OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a new extraction process for algae oil (earlier post), will partner with Research Institute of Tsukuba Bio-Tech (RITB), recently approved for funding to develop algae-to-jet fuel applications by Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST).
Headed by Tsukuba University professor emeritus and algae researcher Takaaki [...]
The Washington State Algae Alliance, comprising bioscience firm Targeted Growth, Inc. (TGI), Inventure Chemical (Inventure) and Washington State University (WSU), will benefit from $2 million in funding through WSU as part of the 2010 Senate Energy and Water Development appropriations bill.
US Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) was instrumental in securing [...]
Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has organized a “Driving the Future” showcase during the COP 15 climate conference that begins today. Attendees needing a ride to the center of Copenhagen or journalist wanting to visit Danish cleantech solutions are free to use the COP15 showcase vehicles. One of those [...]
A team of researchers from the US and Germany has identified the protein LHCSR—an ancient light-harvesting protein—as the molecular photo-protective mechanism that acts to prevent green algae from absorbing too much sunlight during photosynthesis and suffering oxidation damage as a consequence.
While algae share with plants a reliance on photosynthesis, [...]
Seambiotic, a developer and grower of marine microalgae for the nutraceuticals and biofuel industries using flue gas from electric power plants, has signed a license agreement and a joint venture agreement with Yantai Hairong Electricity Technology Ltd. and Penglai Weiyuan Science & Trading Ltd., companies associated with [...]
Siemens has demonstrated in the lab a new magnetic method to harvest algae for use as feedstock in biogas plants.
The researchers put magnetite particles in the water with the algae. The algae enclose these iron oxide particles, which are only a few micrometers in size. The resulting mixture of algae [...]
The Linde Group and the US company Algenol Biofuels LLC have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) for Algenol’s algae and photobioreactor technology. (Earlier post.)
This cooperation will see the companies join forces to [...]
The SINTEF Group, the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia, has opened a new full-scale laboratory for kelp cultivation to assess the potential use of that macroalgae as a feedstock for sustainable biofuels.
Liquid biofuels have met a lot of negative criticism because current production of bioethanol and biodiesel is [...]
Dow has posted a short video clip outlining its partnership with Algenol Biofuels to build a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will produce ethanol, located at Dow’s Freeport, Texas site. (Earlier post.)
Steve Tuttle, Global Business Director, Biosciences, Ventures & Business Development for Dow, provides a brief overview of [...]
