Algae innovator Algenol currently at 50% over initial production goal – seeks to finish trial in 2013, and head for commercial-scale in 2014. In Florida, Algenol proved that the organization had realized output levels 9,000 gallons of algae ethanol per acre annually – and business CEO Paul Woods said that ” I fully expect our ...…
I'm not sure if anyone remembers, but I wrote a blog post, back in Oct. of 2012 about Sapphire Energy being the first to process "Green Crude" as a farm product. I got a lot of flack from that particular post. (Lots of people write to me privately, but never say anything publicly) The Keyboard ...…
Back in January we released an article about algae gasoline being sold in California during a 30 day trial program. Participating Gas Stations reported a whooping 35% increase in sales at the test sites. In addition, a survey conducted among the buyers revealed driver preference for algae based fuels over conventional fuels. All of which ...…
Dr. José Olivares is an analytical chemist at the Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) in New Mexico. Biofuels Digest sat down with him recently to pick his brain about where various countries were in the race to produce algae biofuels. What follows is some of his thoughts on the subject. India India boasts a lengthy ...…
I’ve talked a lot about Solazyme in recent weeks. This is because there just seems to be no stopping this company recently. They are making news and rocking the algae biofuels boat in a big way. Take for example, this news story. The elegance of utilizing algae to power the world’s motor vehicles continues to ...…
California has taken a giant leap forward in mainstreaming algae biofuels by offering it’s approval of a new 20% blend. Last month we saw a successful trial of algae biofuels being sold to consumers at gas stations. This month we see California moving forward and paving the way for successful, wide-spread, distribution. In Sacramento, California, ...…
Libourne—Fermentalg, a commercial biotechnology organization that are experts producing chemical products from microalgae, is going to be introducing a manufacturing design automobile devoid of unique modifications that will works off algae biodiesel on Friday 7 December. The demonstration to the media is going to be performed at the launching of Fermentalg’s brand-new factories in Libourne ...…
Sometimes the biofuels world is just truly bizarre. At other times, it’s too cool for words. The biofuels stories which cross my desk sometimes seem like they belong in a science fiction novel, at others like they should be in a horror movie. For example, in 2009 we had the Beverely Hills plastic surgeon who ...…
Both Lootah Biofuels and AlgaOil Ltd. announced the entry into a new project in which the two companies will merge their expertise together to develop new high oil content raw material for Biofuels such as Algae Oil. “In line with UAE‘s vision for sustainable development, this project aims at developing alternate ways of extracting new ...…
Later this month if all goes as planned, Renewed World Energies (RWE), an alternative energy development company based in Georgetown, S.C., will throw the switch on what it claims will be the world’s first commercially-viable, closed system, automated microalgae production facility in Forsite Development’s ReVenture ‘eco-industrial’ park. RWE said its “Algae Photo Bioreactor” can be ...…
