Solazyme – the algae fuel company which makes fuels through the heterotrophic route collaborates with Australian- based Qantas to produce aviation fuel  – “Solajet” from algae. Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme says ” Qantas is establishing a leadership position in the airline industry in supporting the commercialization of renewable, sustainable aviation fuels. Through this alliance, […]

PHOENIX, AZ – The leaders of the biodiesel industry gathered at the Phoenix Convention Center for the Advanced Biodiesel Conference and Expo,2011, to discuss the direction of the biodiesel industry and the opportunity that lies in it . This year’s theme has the term “ADVANCE”, to highlight biodiesel’s classification as an advanced biofuel by the […]

There is a growing interest in algae biofuel in recent years and algae can be said to hold the future for biofuel industry. They have several advantages over other biofuels- high yield from fewer resources, limited land requirements, carbon capture utilities and ease of manipulation and optimization of growth conditions, abundant strain availability etc. Many […]

Algae venture had sometime in August  last year come up with what was called the Harvesting , Dewatering and  Drying (HDD)  system which they claim radically improves one of the bottlenecks hindering algae fuels – Dewatering of algae.  See my earlier post – (http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2010/08/harvesting-dewatering-and-drying-of-algae.html) Now,Algaeventure Systems  have reported that they  has been awarded a $1.5 […]

BARD is building the first full composite plant in the north east region of the United States. The facility will combine a 60M gallon biodiesel production plant and a 66M gallon soy solvent extraction plant and a 66M gallon algae cultivation, harvesting & extraction plant. Biofuel Advance Research and Development, LLC. (BARD) now  has entered […]

HR BioPetroleum Inc.  has announced that  it will buy out its partner in an algae-to-energy venture in Kona. Cellana’s first commercial project will be a biofuel plant that the company plans to build next to Maui Electric Co.’s Maalaea Power Plant. Biodiesel made from algae at the Cellana facility will be burned at the plant […]

Origin Oil, the developers of the Quantum fracturing technologies have announced that their harvesting technology is being tested by MBD Energy in Australia.  MBD energy recently purchased Origin Oil’s extraction unit for their power plant at Tarong, Australia. MBD Energy expects OriginOil technology to support a pilot Bio-CCS (Bio-based Carbon Capture and Storage) algal synthesizer […]

A team of biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium research institute have deciphered an algae which is said to have the capacity to thrive in fresh water as well as marine water. These newly discovered microbes are termed as “rappemonads” and they may be distributed world wide. While performing phottosynthesis, like other algae, these  rappemonads […]

Origin Oil ,  the developer of  a  Quantam Fracturing technology had announced his first potential customer – MBD energy in 2010 has now   announced that they will be focusing  on embedding its technology into industrial algae systems. Essentially, OriginOil will work with OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) to integrate its extraction technology into their branded systems. The OEM category includes  manufacturers, […]

The fifth European Phycological Congress, EPC5 will be held in Rhodes, Greece, on September 4-9, 2011.  The conference will have plenary presentations, special symposia, contributed papers and posters, that will highlight algal research conducted in Europe. However, all phycologists, from throughout the world can participate. The conference will focus on Molecular biological and Biotechnological aspects […]

Future Fuels 2011, a techno-commercial workshop is organized by Growdiesel Climate Care Council, on 13th & 14th April, 2011 at Mumbai, India. The workshop is focused on Futuristic Clean Fuels using waste as the main feedstock. The workshop will be an excellent platform to disseminate information regarding futuristic fuels and other important areas of upcoming Biofuel Industry. […]

A new algae fuel company by name – Muradel Pty has joined the algae fuel race. This company is a joint venture between Murdoch University, Adelaide Research  and SQC Pty. This company has been started to make algae fuels a reality in Australia taking into the advantage the climatic conditions of Australia. The company plans […]

Photon8, a Texas based algae fuel company claims that they have devised a business model which would be produce biodiesel  at $1.25 per US gallon. Photon8 grow their algae in closed systems – photobioreactor with a production rate equal to 1.5 gal/square meter/year. They expect to produce 22,000 gal per 2.5 acre/yr then to best […]

Algae fuels commercialization faces challenges in every part of the value chain. Starting from strain selection to product extraction there are biological  and engineering breakthroughs which are required to make algae fuels a reality. With respect to harvesting, the main issue is the energy required to remove the algae cells from the liquid media. A company by […]

In China, China Biological Engineering (CBEL)of Hong Kong is initially investing $5 million in  in Phyco BioSciences. for project development. CBEL is developing projects in the Peoples Republic of China beginning with a joint venture project that is utilizing Phyco’s super trough production and harvest platform and plans rapid expansion of algae biomass projects in […]

GNE-India,  a wholly-owned subsidiary of Florida based, World Health Energy Holdings and GNE Global Natural Energy Ltd. is an algae tech company with unique systems to grow algae commercially for energy and food This company has now signed a letter of intent with David Lobo from Deejay Coconut Farm PVT via a joint venture to […]

If you work in or dream of working in algae fuels research, this is an opportunity you just cannot miss! Oilgae is assisting a prestigious India-headquartered company that is embarking on an ambitious project on algae to fuels. We are currently assisting them in setting up a world class scientific and engineering team. If you […]

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking input from industry, academia, and other biofuels stakeholders regarding supply systems and services for the production, handling, storage, transport and delivery of algae via a new Request for Information (RFI) DOE may use the information in support of program planning and may determine to issue a formal […]

The 4th international algae congress will take place in the Planetarium in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 1 and 2 December 2010. The Congress sessions will address the following themes: Algae Projects BioFuel Synthetic Genomics/ GMO Algae Markets – Economic potential Markets – Economic potentia Regulations Macro Algae DLG BENELUX is the organizer of the International […]

A remarkable event comprising of many algae enthusiasts all around the world was conducted by the Centre for Management Technology (CMT) in Singapore on the 19th and the 20th of last month. The event com prised of many intellectual delegates keen on updating their knowledge on the latest developments in the algae-energy industry. Several discerning […]

ALGAE EUROPE Conference & Expo the first fair-conference in Italy dedicated to the technologies and industrial applications of algae culture, which will take place from 26 to 28 October 2010 at Fieramilanocity, Milan. The event has been designed especially for the manufacturers of technologies, plants and machinery for the production of algae, along with the companies […]

Ford joins the algae fuel race to better understand the use of biomass to produce future biofuels as part of an overall strategy to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and address climate change. and they see algae as one renewable fuel it needs to study. They planned to venture into  this exciting domain […]

Oilgae has released the latest update of its Comprehensive Oilgae Report and I thought I’d provide you with details of the report and the key takeaways from the report for your reference. As you might already know, the Comprehensive Oilgae Report is the most detailed report covering all the critical aspects of algae biofuels –strain […]

At Oilgae, we had constituted a team about three months back and the team had been doing rigorous amount of exploration to find out the best design that can theoretically yield biofuels at the equivalent of about $3 per gallon. We have been literally burning our midnight oil to evaluate out all possible combinations and […]

The Advanced Biofuels Markets conference, 9th-10th November 2010, San Francisco.The Advanced Biofuels Markets conference will bring together leading experts who are bringing advanced biofuels to market, including Advanced Biofuels Company Executives, Venture Capitalists and Investment Bankers, Corporate Strategic Investment and Alliance Executives, EPC firms and industry suppliers. Join the conference in November in San Francisco […]