has developed an extremely flexible system capable of being adapted to produce clean energy in the form of hydrogen and health products such as Omega oils in an economic and environmentally sensitive manner. The company has filed a patent to protect its unique process for the algae-based production for […]

Alan sez, “Evie Sobczak, who is presently 16, appears to have invented a completely chemical-free process for turning algae into a biofuel. Along the way her process appears to be about 20% more efficient than current chemical-heavy processes. Her project just took first place and best in category at the Intel International Science and Engineering […]

According to the study Food and Fuel Forever, released in May 2013, by Perth-based thinktank Future Directions International (FDI) – the algae industry will employ atleast 50,000 Australians. Australia’s endowment of sunlight makes it one of the world’s richest oil  provinces.Potentially worth $50 billion a year, the industry would produce fuel, food, stock feed, plastics, […]

Cellena, previously known as HR BioPetroleoum has announced that it has struck a deal with Neste Oil, Finaland in which Neste Oil has agreed to purchase large volumes of Cellana’s algae-based crude oil. Sources reveal that Cellena plans to sell $75-$100 million worth of crude oil to Neste Oil for refining. For Cellana, the deal […]

Arizona State University (ASU) student- Philip Carrier, uses algae as an inspiration for an installation project . Carrier will blend art and science together throughout two summer semesters on the ASU Polytechnic campus as the inaugural artist in residence at the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (AzCATI). AzCATI, which is embedded within the College […]

Research Group in Polymer Processing and Pyrolysis at the University of Alicante have designed and developed a  photobioreactor which  has attracted the interest of both Spanish and foreign firms in the sector of biotechnology. The novelty of this photobioreactor compared to those existing is that it allows mass production, less cleaning and maintenance operations, better […]

Sara Volz, a 17-year-old high school student from Colorado Springs, Colo., was the $100,000 winner of the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search for her work developing algae biofuels, and she was honored by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House. Volz has spent the last four years on making fuel from these organisms, […]

A new strain of yellow-green algae, heterococcus sp. DN1, which may prove to be an efficient source for biodiesel, has been discovered in the snow fields of the Rocky Mountains. Research examining this new alga, published in Biotechnology Progress, reveals that H. sp. DN1 was found to grow at temperatures approaching freezing and to accumulate large intracellular stores of […]

Research studies from the Sheba Medical Center @ Israel have revealed that a powdery substance produced by orange algae ( Dunaliella.bardawil) can treat an inherited disease – Retinitis pigmentosa, that causes blindness in children. This disease, until now, was thought to be incurable. Earlier, this was treated rather the intensity somehow slowed down using vitamin […]