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American Company to Produce Algae Biofuel

Bharathi — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:36:40 +0000

Extreme Biodiesel, a wholly owned subsidiary of BookMerge Technology, a US-based alternative fuel and recycling company is going to produce algae biodiesel (A100) for SunEco systems. SunEco is now finalizing the ‘million mile test’ with J.B. Hunt Trucking with fuel produced by Extreme Biodiesel. BookMerge and SunEco are planning for the next step to bring [...]

Algae Harvesting to Become Cheaper and Easier Soon

Bharathi — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:56:06 +0000

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a technology based on microbubbles, to improve the way of algae cultivation, which eventually will make the algae harvesting cheaper and easier. Professor Will Zimmerman and his team have devised an inexpensive way of producing microbubbles that can float algae particles to the surface of the water. [...]

Maersk Tests 100% Algae Fuels from Solazyme

Sumukhi Sreevatsan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:21:49 +0000

Solazyme, Inc. along wiht Maersk Line (one of the biggest shipping companies in the world) has completed the testing of Solazyme’s 100% algal derived renewable diesel as part of an integrated testing and certification program with the U.S. Navy. This test, performed in collaboration with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), represents the first [...]

USU Professors Awarded for Algae Fuel Research

Bharathi — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:38:22 +0000

Two professors from Utah State University, Bruce Bugbee and Byard Wood are awarded the Governor’s Science and Technology Medals for their research on algae biofuels. In addition to their work with biofuels, Bugbee and Wood were selected for their commitment to bettering their communities and students. The research team has been working on the algae biofuels [...]

Marine Algae to Feed Animals

Bharathi — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:11:46 +0000

Cornell University animal sciences professor Xingen Lei is trying marine algae as a supplement and to replace soybean and corn in animal feed. He hopes to save thousands of acres of cropland by using marine algae for animal feed. Lei found that dried defatted algae derived from biofuel production can replace up to one-third of [...]

Algae.Tec Announces $5M Capital-raising with Patersons Securities

Bharathi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:04:31 +0000

Algae.Tec has announced in a Press Release, that it has mandated Patersons Securities Limited (‘Patersons’) to raise A$5,000,000 via the issue of 12.5 million shares (‘Placement Shares’) at an Issue Price of $0.40 per Placement Share to sophisticated and professional investors. This capital raising of A$5,000,000 via a Placement will marginally increase the Company’s shareholder base [...]

Algae.Tec in a JV with Chinese Company for the First Algae Biofuels Facility in China

Bharathi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:43:28 +0000

In a very recent Press Release, Australia-based algae company Algae.Tec has announced that it has signed an MOU with the Chinese company Shandong Kerui Group Holding Ltd. for building the first algae biofuels and carbon capture facility in China. Press Release Perth, Western Australia/Atlanta, Georgia – 18 January 2012 – Algae.Tec Ltd. today announced it has signed [...]

Algae- Never never and Aurora Algae

Sumukhi Sreevatsan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:30:31 +0000

Algae and the Never-Never It won’t happen until the 2020s if ever. It will use too much land, or too many inputs, forever. The CO2 will never be affordable, The ponds will crash. No VC will ever put up enough cash. There will never be enough available lipids, You’ll never affordably get the algae out [...]

Novel Conversion Process to Make Algae Fuels a Reality

Bharathi — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:16:08 +0000

Research team under Johannes A. Lercher of Technische Universität München has introduced a new catalytic process that allows the effective conversion of biopetroleum from microalgae into diesel fuels. Traditional methods for refining oil from microalgae suffer from various disadvantages. The resulting fuel either has too high an oxygen content and poor flow at low temperatures, [...]

Heliae – New Faces, New IPs

Bharathi — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:07:34 +0000

Heliae, Arizona-based algae company has hired new key team members in order to significantly accelerate the preparations for commercial scale algae production. The three new team members are Adrian Galvez as Vice President of Manufacturing, Anna Lee Tonkovich as Vice President of Research and Development, and Mike Rohlfsen as Director of Business Development for Food [...]