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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Supercrude Scum: The Algae-To-Biodiesel Battle
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Supercrude Scum: The Algae-To-Biodiesel Battle
Written by Alexis Madrigal
Most greentech watchers have lost their sense of wonder over the fact that pond scum, a.k.a. algae, could be one of the most efficient ways to make biofuels for our cars. These tiny chemical factories can turn sunlight and nutrients into fuel with an efficiency unrivaled by traditional crops, all while using the CO2 that would otherwise go into the atmosphere. It seems almost impossibly promising, which is one reason that a host of companies working with algae, including Solazyme, GreenFuel, GreenShift, and Inventure Chemical have all received funding in the past year.
Interesting article, read the full version here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Supercrude Scum: The Algae-To-Biodiesel Battle
Written by Alexis Madrigal
Most greentech watchers have lost their sense of wonder over the fact that pond scum, a.k.a. algae, could be one of the most efficient ways to make biofuels for our cars. These tiny chemical factories can turn sunlight and nutrients into fuel with an efficiency unrivaled by traditional crops, all while using the CO2 that would otherwise go into the atmosphere. It seems almost impossibly promising, which is one reason that a host of companies working with algae, including Solazyme, GreenFuel, GreenShift, and Inventure Chemical have all received funding in the past year.
Interesting article, read the full version here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Algae CO2 growth trials to be carried out at coal-burning plant
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Algae CO2 growth trials to be carried out at coal-burning plant
GreenFuel Technologies Corp. and Arizona Public Service Co. announced that emission-fed algae from a natural gas plant showed biomass growth rates 37 times higher than corn and 140 times higher than soybeans. GreenFuel's algae farms reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions from industrial facilities while producing high yield biofuel and feed.
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Algae CO2 growth trials to be carried out at coal-burning plant
GreenFuel Technologies Corp. and Arizona Public Service Co. announced that emission-fed algae from a natural gas plant showed biomass growth rates 37 times higher than corn and 140 times higher than soybeans. GreenFuel's algae farms reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions from industrial facilities while producing high yield biofuel and feed.
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Pond-Powered Biofuels: Making Little Green Goo into America's Energy Source
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Pond-Powered Biofuels: Making Little Green Goo into America's Energy Source
Using a complex (and still expensive) photosynthetic process, breakthrough innovators have developed biodiesel and ethanol from an unlikely source that can double its output overnight and just might help give alternative energy the bump it needs: algae - so says this Popular Mechanics article...familiar details, still useful read
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Pond-Powered Biofuels: Making Little Green Goo into America's Energy Source
Using a complex (and still expensive) photosynthetic process, breakthrough innovators have developed biodiesel and ethanol from an unlikely source that can double its output overnight and just might help give alternative energy the bump it needs: algae - so says this Popular Mechanics article...familiar details, still useful read
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Cleantech Smackdown: Algae vs. Soybeans
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Cleantech Smackdown: Algae vs. Soybeans
While some see algae as the ideal source for biofuels, industry watchers at ThinkEquity’s Greentech Summit in San Francisco on Thursday said the technology is likely to be years away.
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Cleantech Smackdown: Algae vs. Soybeans
While some see algae as the ideal source for biofuels, industry watchers at ThinkEquity’s Greentech Summit in San Francisco on Thursday said the technology is likely to be years away.
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Algae + Garbage = Clean Biofuel
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Algae + Garbage = Clean Biofuel
That’s the plan in Virginia, where $1.5 million in research grants for clean energy are being dolled out by the state. About a third of that money will go to a project seeking to grow algae in treated sewage, extract oil from the slime, and convert the oil to biofuel. Wind power will also get a considerably chunk of money.
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Algae + Garbage = Clean Biofuel
That’s the plan in Virginia, where $1.5 million in research grants for clean energy are being dolled out by the state. About a third of that money will go to a project seeking to grow algae in treated sewage, extract oil from the slime, and convert the oil to biofuel. Wind power will also get a considerably chunk of money.
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Fertilising the Sea to Grow Algae & Biofuel
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Using the sea to grow biofuel
One reason the sea (unlike the land) is not covered with plants is that it lacks crucial nutrients—iron, in particular. Add iron, the theory goes, and you will promote the growth of algae. These will absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and then conveniently sink when they die. Thus, over the course of a few decades, the concentration of the gas in the atmosphere will return to pre-industrial levels.
