Posts Tagged ‘algae’
5th March 2010
Industry group the Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) has urged Congress and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Charles Grassley to adopt an amendment to ensure algae-based fuels receive the financial and regulatory benefits currently afforded to other advanced biofuel feedstocks. The adoption of this amendment will be a significant step in creating new jobs, increasing energy security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the group said.
25th January 2010
Massachusetts, US-based renewable energy company Bodega Algae and Maine-centred Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have received a $150,000 six-month Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and test a prototype for growing high concentrations of algae for use as biofuel.
25th January 2010
The US trade association for the algae industry, the Algal Biomass Organisation (ABO) has challenged the conclusions of a report published in Environmental Science and Technology that claims conventional crops have lower environmental impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and water.
14th January 2010
European corporate finance firm SynCap has initiated a renewable energy and biotechnology project aiming at the production of biodiesel from microalgae.
7th December 2009
The Washington State Algae Alliance, comprised of bioscience firm Targeted Growth, Inventure Chemical and Washington State University will benefit from $2m in funding as part of the 2010 Senate Energy and Water Development appropriations bill.
19th November 2009
US based biofuel innovator Algenol Biofeuls has partnered with engineering company The Linde Group to research algae-based biofuels.
5th November 2009
Florida-based biofuels company PetroAlgae has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into an agreement to license the company’s proprietary micro-crop technology to Indian Oil Corporation for its future large-scale production of renewable fuels.
19th October 2009
Renewable oil company Solazyme Inc has formed its strategic advisory board, comprising R James Woolsey, TJ Glauthier and Dr Donald Kennedy. The board will advise and guide the company on public policy and strategic business decisions, the company said.
30th September 2009
OriginOil, an algae-based biofuels developer, launched a production system using a type of algae that attaches itself to growth surfaces. The new system helps pursue clean water goals while generating algae for fuel and other valuable products in wastewater treatment plants.
2nd September 2009
Diversified Energy Corporation, a renewable energy company, has launched three new developments in its portfolio.
26th August 2009
Algae manufacturer Aurora Biofuels has succeeded in optimising its base algae strains to double CO2 consumption and increase fuel production.
13th August 2009
Trade association for the algae industry, the Algal Biomass Organisation (ABO) has encouraged the US Department of Energy’s National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap to utilise and raise awareness of the benefits of algae-based fuels and energy.
10th August 2009
Wind energy developer National Wind Solutions has acquired a biodiesel plant in Atacosa County, Texas for $3m.
4th August 2009
US biofuel company Plankton Power and the Regional Technology Development Corp. (RTDC) of Cape Cod have established a public-private consortium focused on building a facility to produce renewable biofuels from algae.
3rd August 2009
Renewable fuel company Green Star Products, Inc. is to expand its US government technical proposal team to meet the expansion of the US government recently advanced $3bn funding programme for renewable energy projects.
30th July 2009
Live Fuels, a US startup company developing algae-based renewable fuel, has added former Chevron CTO Dr Donald L Paul to its scientific advisory board.
29th July 2009
The Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation, an engineering and technology applications company, to help produce jet fuel from algae.
24th July 2009
Renewable energy technology company Solix Biofuels has begun algal oil production at its newly constructed Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility in Colorado.
15th July 2009
The global markets for algae based biomass and biofuels are poised for explosive growth over the next decade, according to a new study from Emerging Markets Online. The markets for algae-based biodiesel, biocrude, and biomass-derived green chemicals and plastics will start to enter early-stage commercial production by the end of 2011.
14th July 2009
Oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil has formed an alliance with biotech company, Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI), to research and develop next generation biofuels from photosynthetic algae.
8th July 2009
The Algal Biomass Organization has appointed Mary Rosenthal as the organisation’s first executive director. Rosenthal’s main focus will be to help the organisation accelerate the development of the algal industry through increasing awareness of the benefits of algae among commercial industry, the general public and policymakers, according to a statement.
7th July 2009
Riggs Eckelberry discusses what drew him to clean energy, the advantages of an entrepreneurial approach and why algae is the solution to the world’s oil and fuel shortage.
‘We now have a technology that works at the small scale and we need to develop towards the large scale. There is no doubt that there will be issues to be remedied, but algae is the only solution that can intrinsically develop competitiveness against oil.’
2nd July 2009
Ag-Oil is to build a pilot-scale, non-food oilseed biodiesel production facility and algae-based integrated biorefinery with the help of United Environment and Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Florida and the University of Southern Illinois.
30th June 2009
The Dow Chemical Company is to work with bioenergy company Algenol Biofuels, Inc. to build and operate a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will convert CO2 into ethanol. The facility is planned to be located at Dow’s Freeport, Texas site.
29th June 2009
Kent BioEnergy Corporation, a producer of renewable energy, has formed a South Carolina division.
