{"id":1084,"date":"2009-05-28T04:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2009-05-28T04:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T04:03:00","slug":"algal-biomass-organization-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/algal-biomass-organization-announces.html","title":{"rendered":"Algal Biomass Organization Announces New Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/\">Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Press Release:<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">Algal Biomass Organization Announces New Directors<\/div>\n<div id=\"story_subheadline\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">                  <\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic; text-align: center;\">       Industry organization expands leadership group to help accelerate        growth of algae industry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.algalbiomass.org%2F&amp;esheet=5974117&amp;lan=en_US&amp;anchor=Algal+Biomass+Organization&amp;index=1\" shape=\"rect\">Algal        Biomass Organization<\/a> (ABO) today announced the appointment of four        new board members, and the re-election of an existing board member. The        additional board members will help the organization increase its efforts        to help develop the industry as increasingly algal biomass is being        considered as a vital resource for clean and renewable energy.     <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">              <!-- start story body -->                 <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">       The board members represent a wide range of industries, organizations        and companies, in keeping with the ABO\u2019s commitment to developing a        membership from across the value chain. The board makeup now includes        representatives from academia, professional services, technology and        project development and end-users. Newly elected directors include:     <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">     <\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmarginbottom\">         Dr. Ira Levine, associate professor at the University of Southern          Maine and vice president of Biological Services, Inc.       <\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmarginbottom\">         Dr. Margaret McCormick, general manager, Bio-based Materials Program          at Targeted Growth, Inc.       <\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmarginbottom\">         John Pierce, member at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati and one of the          leaders if of its Renewable Energy and CleanTech Practice, as well as          the catalyst for the formation of the ABO       <\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmarginbottom\">         Elizabeth Willett, business development and commercial manager, Mars          Symbioscience, a division of Mars, Inc., and       <\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmarginbottom\">         Dr. Philip Pienkos, a founding board member of ABO and supervisor of          the Applied Biology Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,          who was re-elected to a second term.       <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">     <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">       Founded one year ago, the Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) is a        non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and advocate for the        development of commercially-viable transportation and power generation        fuels as well as other non-energy applications for algal biomass. The        volunteer-led organization has a number of operating sub-committees        aimed at helping member companies and advancing the industry, including        Technical Standards, Government Relations and Peer Review. The ABO also        produces the annual Algae Biomass Summit, which last year drew more than        700 attendees from more than 20 countries.     <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">     <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">       Membership in ABO has expanded significantly in the past year, with        dozens of individuals, companies, organizations, and research        institutions joining to support the industry. Members of the        organization, which recently held its first annual meeting in        Washington, D.C., met with several members of Congress and their        staffers to help educate them on the potential of algae as a key        renewable and sustainable fuel and energy source. This outreach is        increasingly important given the $786.5 million from the American        Recovery and Reinvestment Act recently pledged to accelerate advanced        biofuels research and sustainable energy development, including algae.     <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">     <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">       There were three key requests they made to elected officials. First,        that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) should be amended to either        include algae, or to be technology neutral; second, that algae-derived        fuels should receive tax parity with incentives for biodiesel and        cellulosic ethanol; third, that Congress should make funding        opportunities currently available to cellulosic biofuel producers        similarly accessible to producers of algae-based products and processes.     <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">     <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">       The ABO is currently accepting papers and presentation abstracts for the        2009 Algae Biomass Summit via the website <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.algalbiomass.org%2Fevents%2F2009ABS&amp;esheet=5974117&amp;lan=en_US&amp;anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.algalbiomass.org%2Fevents%2F2009ABS&amp;index=2\" shape=\"rect\">http:\/\/www.algalbiomass.org\/events\/2009ABS<\/a>        through July 5, 2009. Final decisions will be made and an agenda will be        posted on the website shortly after.     <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">     <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">       Information about the ABO and the Algae Biomass Summit is available via        the organization\u2019s website at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.algalbiomass.org&amp;esheet=5974117&amp;lan=en_US&amp;anchor=www.algalbiomass.org&amp;index=3\" shape=\"rect\">www.algalbiomass.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, have you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/feed\/rss.xml\">subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?<\/a>; How about <a href=\"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/mlist\/user\/subscribe.php\">joining the Oilgae mailing list?<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/forum\">our forum to discuss on with others<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: Oilgae Blog. Press Release: Algal Biomass Organization Announces New Directors Industry organization expands leadership group to help accelerate growth of algae industry The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) today announced the appointment of four new board members, and the re-election of an existing board member. 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