The 7th annual Algae Biomass Summit will take place September 30 – October 3, 2013 at the Hilton Orlando in Orlando, Florida. This dynamic event unites industry professionals from all sectors of the world’s algae utilization industries including, but not limited to, financing, algal ecology, genetic systems, carbon partitioning, engineering & analysis, biofuels, animal feeds, […]

Organising Company:                    Centre for Management Technology Event Name:                                    6th Algae World Asia Date of Event:                                   28-29 Oct, 2013 – Bangkok State/Country:                                   Bangkok,Thailand Event Venue:                                   The Westin Grande Sukhumvit Bangkok Event URL:                                      http://www.cmtevents.com/main.aspx?ev=131046&pu=223718 Contact Name:                                Ms. Fu Huiyan Email Address:                                 huiyan@cmtsp.com.sg Telephone Number:                      +65 6346 9117 | Fax: […]

Roof tops are excellent venues to grow algae because the high temperatures and constant sunlight helps it to grow.  A recent study the Oilgae team revealed that a company – EnerGaia, based out of Bangkok, grows Spirulina on roof tops in specialized photobioreactors. The company’s aims to cultivate Spirulina in roof tops of hotels, factories […]

Research findings from the University of Florida suggested that lipid accumulation in algal cells begins just hours after they are starved of nitrogen – not days, as some research had earlier suggested. The research by a professor in the Uni of Florida’s horticultural science department – Bala Rathinasabapathi, also  found that about 30 percent of lipids […]

Grow Energy of San Diego, California, have developed algae panels that can be mounted onto a building’s roof or envelope.The system, called as Verde, employs a clean combustion process to burn algal biomass to create electricity and heat energy, which can significantly offset a property’s utility expenses. Verde system photobioreactors, designed by Grow Energy, are […]

An algae powered building is in construction in Hamburg, Germany. The building, named as BIQ, designed by Splitterwerk Architects features a bio-adaptive façade of microalgae which is being cultivated in glass elements. The algae are then used to produce energy, and can also control light and provide shade. The algae are continuously supplied with liquid […]

Researchers from the University of Texas have envisioned a novel system that mimics the way we obtain sap from a maple tree. In this case, instead of harvesting maple syrup, we would harvest biofuels from a synthetic tree. In this concept, algae cells are grown as photosynthetic biofilms on porous surfaces that keep them hydrated […]

HORTUS.PARIS, an exhibition from ecoLogicStudio held in Paris introduced a new gardening prototype that was designed to stimulate the emergence of novel material practices. The prototype hosted a suspended algae garden which will slowly grow during the months of the exhibition. Visitors were invited to keep the garden alive by blowing air into the algae […]