Top Companies and Their Latest in Energy from Algae 18
Here is a blog post about the latest press releases made by the algae fuel companies listed in Biofuel Digest's 30 transformative technologies in 2010Solazyme
Solazyme is recently listed in the 30 most transformative technologies in 2010 by biofuel Digest.
The latest press release from the company was on May 12 2010. The company hired Adriano Galvez who has 25 Years of Experience in Large Scale Biofuels Production, Chemical and Biomass Processing as senior vice president of manufacturing and process development.
Another interesting advancement made by solazyme in Mar 2010 is that the company has signed a research and development agreement with Unilever to develop oil derived from algae for use in soaps and other personal care products.
Important Links
Website: http://www.solazyme.com
Technology: http://www.solazyme.com/content/technology
Patents filed: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=solazyme&OS=solazyme&RS=solazyme
Patents applied: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=solazyme&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PG01
Algenol
On Feb 2010, The company has reached an agreement with the Lee County Board of Commissioners to support the opening of the new 43,000 square foot facility in Lee County. Algenol continues the development and expansion of its unique Direct to Ethanol process to produce low-cost ethanol and green chemicals from algae using the $10 million grant.
Important Links:
Website: http://www.algenolbiofuels.com/
Technology: http://www.algenolbiofuels.com/overview.htm
Corporate presentation: http://www.algenolbiofuels.com/Algenol_web_presentation_final.pdf
OriginOil
The company recently (May 2010) filed for patent protection of the new layered solar growth design, its ninth patent application, entitled ?Multi-Plane Growth Apparatus and Method. The MultiReactor takes advantage of the fact that much more sun falls on the ground than vegetation can normally absorb. The solution is to capture it all in a stack of growth layers. The new design uses an array of lenses to direct solar radiation from the top through a system of algae channels. Algae culture is pumped continuously to the top of the array and then trickles down through the layers, ensuring equal exposure. Tapping units at the end of the stack capture valuable gases.
On May 2010, The company announced that industry leader MBD Energy Limited has become the company?s first algae-producing customer. The Companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a multi-phase commercialization program under which OriginOil will supply MBD Energy, an Australia-based company, with its Quantum Fracturing? and Single-Step Extraction? systems.
Important Links:
Website: http://www.originoil.com/
Financial details: http://www.originoil.com/investors/investors.html
Petroalgae
On April 2010, Petroalgae signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Asesorias e Inversiones Quilicura (AIQ), a major shareholder in Subus Chile S.A., that is expected to enable the development in Chile of a micro-crop technology system for the large-scale production of green gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Website: http://www.petroalgae.com
Technology: http://www.petroalgae.com/technology.php
Sapphire
On April 2010, Top executives from three key industries have been appointed to Sapphire Energy?s board of directors, signaling their support for the intersection between energy, agriculture, and biotechnology in the game-changing creation of fuel from algae. Joining May 20 are former Monsanto chief Robert Shapiro, former BP executive David Allen, and venture capitalist and bio-tech executive David E. Shaw.
According to the press release, Sapphire will break ground on its Integrated Algal Bio-Refinery in Southern New Mexico which will demonstrate the complete process of growing, extracting, and refining algae into a drop-in replacement, liquid transportation fuel.
Important Links
Website: http://www.sapphireenergy.com
Technology: http://www.sapphireenergy.com/green-crude/how-does-it-work/
Fri June 25 2010 05:59:54 PM by Parkavi
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Any Indian company?
This is very nice Parkavi ! It can be a monthly newsletter showing the latest from algae companies
It will save me a lot of unwanted surfing.
thanks
@ Shankar...that's a good idea...a monthly showcasing of what's happening on the companies' front...Parkavi, you might want to think about this idea...
@ Mahesh
I ll write a blog post about Indian algae fuel companies by next week. Hope that ll be useful as well.
good information
Thanks for the post!
Great topic and definitely should be of interest to many. Thanks Parkavi. I have found the free daily updates from http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/ to provide a wealth of information on what is happening in the marketplace from a variety of perspectives. There is also a free online database at http://www.thegreentrackers.com/ that is an interesting resource, but to get the details you need to purchase their reports. Great concept, but definitely a work in progress. I am interested in understanding who the players are in each phase of production (growing, extracting, and refining) and those that have end-to-end solution, their level of business maturity (start-up, R&D, pilot, preproduction, and production in each phase including current production capacity and number of installations with all data supported by links to the source. I understand that much, if not all this information is in the Biofuels Digest Annual Reports, but those too, are point in time and not affordable to many.
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