First, I think a number of people misunderstood my last newsletter. So to clarify, I'm not going out of business, Nor will I stop writing books. (I couldn't if I wanted to. A labor of love is exactly that. I'd do it for free if I could.) I was only considering not publishing digital books ...…
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 ...…
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 ...…
ANN ARBOR-It appears as if Mother Nature Herself was wasting her own valuable time by using a multimillion-year program to produce crude oil. Michigan Engineering scientists have the ability to “pressure-cook” algae as little as 1 minute, as well as transform an unmatched 65 % of the actual physical eco-friendly slime to produce biocrude. “We’re ...…
You know you might be on to something profitable in micro-farming when even the country with the largest oil reserves sees reasons to invest its dollars in algae infrastructure. Even if you sit on top of the world’s largest deposits of petroleum, algae still has it’s advantages. Saudi Arabia is now jumping into building localized ...…
There’s been a lot of talk lately that algae based biofuels are too expensive and that it could never compete with petroleum. So it came as a shock to find out that this month gas stations in California will be selling algae based diesel to the public. So how much? $100 a gallon? $33 dollars ...…
An interesting article appeared recently casting some solid, real world numbers on the state of commercial algae biofuel production. Sapphire Energy announced that they are now growing “green crude” as a crop. So just to be clear what I’m talking about, let me say it again...growing crude oil as an agricultural crop. Think corn, rice, ...…
Big Oil, Big Ag, Big Auto, Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Air,…all the big boys, are all throwing their weight (And Dollars) behind algae. Almost all the world’s major industries are recognizing the potential of algae. Even the most jaded are giving ground and conceding to the tsunami of commercial support for building algae infrastructure. ...…