The law of unintended consequences argues against doing any such thing, of course. But an experiment carried out a decade ago in the Southern Ocean suggests that the underlying idea is sound—and at a conference in Oxford this week, John Munford, an independent British researcher, suggested that a more modest version of the “fertilise the oceans” project might indeed help to stop climate change. Mr Munford's proposal is to harvest the algae, rather than allowing them to die and sink.
Full article @ The Economist
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Using the sea to grow biofuel
One reason the sea (unlike the land) is not covered with plants is that it lacks crucial nutrients—iron, in particular. Add iron, the theory goes, and you will promote the growth of algae. These will absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and then conveniently sink when they die. Thus, over the course of a few decades, the concentration of the gas in the atmosphere will return to pre-industrial levels.
The law of unintended consequences argues against doing any such thing, of course. But an experiment carried out a decade ago in the Southern Ocean suggests that the underlying idea is sound—and at a conference in Oxford this week, John Munford, an independent British researcher, suggested that a more modest version of the “fertilise the oceans” project might indeed help to stop climate change. Mr Munford's proposal is to harvest the algae, rather than allowing them to die and sink.
Full article @ The Economist
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
International Energy Launches ‘Algae to Oil’ Initiatives
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International Energy Launches ‘Algae to Oil’ Initiatives
Press Release
Unlike Food Crops or Cellulosic Materials, Algae Produce Oil Naturally and Can Be Processed to Make Biofuel, the Renewable Equivalent of Petroleum, and Refined to Make Gasoline, Diesel and Jet Fuel
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Pursuant to a recently signed collaborative research agreement, International Energy, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has launched its “algae to oil” research and development initiatives.
International Energy is working to develop advanced biotechnology protocols for enhanced growth and biofuel productivity based entirely on the photosynthesis of algae, which have the unique capability of taking a waste (zero-energy) form of carbon (CO2) and converting it into a high-density liquid form of energy (natural oil). As a result, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.
In contrast to food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can, in the process, clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide, aiding in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.
International Energy employs proprietary microalgae that naturally photosynthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) to liquid hydrocarbons, and accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of biofuels, the renewable equivalent of petroleum.
Hydrocarbons produced from the photosynthesis of unicellular algae offer advantages in the production, storage, and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems. Additionally, the process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic, non-polluting, can be scaled up and offers a renewable energy supply.
“With the capacity to produce oil naturally and needing little more than sunlight and carbon dioxide to flourish, algae may well be the antidote to depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide,” states Mr. Harmel S. Rayat, a director of International Energy.
Mr. Rayat continues, “Algal biofuel production may also be what’s needed to meet President Bush’s goal of replacing 20 percent of US gasoline consumption by 2017, mostly by producing 35 billion gallons of renewable fuels. Compared to an acre of corn, which can generate around 300 gallons of ethanol each year, an acre of algae has been estimated to produce upwards of 5,000 gallons of biofuel annually.”
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ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INC.
International Energy, Inc. (Symbol: IENI) is developing leading edge technologies for the production of biofuels derived directly from the photosynthesis of green microalgae, which can accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of valuable biofuels.
As a result of current high oil prices, depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.
Our technology seeks to convert water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful long-chain liquid hydrocarbons from the photosynthesis of proprietary unicellular microalgae, which offer advantages in the production, storage and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems.
The process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic and non-polluting, can be scaled-up, offers a renewable energy supply, and aids in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.
In contrast to biofuels from food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can in the process clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Additionally, raw algae can be processed to make biofuel, the renewable equivalent of petroleum, and refined to make gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemical feedstocks for plastics and drugs.
For additional information regarding International Energy Inc., please call 1-800-676-1006 to speak with a shareholder representative.
Disclaimer
Certain statements set forth in this press release relate to management's future plans, objectives and expectations. Such statements are forward-looking within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's future financial position, potential resources, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar terminology. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are to the knowledge or in the judgment of the officers and directors of the Company, believed to be reasonable, there can be no assurances that any of these expectations will prove correct or that any of the actions that are planned will be taken. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projection, estimate or forecasted result. Some of the key factors that may cause actual results to vary from those the Company expects include inherent uncertainties in interpreting engineering and reserve or production data; operating hazards; delays or cancellations of drilling operations because of weather and other natural and economic forces; fluctuations in oil and natural gas prices in response to changes in supply; competition from other companies with greater resources; environmental and other government regulations; defects in title to properties; increases in the Company's cost of borrowing or inability or unavailability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures; and other risks described the Company's most recent Form 10QSB and Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, our quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB and other current reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
International Energy
Mr. Harmel Rayat, 800-676-1006
www.internationalenergyinc.com
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
International Energy Launches ‘Algae to Oil’ Initiatives
Press Release
Unlike Food Crops or Cellulosic Materials, Algae Produce Oil Naturally and Can Be Processed to Make Biofuel, the Renewable Equivalent of Petroleum, and Refined to Make Gasoline, Diesel and Jet Fuel
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Pursuant to a recently signed collaborative research agreement, International Energy, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has launched its “algae to oil” research and development initiatives.
