Dr Jamie Hestekin and his team of students from the University of Arkansas have received Planet Forward’s Innovator of the Year award for their research on algae biofuels. Planet Forward is the project of the Center for Innovative Media at the George Washington University, which features innovative ideas on climate and energy challenges. Planet Forward […]

The Lousiana State University Agricultural Centre (LSU-Ag Center) and Aquatic Energy LLC (AE), a US-based biotech company using algae for food and fuel have been recommended for state research funds by the Industrial Ties Research Subprogram (ITRS) component of the Board of Regents Support Fund (BORSF). They have been recommended for the grant for their […]

May 11th was a big day for the Independence Bio-Products company. Its algal jet-fuel was tested by the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and was found out to be identical to the fuel obtained from other sources like Jatropha, Soybeans and Camelina.  This achievement is a part of a […]

OriginOil recently announced that its France-based joint venture partner, Ennesys, is working to set up two large-scale projects based on algae. Ennesys will be working for Bouygues Construction to study the integration of wastewater algae production in two buildings located in France. ITSASOA, a company focused on marine fuels, is working together with Ennesys to absorb […]

Germany-based Linde Group and US algae fuel company Sapphire Energy have jointly undertaken a project on the production of algae fuels. Sapphire Energy has signed a multi-year agreement with Linde Group for the development of a low-cost system for the supply of CO2 to the commercial-scale, open pond algae cultivation systems. Linde has agreed to […]

In a collaborative laboratory scale research, researchers from Wageningen University, the Netherlands and the University of Huelva, Spain, studied the use of vertical photobioreactors for improving the photosynthetic efficiency of microalgae. The productivity of vertical outdoor photobioreactor was analyzed quantitatively and compared with that of a horizontal photobioreactor. For this study they simulated the daily […]

This is to give a brief account on a patent which I recently came across. Though photobioreactors provide much more advantages over open cultivation systems, still more work has to be done in making them cost effective to set up and to operate than conventional pipe reactors and which give high algae yields. This invention […]

OriginOil has selected BARD to form a joint venture that will focus on technologies developed by both the companies. BARD’s patent-pending technology – BA 1000, deals with cultivating algae based on a modular system of Photobioreactors (PBRs) and OriginOil’s breakthrough technology is all about harvesting and extracting the algae. The joint venture would enable the […]

Clean Fuels Conclave 2011 is organized by Growdiesel on 23 -25th November 2011 in India. The conclave will provide up-to-date understanding of the next generation clean fuels, feedstocks & technologies. The event will cover futuristic fuels like Bio CNG, Green Diesel, Bio-cooking gas, Biocrude, etc. The topics to be covered are Next generation Biofuels, Algae […]

The 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EU BC&E), the leading platform for the world’s biomass specialists, will take place in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition is designed to showcase biomass products, utilisation and conversion technologies. It targets all interested parties in the commercial use of biomass, promoting business while at the same time providing a […]

The Canadian Local Organizing Committee, in collaboration with Canada’s National Research Council – Institute for Marine Biosciences, is conducting the 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology, under the guidance of International Society for Applied Phycology (ISAP). The event is scheduled to be held in Halifax, Canada on June 19-24 2011. The theme […]

With the aim of exploring the novel and efficient technologies and market trends in the algae production process, Belgium-based Smart Short Courses, a joint operation of ID&A Ignace Debruyne & Associates and Filtration and Membrane World, is organizing Algae Technology Platform 2011 in Brussels, Belgium on May 26-27, 2011. The event will focus on the […]

The 3rd Annual Algae World Summit 2011 is scheduled to be held in California on May 23-25, 2011. Those who attend the conference will have the opportunity To get updates on the market of algae biofuels, bulk and fine algae-based chemicals, animal products, cosmetics & nutraceuticals To learn about the latest technological breakthroughs on algae […]

Centre for Management Technology (CMT) is organizing the 3rd Annual Algae World Europe as a part of its Algae World conference series. This year the event is scheduled to be held in Madrid, Spain on 16-17th May. The event will highlight the potential of microalgae, macroalgae and cyanobacteria. Major focus will be laid on Food, […]

“Produce algae fuels @ a barrel a day, you can compete with petroleum fuels”, says Karl Seitz, the Co-Founder of the US-based algae fuel company Heliae. In an interview during the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, Seitz told that their company is measuring success not in terms of gallons or liters but by barrels. This is […]

  Leaders of the various sectors of biomass industry gathered to discuss the future of algae, biomass thermal, biomass power, biogas, biofuels and biochemicals industries at the International Biomass Conference & Expo. The bottomline of the whole discussion sessions was that federal support has to be pulled up to favor a positive growth of biomass […]

With its already erected six one-acre ponds in Northwest Australia, Aurora Algae is opening another five-acre modular pond in or around July, this year. The six ponds are producing 15 tons of dry, ash-free biomass per month. Aurora’s CEO Greg Baffalis suggests that starving the algae makes the algae accumulate more lipids than the non-starving […]

　 Cellana LLC, a Hawaii based developer of algae-based biofuels and bioproducts is all set to ramp up commercial scale production of algae biofuels. their commercial scale algae facitlity would be the first of its kind in the U.S With over $100 million investment for developing algal strains and production technology, the company has now […]

Iberia, the largest Spanish airline and the flag carrier of Spain has joined hands with AENA (Spanish Airports and Air Navigation) and Spain-based algae company AlgaEnergy for an algae biofuel project at the Bajaras Airport, Madrid. About €600,000 has been invested initially in this project and will become operational next month. The research plant will […]

W2 Energy Inc., a clean technology company involved in the development of systems for the generation of energy from waste materials, claims that their product SunFilter 1 has been sinking carbon dioxide at 2-3 times faster since it was filled with the algae Euglena gracilis and by this it will be able to capture more carbon […]

I came across this interesting invention when I was researching on novel ideas in algae-to-fuel technology. Streamline Automation LLC, USA has invented a technology of using ionic liquids for the extraction of fuel products from algae culture. According to the invention, an active ionic liquid is used to dissolve and/or lyse the algal cell walls, […]

Solix Biosystems delivered its Lumian AGS4000, a fully integrated, high productivity algae cultivation system to New Mexico State University (NMSU). The Lumian AGS, which is designed using Solix’s proprietary photobioreactor technology, is located at Fabian Garcia Science Center of NMSU. This will be used to optimize algae growth parameters and produce biomass for downstream testing. […]

Researchers are studying the possibility of the use of geomembranes in algae cultivation for biofuels. Geomembranes, which are commonly used as canal and pond liners, could be of great use in algae production at landfills. Landfill by-products such as leachate could be used in the production of algae biofuels. Geosynthetics can provide dependable, well-tested containment […]

To kick off the algae collecting season, the Saint Louis Science Center and the Center for Advanced Biofuel Systems at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center are hosting the 2nd annual Algaepalooza on May 7, 2011 in the Life Science Lab at the Saint Louis Science Center. Algaepalooza is the first opportunity in 2011 for […]

BARD Holding Inc., a Pennsylvania based algae fuel company, wants its first project outside the US to be located in India. For this project, the company is going to have talks with Sahara India Pariwar, a leading business entity in India. BARD produces fuel and high value products from algae, using their patent pending algae […]