San Diego & Kailua-Kona, June 6, 2013 – Cellana, developer of algae-based feedstocks for biofuels, animal feed, and Omega-3 nutritional oils, announced today that it has entered into a multi-year off-take agreement with Neste Oil, the world’s leading supplier of … Continue reading
Richland, Wash. – A new analysis shows that the nation’s land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year in the United States, one-twelfth of … Continue reading
Omaha, Neb. – April 22, 2013 – BioProcess Algae LLC has been selected to receive a grant of up to $6.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as part of an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery project related to production … Continue reading
Zu welchem Zeitpunkt Kraftstoffe aus Algen tatsächlich im großen Stil verfügbar sein werden, ist ein Thema an dem sich die Geister scheiden. Gerade hat sich Exxons CEO Rex Tillerson zu Wort gemeldet und Algenkraftstoff eine generelle Machbarkeit zugesprochen, den Zeithorizont … Continue reading
San Francisco, March 5, 2013 – Propel Fuels, retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, and Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oils and bioproducts company, today announced that sales and survey results from their 30-day retail pilot program show consumers … Continue reading
The NSF Sustainable Energy Pathways Program has awarded a 1.6 million dollar grant to a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture and Ohio University. The multi-disciplinary group will be studying the viability and optimization … Continue reading
Algae.Tec, a Perth-based producer of algal oils used in clean fuel, plans to sell $US200 million ($190 million) of bonds in Europe to fund expansion in the Americas. The company intends to start the offering within the next month and … Continue reading
Washington, DC – January 2, 2013 – As part of the bi-partisan “Fiscal Cliff” legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on January 1, 2013, algae-derived fuels are, for the first time ever, a “qualified … Continue reading
South San Francisco, CA (December, 2012) – Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced today the successful completion of multiple initial fermentations at ADM’s Clinton, Iowa facility. In these runs, Solazyme achieved commercial scale production metrics, exhibited linear … Continue reading
On July 18th the U.S. Navy began its Green Fleet demonstrations in Hawaii–the largest display of biofueled naval power yet. Biofuels derived from a variety of sources, including algae, will be used in U.S. ships and aircraft as part of … Continue reading