International Energy is working to develop advanced biotechnology protocols for enhanced growth and biofuel productivity based entirely on the photosynthesis of algae, which have the unique capability of taking a waste (zero-energy) form of carbon (CO2) and converting it into a high-density liquid form of energy (natural oil). As a result, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.
In contrast to food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can, in the process, clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide, aiding in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.
International Energy employs proprietary microalgae that naturally photosynthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) to liquid hydrocarbons, and accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of biofuels, the renewable equivalent of petroleum.
Hydrocarbons produced from the photosynthesis of unicellular algae offer advantages in the production, storage, and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems. Additionally, the process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic, non-polluting, can be scaled up and offers a renewable energy supply.
“With the capacity to produce oil naturally and needing little more than sunlight and carbon dioxide to flourish, algae may well be the antidote to depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide,” states Mr. Harmel S. Rayat, a director of International Energy.
Mr. Rayat continues, “Algal biofuel production may also be what’s needed to meet President Bush’s goal of replacing 20 percent of US gasoline consumption by 2017, mostly by producing 35 billion gallons of renewable fuels. Compared to an acre of corn, which can generate around 300 gallons of ethanol each year, an acre of algae has been estimated to produce upwards of 5,000 gallons of biofuel annually.”
For Additional information, please visit: www.internationalenergyinc.com
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http://www.internationalenergyinc.com/05-11-07.php
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INC.
International Energy, Inc. (Symbol: IENI) is developing leading edge technologies for the production of biofuels derived directly from the photosynthesis of green microalgae, which can accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of valuable biofuels.
As a result of current high oil prices, depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.
Our technology seeks to convert water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful long-chain liquid hydrocarbons from the photosynthesis of proprietary unicellular microalgae, which offer advantages in the production, storage and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems.
The process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic and non-polluting, can be scaled-up, offers a renewable energy supply, and aids in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.
In contrast to biofuels from food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can in the process clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Additionally, raw algae can be processed to make biofuel, the renewable equivalent of petroleum, and refined to make gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemical feedstocks for plastics and drugs.
For additional information regarding International Energy Inc., please call 1-800-676-1006 to speak with a shareholder representative.
Disclaimer
Certain statements set forth in this press release relate to management's future plans, objectives and expectations. Such statements are forward-looking within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's future financial position, potential resources, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar terminology. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are to the knowledge or in the judgment of the officers and directors of the Company, believed to be reasonable, there can be no assurances that any of these expectations will prove correct or that any of the actions that are planned will be taken. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projection, estimate or forecasted result. Some of the key factors that may cause actual results to vary from those the Company expects include inherent uncertainties in interpreting engineering and reserve or production data; operating hazards; delays or cancellations of drilling operations because of weather and other natural and economic forces; fluctuations in oil and natural gas prices in response to changes in supply; competition from other companies with greater resources; environmental and other government regulations; defects in title to properties; increases in the Company's cost of borrowing or inability or unavailability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures; and other risks described the Company's most recent Form 10QSB and Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, our quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB and other current reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
International Energy
Mr. Harmel Rayat, 800-676-1006
www.internationalenergyinc.com
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Algae Set to Beat Out Other Biofuel Feedstocks
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Better Than Corn? Algae Set to Beat Out Other Biofuel Feedstocks
Forget corn, sugar cane, and even switchgrass. Some experts believe that algae is set to eclipse all other biofuel feedstocks as the cheapest, easiest, and most environmentally friendly way to produce liquid fuel, reports Kiplinger’s Biofuels Market Alert. “It is easy to get excited about algae,” says Worldwatch Institute biofuels expert Raya Widenoja. “It looks like such a promising fuel source, especially if it’s combined with advances in biodiesel processing."
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Better Than Corn? Algae Set to Beat Out Other Biofuel Feedstocks
Forget corn, sugar cane, and even switchgrass. Some experts believe that algae is set to eclipse all other biofuel feedstocks as the cheapest, easiest, and most environmentally friendly way to produce liquid fuel, reports Kiplinger’s Biofuels Market Alert. “It is easy to get excited about algae,” says Worldwatch Institute biofuels expert Raya Widenoja. “It looks like such a promising fuel source, especially if it’s combined with advances in biodiesel processing."