22nd June 2009
Algae-based biofuel developer OriginOil, Inc. has outlined a plan to overtake petroleum. Company CEO Riggs Eckelberry warned that without a new approach, petroleum could remain strong until 2060.
19th June 2009
The widespread excitement surrounding the biofuels market opportunity has been tempered somewhat by its many challenges, which include limited availability of inexpensive feedstocks, ethical questions of food versus fuel, petroleum price volatility, global recession, and overcapacity of production, according to a new report from Pike Research. The report forecasts that, despite these significant challenges, the combined biodiesel and ethanol markets will reach $247bn in sales by 2020, up from just $76bn in 2010.
17th June 2009
OriginOil, a US developer of algae technology, has outlined a plant to overtake petroleum.
16th June 2009
Diversified energy company PetroSun, Inc. has appointed Mark R Edwards, PhD as chief of technology and sustainability.
2nd June 2009
Solazyme, a renewable oil production and algal biology company, has appointed David Isaacs senior vice president of government relations.
1st June 2009
The St James’s Palace Nobel Laureate Symposium brought together scientists and leaders to concentrate on solving the climate challenge. This effort is an example of the growing worldwide awareness of the severity of the threat to our very way of life from a changing climate, according to US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, here highlighting President Obama’s commitment to improving America’s energy policy and addressing the global climate crisis.
28th May 2009
The Algal Biomass Organisation in the US has appointed four new board members and the re-election of an existing board member.
18th May 2009
US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has announced that $2.4bn from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The funding is part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing effort to develop technologies to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas and contributor to global climate change, into the atmosphere while creating new jobs, according to a statement.
14th May 2009
PetroAlgae, a renewable energy company, has issued a letter to its shareholders offering an update on the company’s current status.
14th May 2009
OriginOil, US developer of algae technology, has appointed Scott Fraser as vice president of operations.
7th May 2009
Utah State University researcher Jeff Muhs has urged Congress to provide greater research investment in development of mass-scale technology to create biofuels.
5th May 2009
Nebraska-based ethanol producer Green Plains Renewable Energy and BioProcessAlgae have struck a grant award agreement with the Iowa Office of Energy Independence for a $2.1m research and development grant from the Iowa Power Fund to build an algae pilot project.
28th April 2009
OriginOil, a US developer of algae technology, has appointed Dheeban Kannan as senior research engineer.
20th April 2009
US-based OriginOil has unveiled a single-step process to extract oil from algae.
14th April 2009
Kent BioEnergy Corporation, a US producer of renewable energy based on microalgae, has formed its strategic advisory board.
26th March 2009
OriginOil, Inc., a US developer of a technology to transform algae to oil, has appointed Adam Meislik to the company’s board of directors.
18th March 2009
As headlines turn to the need to foster emerging algae technologies in a bid to stave off dependency on foreign oil to advance national security and create an environmentally-friendly alternative to fossil fuels, Dr Mark Edwards says various issues within the algae industry need to be confronted before the industry can move forward.
16th March 2009
Algae-based biofuel company SCIPIO Biofuels, Inc. has received an undisclosed amount of investment capital through Peter Girgis’s private purchase of stock.
5th March 2009
US algae-based biofuel company Aurora Biofuels, Inc. has unveiled a new management structure and has announced an addition to their scientific advisory board, with Dr Mario Tredici, a professor of microbiology at the University of Florence joining a four-member advisory team.The company has also named fuel industry veteran Robert Walsh its new CEO.
25th February 2009
Bionavitas has launched its Light Immersion Technology designed to increase algae yields and reducing the cost to make algae-based biofuels competitive with petroleum products.
25th February 2009
US renewable fuel technology company Bionavitas has launched new technology designed to increase algae yields and reducing the cost to make algae-based biofuels competitive with petroleum products.
23rd February 2009
Microalgae producer Kent BioEnergy Corporation has appointed Barry Toyonaga as chief business officer. He will be responsible for the company’s biofuel and renewable technology assets.
17th February 2009
Algae company OriginOil has signed an agreement with the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory.
21st January 2009
Energy company PetroSun’s wholly owned subsidiary PetroSun Biofuels, has executed the initial lease in the Mississippi River Delta Aquaculture Lease Program.
13th January 2009
OriginOil, a developer of algae technology, has appointed Heather Heath as biochemist and Adam Liegner as research engineer.
James Hall-Smith of HSBC discusses the drivers behind the growth of the European renewable energy scene and the opportunities this affords to infrastructure investors and project financiers alike.
‘I think there is an increased interest from a corporate governance and sustainability perspective. This makes many institutions focus on this area. There is also a recognition of the drivers behind environmental infrastructure, from the fundamentals of creating the best opportunity to tackling climate change, whilst also looking to gain energy security and satisfy the social and political drivers.'