In a face-off between academia and industry, algae biofuel companies have made a joint statement decrying recent research that highlights algae’s drawbacks. algae The research, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, found that algae production can be energy intensive and can end up emitting more greenhouse gases than it sequesters. In response, the […]

DuPont and Bio Architecture Lab (http://www.ba-lab.com/) recently were awarded a $9 million matching grant from ARPA-E for a third generation biofuels research program to determine if sugars from macroalgae — or seaweed — can be efficiently converted to biobutanol. The project will complement the efforts under way in the Butamax™ joint venture to commercialize a […]

Article by Ronie J. Calugay Among the hundreds of thousands of species of microalgae, a superhero is on the rise — meet Botryococcus braunii! This single-celled superscum which clusters in colonies produces a higher amount of a substance called hydrocarbon, which closely resembles the various contents of crude oil from fossil fuels, than the fatty […]

CEO Riggs Eckelberry welcomed guests at their press and public party showing off “a complete system” for growing algae and extracting algae oil. Riggs spoke with the assembled group of core investors, celebrities and members of the press. “I´m very proud of our team that has worked so hard over the months to make our […]

St. Louis-based conglomerate Enterprise Rent-A-Car is going green. Algae green, to be specific. The company is converting its entire fleet of airport shuttle buses — more than 600 vehicles — to biofuel. For now soybeans will provide the power but a report from yesterday’s St. Louis Business Journal says algae — the tiny blue-green plants […]

Press Release: Preliminary Agenda Thursday, Feb. 25th Dennis Fisher – BioCentric Energy;  Manufacturing and Managing Closed-Loop PBR systems Rick Armstrong – RWE; Algae to Energy Tim Tompkins – RWE; Engineering Closed-Loop systems Charles Bensinger – Alternative Energy, Biofuels Tony Prehm – Virtuoso Biofuels Scott Fraser – OriginOil David Gair – Pacific Oil Products; Extraction System […]

Clean Energy and Power, Inc.announced today that Dennis Shen former Chief Operating officer of Biocentric Energy Holdings Inc., and lead developer of the Algae Bioreactor has joined Clean Energy and Power as President. “With Dennis on board we now have a proven ‘Green’ technology visionary whose focus has been in many areas of the clean […]

Skyonic Corporation, an Austin-based carbon-capture technology company, announced it has been selected to receive $3 million in stimulus funding under the competitive “Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO2 Use” grant administered by the Department of Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL).This grant, along with private investment, […]

A Marshall University graduate has donated $50,000 to the university’s College of Science to support aquatic research. College Dean Charles Somerville says Shelba Pew’s donation will help in the study of algae in larger rivers. Pew graduated from Marshall in 1936. Somerville says the preliminary study could help in the development of energy resources.

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Algae may be the next frontier for biofuels, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is poised to be among the nation’s leaders in this research. Part of the greenhouse complex at UNL’s Beadle Center will be revamped into an algal biofuels research facility this year. Scientists will begin growing algae in […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The EPA in its Renewable Fuels Standard found that biofuels could have a significant impact on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions when compared with gasoline or diesel fuel. The finding now classifies algae-based biodiesel and renewable diesel as an “advanced biofuel” under U.S. federal guidelines. The EPA announcement is […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. In a new study, a team of chemists from the University of Toronto in Canada have observed quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis in marine algae, which suggests algae knew about quantum mechanics nearly two billion years before humans. “Our latest experiments show that normally functioning biological systems have the […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press Release: Massachusetts-based renewable energy company Bodega Algae and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, have received a six-month, $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and test a prototype for growing high concentrations of algae for use as […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press Release: The National Algae Association is pleased to announce the following additions to the agenda for its West Coast Chapter Workshop on February 25th & 26th, 2010 at the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by BioCentric Energy: Abdul S. Abdul, Ph.D., PHDPresidentNESA & Associates […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Here’s an interesting site (and blog) focussed on CO2 sequestration at power plants worldwide. Aptly called Power Plant CCS, it provides the latest updates on CCS at power plants worldwide. Interestingly, it has a special emphasis on researching the newest and novel methods for CCS at these plants. I find […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Hopewell launched the algae demonstration project in November. Until at least September, algae will be used to clean wastewater from nitrogen instead of conventionally engineered solutions. This new technology is a more cost-saving, green approach to nutrient removal, which results in cleaner waters in Virginia’s rivers and in the Chesapeake […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Energy Quest, Inc, an emerging leader in alternative energy and the development and production of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner announced today it is to begin construction on a turn key biomass (Wood Waste) to Power/Algae Energy plant producing 26.8 megawatt (24 net). The plant will consist […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Qatar Airways are trying to develop a biofuel that will enable them to keep on flying and become carbon neutral. The project will be a joint affair between Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park, and Qatar Petroleum. The trio has established the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform which will focus […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Climate change mitigation-related stories were among the top ten most read science stories from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2009. Los Alamos National Laboratory team-up with Solix Biofuels Inc. to use the laboratory’s sound wave technology in optimizing production of algae-based fuel ranked as the seventh leading story for […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The AgCenter announced in mid-December that it had received “conditional approval” from the state Board of Regents to establish the LSU AgCenter Biofuels Research Center, and it now has “one year to get the institute up and running,” said John Russin, associate vice chancellor of the LSU AgCenter. Timber processing […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Meghan Starbuck, an assistant professor of economics at New Mexico State University, is working on a way to turn microalgae, and millions of their tiny, slimy friends, into a successful fuel industry for the state. “Algal biofuel can be refined into a variety of fuels, including gasoline. I would run […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Growdiesel Climate Care Council announces the International Workshop on Algae Biofuel on the 12th & 13th of April 2010 in India.   The workshop is focused on next generation of Biofuels using Algae as a main feedstock. The workshop offers an excellent opportunity for investors, entrepreneurs, Biofuel companies, renewable fuel […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press Release: Proposed Algae Production Certification Program  3 day intensive training course To all Algae Producers, Researchers, Equipment Companies and Economists: The National Algae Association has written the first algae production certification program for the algae industry. Starting in the first quarter of 2010, the NAA will be offering an […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press Release: To all Algae Producers, Researchers, Investment Companies and Team Leaders: Due to the continuing volatility in oil prices, the lack of jobs in the US and the funds already dedicated to research, commercializing the algae industry is now on the fast track. The NAA has challenged the industry […]

You are at: Oilgae Blog. The article is found interesting as it deals with the negative aspects of biofuels from microalgae. The energy balance which is an essential factor influencing sustainability of biomass production is discussed. It can be determined that at first glance, microalgae appear to be an attractive source of biomass. A more […]