More from this article @ ENN
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Friday, November 23, 2007
Algae bio-diesel from Sunderbans, India
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Algae bio-diesel from Sunderbans, India
Indrani Dutta, Aug 2007
Sunderbans chosen as a site for proposed algae cultivation
KOLKATA: The Sundarbans delta, an archipelago of some 100 islands spread over 4,262 sq. km. on the Indian side of the Bay of Bengal, is becoming the incubator of ecology-friendly energy sources...
A new chapter will open if the efforts to try out algae cultivation in order to extract bio-diesel reaches fruition, in this remote deltaic marshland which is the world’s largest mangrove swamp. ....A Chennai-based company, Bio Max, is keen on setting up an algae cultivation project, on one of the uninhabited Sundarbans islands.
Full report here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Algae bio-diesel from Sunderbans, India
Indrani Dutta, Aug 2007
Sunderbans chosen as a site for proposed algae cultivation
KOLKATA: The Sundarbans delta, an archipelago of some 100 islands spread over 4,262 sq. km. on the Indian side of the Bay of Bengal, is becoming the incubator of ecology-friendly energy sources...
A new chapter will open if the efforts to try out algae cultivation in order to extract bio-diesel reaches fruition, in this remote deltaic marshland which is the world’s largest mangrove swamp. ....A Chennai-based company, Bio Max, is keen on setting up an algae cultivation project, on one of the uninhabited Sundarbans islands.
Full report here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Greenbox: Algal Bio-Fuel From Car Fumes
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Greenbox: Bio-Fuel From Car Fumes
28 Aug 2007
Greenbox is the name given to a new technology being touted as the next innovation that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The technology has been developed through the research of Derek Palmer, an organic chemist; and engineers, Ian Houston and John Jones from Wales in UK.
The greenbox can be fit under a car to replace the exhaust system. It would then capture the greenhouse gases like CO2 and NO2, and release water vapor into the atmosphere.
The trapped gases will be kept in a secure state inside the box, and the box will be transferred to a bioreactor, where the gases will be extracted and fed to genetically modified algae for biodiesel.
Full story here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Greenbox: Bio-Fuel From Car Fumes
28 Aug 2007
Greenbox is the name given to a new technology being touted as the next innovation that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The technology has been developed through the research of Derek Palmer, an organic chemist; and engineers, Ian Houston and John Jones from Wales in UK.
The greenbox can be fit under a car to replace the exhaust system. It would then capture the greenhouse gases like CO2 and NO2, and release water vapor into the atmosphere.
The trapped gases will be kept in a secure state inside the box, and the box will be transferred to a bioreactor, where the gases will be extracted and fed to genetically modified algae for biodiesel.
Full story here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Algae based alt energy cos join forces for $250M biorefinery
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Algae based alt energy cos join forces for $250M biorefinery
Two Arizona alternative energy outfits are joining forces to commercialize a patented technology to produce biofuel from algae.
Diversified Energy Corp. in Gilbert and XL Renewables Inc. in Vicksburg, have formed a partnership and licensing agreement for the use of Simgae, which leverages agricultural technology with algae production. Grown in long, plastic tubes, the algae is fed water and carbon dioxide and later processed for its oil and turned into biofuel.
The two companies started working together six months ago to find a way to commercialize XL's Simgae process. Using the technology is expected to lead to 100 to 200 dry tons per acre, with capital costs between $45,000 to $60,000 a year. This is up to 16 times more efficient than competing algae biofuel systems, according to Diversified statistics.
Full report here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Algae based alt energy cos join forces for $250M biorefinery
Two Arizona alternative energy outfits are joining forces to commercialize a patented technology to produce biofuel from algae.
Diversified Energy Corp. in Gilbert and XL Renewables Inc. in Vicksburg, have formed a partnership and licensing agreement for the use of Simgae, which leverages agricultural technology with algae production. Grown in long, plastic tubes, the algae is fed water and carbon dioxide and later processed for its oil and turned into biofuel.
The two companies started working together six months ago to find a way to commercialize XL's Simgae process. Using the technology is expected to lead to 100 to 200 dry tons per acre, with capital costs between $45,000 to $60,000 a year. This is up to 16 times more efficient than competing algae biofuel systems, according to Diversified statistics.
