Hasseli posted A recent report6

The Algae Biomass Organization has responded to the recently released National Research Council report on the sustainability of algae-based biofuel, applauding the report’s findings that any current concerns over sustainability ... more

Tomcatino posted Solazyme and Bunge Form Joint Venture in Brazil1

Solazyme and Bunge Form Joint Venture in Brazil April 3, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com outh San Francisco-based Solazyme and Bunge Global Innovation LLC , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food ... more

Tomcatino posted GeneArt? Precision TALs1

GeneArt® Precision TALs March 21, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com TALE proteins offer precise gene editing capabilities. ife Technologies has announced the launch of GeneArt® Precision TALs, generally referred to as TAL effector proteins (TALE), which will ... more

Tomcatino posted OriginOil Demonstrates Low-Energy Algae Appliance to National Algae Association0

OriginOil Demonstrates Low-Energy Algae Appliance to National Algae Association NAA workshop attendees view latest algae processing technologies (video, photos)   Los Angeles, CA February 7, 2012  – OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB: OOIL), a leading ... more

Tomcatino posted Algae compressed & fossilized into petroleum.1

http://www.originoil.com/pdf/OriginOil_Algae_Production_and_Networking_Workshop_NAA Algae – Its Strategic Use   Ancient History Algae compressed & fossilized into petroleum.     Nature processed the whole biomass – did not separate the oils.   Today’s Strategy Lipids and biomass are being separated.     But are they utilized ... more

Tomcatino posted BioProcess Algae and GPRE Break Ground on Iowa Production Facility5

BioProcess Algae and GPRE Break Ground on Iowa Production Facility February 2, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com ioProcess Algae LLC and Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. have announced that they will start construction of BioProcess Algae’s ... more

Tomcatino posted Algae Producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil Announce Joint Commercial Agreement0

Algae Producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil Announce Joint Commercial Agreement Development of dry-land aquaculture could transform desert farm economies of the American Southwest and Mexico   Mexicali Valley, Mexico and Los Angeles, CA February ... more

SAMDevelopment commented on Algae BioMax system enhances crop market value3

I want to be on the next taste panel !!!! more

Hasseli posted Harvest pretreatment of algae8

The following article may be of interest for guys who are steadily working on Algae cultivation: more

Duncan commented on AlgEternal Technologies Teams with UT and Open Algae3

 This was an interesting article http://www.cleantick.com/portal/news/pages/1043. The idea is to produce 16 times more algae than existing technologies. The process allows algae to be cultured in vertical bio-reactors rather than in the ... more

MiaFranceska says

Innovations in Photobioreactor Design - http://www.cleantick.com/users/dunkenneth/pages/innovations-in-photobioreactor-design-materials

Algalsolution posted Rapeseed, Jatropha, Palm - Oil0

We have just sold every litre of oil that we can produce, and are looking for a further 30,000 MT of Rapeseed, Jatropha or Palm OIL per month. more

MiaFranceska posted Nannochloropsis salina29

Got an informative article about Nannochloropsis salina when i was surfing at Cleantick.The article discusses various characteristics of the strain such as lipid productivity,photosynthetic efficiency,growth rate etc... Read at:http://www.cleantick.com/users/amandaleah/projects/analysis-of-marine-algae-strains-for-biofuel-production-nannochloropsis-salina more

Karthi posted Take the Algae Fuel Challenge4

Dear All,Greetings!Some of us are war torn veterans in the field of algae fuels and many of us are young turks with fancy degrees from ivy league schools having published ... more

Abomohra commented on fatty acid composition change??2

Hi MElSheikh,As far as I know, fatty acids compositions also change as a consequence of changing of growth conditions. For some experiments I did, I observed that ratio and types ... more

Abomohra posted DOE Announces $36M in Advanced Biofuels & Chemicals Funding0

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced this month $36 million in federal grants to fund six small-scale projects in five states designed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and other ... more

MiaFranceska posted A Public Holding Company Focused on Algae Tech and Algae-Biodiesel Turnkey Projects for the Production of Biodiesel, WHEN to Raise 100 $m29

World Health Energy Holdings Inc. (WHEN) signed an engagement letter with Millennium Capital Resources (MCR) LLC, a project development and financial advisory firm, to raise up to $100 million in ... more

Larsyn commented on Growing algae in sewage - a fuelish idea6

An LLC after my own heart. This is the kind of thing I have been advocating all along. more

SAMDevelopment posted Controls and sensors for a PBR39

Are the requirments for sensors and controls for inputs basicaly the same for photo' and hetro' algae reactors?  Can you site some companies that have control systems ready to apply to ... more

SAMDevelopment commented on Scaling Up.6

Hi Gopinelli, Well finally someone who is getting a clue about how to solve the problem of growing algae in a large enough scale to make a profit and  be able to ... more

Tomcatino commented on Dewatering of microalgal cultures: A major bottleneck to algae-based fuels28

ckeck out Origin Oil http://www.originoil.com/company-news/originoils-french-joint-venture-participates-in-large-scale-algae-projects.html     more

MiaFranceska posted Dewatering of microalgal cultures: A major bottleneck to algae-based fuels28

An interesting paper published on dewatering of microalgal cultures.You can read it online at the url provided below. A large amount of studies has been completed on the harvesting and recovery ... more

SAMDevelopment commented on Materials needed to build a PBR7

Paulo, if you send me what you have designed so far I will make comments on those ideas. If you want to keep this dialog private use my e-mail address. alanschaefer@att.net If ... more

SAMDevelopment commented on Nano silica and micro nutrients for Diatom Algae9

Bhani,  I think you are right about the silica content of rice husks and straw.  Besides burning to ash how else might one reduce the straw and husk material to ... more

SAMDevelopment commented on Nano silica and micro nutrients for Diatom Algae9

What is your source for nano-silca?  We have a very large Frac sand processing factory and open mine less than twenty miles from us.  Do you think they would have any ... more

Shankar commented on ALGAE IN DARKNESS33

Good post. more

Shankar posted Now that the oil is $ 115 per barrel !!31

I have been reading in this forum that Oil from  Algae becomes viable in raceway ponds / PBR the moment oil reaches $ 100 per barrel .Is it true !!Is ... more

AlgaeNova says

There is no God to help us to save this planet. We have to do it ourselve!

AlgaeNova posted ALGAE IN DARKNESS33

The world’s oceans teem with unicellular algae that carry out photosynthesis in the sunlight. It has been known for a while that the particularly abundant diatoms (unicellular algae with a ... more

AlgaeNova posted A Response........3

Dear Oilgae friends,first of all an excuse to all the ones that have written to me and which I have not answered yet. Please forgive me - it is not ... more

Shankar commented on Algae protein feedstock developed at UCLA32

Instead of starving, feed proteins. Sounds interesting. more

Shankar commented on Aurora Algae completes construction of demonstration plant5

Good that some scaling is happening in open ponds too. more

MiaFranceska posted Algae to rescue mankind again !1

The proponents of the algae solution say that it has saved the world once and can do so again. Many millions of years ago, it helped clean up what was ... more