Algatechnologies Ltd. has signed a supply and long-term collaboration agreement with Fujifilm Corp. in Japan for its AstaPure® natural astaxanthin ingredients. Fujifilm has already been using Algatech’s natural astaxanthin as a main ingredient for its nutrition supplement and cosmetics products line Astalift. Astalift is one of the most innovative and successful cosmetics brand in Japan. […]

The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has co-founded a seaweed farming technology company AT~SEA to develop off-the shelf seaweed farms. AT~SEA Technologies has been formed as part of the EU project AT~SEA. The company’s specially designed 2D seaweed cultivation substrates form part of the product offered by AT~SEA Technologies, which will specialize in industry […]

SCHOTT, in partnership with Heliae, has announced that its new oval glass tubes for photobioreactors increases the dry biomass output by more than 22%. An indoor study was conducted by replacing round glass tubes with oval tubes in Heliae’s Helix Seed PBR. The study showed that oval tubes increase the overall output of algae by […]

Nutress, a Dutch algae firm has partnered with Harke Pharma, a German marketer to distribute the algae products across German countries. The agreement is Nutress’ first direct distribution agreement which follows its recent cultivation expansion and builds on its international growth strategy. Source

OriginOil Inc. has launched the Smart Algae Harvester line of low-energy algae concentrators. The first model is the A25, a workhorse algae harvester designed for scale-up testing and initial production. It can harvest up to 25 litres per minute or up to 36,000 litres of algae cultivation water every day.  The concentrate produced can have […]

Algenol LLC has received a $25 million investment from BioFields for biofuel production from algae. This investment provides Algenol an opportunity to shift is concentration more towards commercialization. Algenol also plans to convert the left-over algal biomass into cellulosic diesel and jet fuel drop-ins. Source

The Algae Biomass Organization has announced that the ninth annual Algae Biomass Summit will be held in Washington DC from September 30 to October 2 at the Marriott Washington Wardman Park. ABO is now accepting abstracts and proposals for keynote speakers, panel presentations and poster sessions. The event will showcase technologies and algae derived products […]

OriginOil Inc. a developer of Electro Water Separation is collaborating with Idaho National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy in a project to focus on the development and implementation of novel approaches to improve the efficiency in algal biofuels production. The two companies have jointly submitted a proposal titled “Targeted Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts (TABB)”which […]

Israel-based Qualitas Health, developer of algae-based food products, launches two new products based on its novel omega ingredient, Almega PL. The Almega PL is an omega oil rich in EPA with polar lipids containing essential fatty acids. The products shows improved bioavailability. Almega PL is competitive to other omega-3 products as it is completely based […]

Portuguese based Microalgae company, Allma, has launched cereal based Chlorella pieces. The product is a blend of rice cereal and Chlorella vulgaris in multiple sizes and favours like carrots, rosemary and lemon. Having a high nutritional value and food technology characteristics, Chlorella can be used as a natural colourant. Other chlorella based products from Allma […]

Solaplast, a division of Algix LLC in Athens, that converts algae from catfish ponds into plastics, has inaugurated a plant in Lauderdale County. The new plant of solaplast will produce bioplastic resins in tonnes and will be shipped to factories for use. It is expected that the opening of new plant will create over 100 […]

Muradel, Australian based algae biofuel company has launched its integrated demonstration plant to convert algae into green crude. The production capacity of the plant is 30,000 litres per year. The cost of setting up the plant is $10.7 million which is jointly funded by Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Whyalla City Council, the South Australian Government and Muradel Shareholders. […]

Algatechnologies Ltd signs partnership with Schott AG, to improve the efficiency of algae cultivation. Algatechnologies has successfully achieved 10% improvement in algae cultivation in Schott’s thin walled Duran glass tubes during its one year study on natural astaxanthin product, AstaPure. The Duran glass tubes provided by Schott AG can increase sun exposure, allows the production […]

Most of the algae fuel companies are now shifting their focus from producing fuels to producing high-value non- fuel products . Recently, Aurora biofuels had repositioned into Aurora Algae and now I see Solix Biofuels colloborating with BASF to produce renewable chemicals. Here you go .. Some details about the collaboration of BASF with Solix […]

Verenium Corp., a Cambridge commercial enzyme developer, has closed the $98.3 million sale of its cellulosic biofuels business to BP Biofuels North America today.As part of the acquisition, Verenium’s pilot plant and demonstration-scale facility in Jennings, La., is now owned by BP BP also takes over the company’s research and development facilities in San Diego […]

Algae genetic engineering simply means engineering the DNA of these algae to improve their abilities to yield oil. Genetic engineering finds its application on many aspects of algae, especially on biofuel algae. There is a need for algae engineering because the problem we are facing right now is that one algal strain is very unlikely […]