October 04, 2011
If I've learned anything during my time covering the algae industry, it would be this: Don't forget to remember.
October 03, 2011
Why some algae companies thrive and some don't survive
People, Partnerships & Deals
The French government wants you there
Options are available for building the algae industry out
Growing nutrition demand leads straight to the source of omega-3s
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers transform animal wastes and algae into biocrude
A new Netherlands research park aims to overcome obstacles to commercial-scale algae production
October 03, 2011
Is a lifetime of research and an established algae company enough?
South Dakota State University researchers develop an algae production system for use in space … and on Earth
September 30, 2011
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $36 million to PETRO-based projects, but the awards have little to do with fossil-based oil. The projects awarded all fit under the Plants Engineered To Replace Oil category.
A research team at Texas A&M University has been studying the internal clocks of sorghum hybrids, and they may have found the key to a sorghum hybrid that can accumulate roughly three times the amount of biomass.
The production of advanced biofuels was one of many renewable energy topics addressed by speakers at the recent annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
U.S. DOE finalized a $132.4 million loan guarantee in financial support for Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas LLC's proposed 23 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant to be located in Hugoton, Kan.
With the construction start deadline of the end of this year looming for the Treasury Section 1603 Grants for Specified Energy Property in Lieu of Tax Credits program, the criteria for that specification is still not clear to many applicants.
Renmatix has developed a novel biomass conversion technology called the Plantrose process that's capable of breaking down lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars for advanced biofuel and biobased chemical developers.
Morgan Keegan's investment banking managing director lays out items on what your project needs in order to get built.
The project, titled "Acrylic and Styrenic Monomers and Polymers from Biomass (ACTION project)," is housed under the Biobased Performance Materials Programme at Wageningen University.
Imperium Renewables and the U.S. DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reported positive results in a joint development for the production of biomass-based drop-in jet fuel in the Pacific Northwest. So far, results are encouraging.
Codexis Inc. and Raizen Energia S.A. have signed a joint development agreement to develop an improved first-gen ethanol process. Both companies aim to expand the collaborative effort to potentially produce biobased chemicals.
A number of pellet manufacturers are included in a list of companies that will receive payments from the USDA to expand production and availability of both solid and liquid biofuels.
September 27, 2011
The 74-page report, titled "From the Barracks to the Battlefield", highlights the linkages between energy, national security, the economy and the environment and details the role of the U.S. armed forces with clean innovation.
September 27, 2011
A group of Colorado-based biotechnology companies, led by BioVantage Resources Inc., have released a suite of bioreactor and open raceway products to accelerate the commercialization process for algal culture growth.
According to Al Ward, president and COO of Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc., the company plans to repurpose a pulp and paper mill for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals derived from black liquor, a strategy explored since 2008.
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