Am Lehrstuhl für Verfahrenstechnik des industriellen Umweltschutzes der Montanuniversität werden in Zusammenarbeit mit der OMV die Rahmenbedingungen für die österreichweite, industrielle Produktion von Öl aus Mikroalgen sondiert. Dieses könnte abseits der Teller/Tank-Diskussion in Zukunft als zusätzliche, erneuerbare Rohstoffquelle dienen. Im … Weiterlesen
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 … Weiterlesen
San Diego, March 20, 2013 – Sapphire Energy, Inc., a leader in algae-based Green Crude oil production, today announced it has entered into a commercial agreement with Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation. Under the … Weiterlesen
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 … Weiterlesen
SAN DIEGO, February 20, 2013 – As part of an ongoing effort to improve commercial scale algae biofuel production, a group of scientists, led by crude oil producer Sapphire Energy, Inc., today announced the completion of a collaborative study which … Weiterlesen
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 … Weiterlesen
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 … Weiterlesen
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 … Weiterlesen
DOHA, Qatar – Qatar University (QU) has revealed groundbreaking research into the development of sustainable biofuels, as the Gulf state hosts the UN climate change conference COP18. The university’s project, in collaboration with Qatar Airways and Qatar Science and Technology … Weiterlesen
Biologists at UC San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that marine algae can be just as capable as fresh water algae in producing biofuels. The scientists genetically engineered marine algae to produce five different kinds of industrially important … Weiterlesen
