Ten algae ventures selected 5
Ten interesting Algae ventures as selected by a environmental-expert.com
1. Sapphire Energy
2. Solazyme
3. Joule
4. Aurora
5. PetroAlgae
6. Algenol
7. Origin Oil
8. Phycal
9. NAABB
10. Photon8
Details at http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=9252&codi=219546
Fri January 14 2011 03:12:38 AM by Arden
ten algae companies | Sapphire Energy | Solazyme | Joule | Aurora | PetroAlgae | Algenol | Origin Oil | Phycal | NAABB | Photon8
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According to a recent report in AI online, ” Photon8 has demonstrated photobioreactor production rate equal to 1.5 gal/square meter/yr and is on its way to an expected rate of 22,000 gal per 2.5 acre/yr then to best economic units of 5 acres. It believes further development may bring it close to 10,000 gal/acre/yr as a basis for planning large production systems.”
Another secret in its algal sauce: Photon8 says that it has discovered how to produce hydrocarbons straight from algae to be used as drop-in fuels. Company CEO Brad Bartilson said that around the time the company was looking into how to make jet fuel, came the realization that the firm’s algae cell growth rate was high enough that it could use some of the cells to make hydrocarbons once they’d been “milked” of oily lipids, an essential ingredient for algae-based biofuel, rather than using the cells exclusively for lipid production.
Good stuff but the first two on the list a private.. Origin Oil and Valcent or two that are public that I own and am watching..