Cary, North Carolina, July 30, 2014 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it is collaborating with Renewable Algal Energy, LLC (RAE) on the commercialization of integrated algal production systems that will produce algae‐based products for the nutraceutical, animal nutrition, and renewable fuels markets. The OEM systems were developed and tested at RAE’s facility in Tuscon, Arizona; the first commercial application is scheduled to be operating in Q4, 2014. Continue Reading →

Research has helped point to signs of ancient life being littered across the moon: Kent physicists have tested what would happen if a piece of rock containing microscopic fossils from Earth was launched into space and hit the surface of the moon. In order to do this, Professor Mark Burchell and researchers from the University’s Centre for Astrophysics simulated the condition that fossilised diatoms – microscopic algae with detailed shells – might have faced if travelling from earth to the moon. Continue Reading →

The Novel Food Regulation (Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council) concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients applies to all foods and food ingredients that are to be placed on the market at this time. In particular, foods and food ingredients consisting of or derived from algae are explicitly mentioned. The effects of this regulation on the algae biomass novel foods are to be discussed at the Algae Biomass Novel Foods Workshop. The workshop will be held on 28-29 October 2014 in Cascais, Portugal. Continue Reading →

San Diego, July 2014 – Sapphire Energy, Inc. today announced the appointment of biotechnology veteran James Levine as president, CEO and member of the board of directors. Levine replaces Cynthia ‘CJ’ Warner, who is stepping down from her post effective immediately. She will remain chairman of the company’s board of directors. Continue Reading →

A unique water profiling instrument developed by The University of Western Australia’s Centre for Water Research (CWR) is enabling scientists to understand the impact of even the most subtle turbulence on algal populations. Continue Reading →

Ziel des Forschungsprojekts, das unter der Leitung der EVN gemeinsam mit der Universität für Bodenkultur in Wien und dem Anlagenbauer Andritz durchgeführt wird, ist es ein neuartiges, nachhaltiges und umweltfreundliches Verfahren zur Produktion von Biokunststoff zu entwickeln. Continue Reading →

The agreements encompass a subscription agreement, and technical and equipment supply agreements. These agreements also discuss conditions for future commercial algae plants, following the successful completion of the pilot plant. Continue Reading →

Am 23. Juli 2014 um 23:44 Uhr soll es heißen »lift-off« für eine Reihe von Organismen, die mindestens 12 Monate an der Außenseite der Raumstation ISS verbringen werden. Unter den mehreren hundert Proben von Urbakterien, Algen, Flechten, Moosen und Pilzen finden sich auch zwei Stämme aus der Sammlung frostliebender Algen, die am Institutsteil Bioanalytik und Bioprozesse des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Zelltherapie und Immunologie in Potsdam beheimatet ist. Continue Reading →

New Zealand’s lucrative blue-biotech sector has received a boost with the launch of a highly sophisticated, multi-vessel photobioreactor (PBR). The technology has been designed and built by scientists at Cawthron Institute, to enhance the production of valuable products and healthy food ingredients from algae. Continue Reading →

The Energy Department announced today $3.5 million for an algae project aimed at accelerating the development of sustainable, affordable algal biofuels. This research project supports the Department’s goal of producing 2,500 gallons of algal biofuel feedstock per acre per year by 2018, an important milestone toward reducing the cost of algal biofuels to cost-competitive levels of 5,000 gallons per acre per year by 2022. Continue Reading →