Full report here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
LiveFuels Hires Senior NREL Biofuel Engineer
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LiveFuels Hires Senior NREL Biofuel Engineer
Press release
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 24, 2007 -- LiveFuels Inc., a privately
funded developer of algae-to-biocrude, today announced the appointment of
John Sheehan as Vice President of Strategy and Sustainable Development.
With more than 16 years of experience as a senior strategic analyst at the
US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in
Golden, CO, Sheehan will lead the long-term planning and strategic
development at LiveFuels' research and production facilities.
"John is a national treasure in terms of his knowledge of biofuels, and
we're very proud he decided to join LiveFuels," said Lissa
Morgenthaler-Jones, CEO of LiveFuels. "John was the ultimate program
manager of NREL's Biodiesel from Algae Program -- a program that spanned 20
years -- and he's the lead author of the 300-page report that summarized
the program's results. There are a handful of people who really understand
the issues with algal biofuels, and John is one of them."
In addition, Sheehan managed DOE's Biodiesel Program and led the
strategic planning and analysis for DOE's Bioethanol and Biomass Programs.
Sheehan's extensive published works include a groundbreaking 1998 life
cycle assessment of soybeans as a source of biodiesel in urban busses.
Sheehan specializes in the evaluation and life-cycle assessment of
bioprocess technologies.
"I have voted with my feet," Sheehan said. "While the alternative
energy landscape abounds with potential, LiveFuels is clearly
well-positioned to overcome the obstacles involved, and I look forward to
helping them complete their move from the lab to the fuel tank."
Sheehan brings over 20 years of experience in the field of chemical and
biochemical engineering to the LiveFuels team. Prior to NREL, Sheehan
worked as a process engineer at Merck Pharmaceutical and a biochemical
engineer at the corporate research center of W.R. Grace. Sheehan holds a
master's degree in biochemical engineering from Lehigh University and a
bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania.
About LiveFuels, Inc.
Based in Menlo Park, California, LiveFuels is a privately-backed
company working towards the goal of creating commercially competitive
biocrude oil from algae by 2010. LiveFuels is partnering with top
scientists, national laboratories and commercial institutions in order to
speed the research and development process of creating algal biocrude. The
company addresses the challenge of economically-competitive energy from
algae by reducing cost at every step of the process. For more information,
please visit http://www.livefuels.com.
SOURCE LiveFuels Inc.
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
LiveFuels Hires Senior NREL Biofuel Engineer
Press release
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 24, 2007 -- LiveFuels Inc., a privately
funded developer of algae-to-biocrude, today announced the appointment of
John Sheehan as Vice President of Strategy and Sustainable Development.
With more than 16 years of experience as a senior strategic analyst at the
US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in
Golden, CO, Sheehan will lead the long-term planning and strategic
development at LiveFuels' research and production facilities.
"John is a national treasure in terms of his knowledge of biofuels, and
we're very proud he decided to join LiveFuels," said Lissa
Morgenthaler-Jones, CEO of LiveFuels. "John was the ultimate program
manager of NREL's Biodiesel from Algae Program -- a program that spanned 20
years -- and he's the lead author of the 300-page report that summarized
the program's results. There are a handful of people who really understand
the issues with algal biofuels, and John is one of them."
In addition, Sheehan managed DOE's Biodiesel Program and led the
strategic planning and analysis for DOE's Bioethanol and Biomass Programs.
Sheehan's extensive published works include a groundbreaking 1998 life
cycle assessment of soybeans as a source of biodiesel in urban busses.
Sheehan specializes in the evaluation and life-cycle assessment of
bioprocess technologies.
"I have voted with my feet," Sheehan said. "While the alternative
energy landscape abounds with potential, LiveFuels is clearly
well-positioned to overcome the obstacles involved, and I look forward to
helping them complete their move from the lab to the fuel tank."
Sheehan brings over 20 years of experience in the field of chemical and
biochemical engineering to the LiveFuels team. Prior to NREL, Sheehan
worked as a process engineer at Merck Pharmaceutical and a biochemical
engineer at the corporate research center of W.R. Grace. Sheehan holds a
master's degree in biochemical engineering from Lehigh University and a
bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania.
About LiveFuels, Inc.
Based in Menlo Park, California, LiveFuels is a privately-backed
company working towards the goal of creating commercially competitive
biocrude oil from algae by 2010. LiveFuels is partnering with top
scientists, national laboratories and commercial institutions in order to
speed the research and development process of creating algal biocrude. The
company addresses the challenge of economically-competitive energy from
algae by reducing cost at every step of the process. For more information,
please visit http://www.livefuels.com.
SOURCE LiveFuels Inc.
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
An Israeli company drills for oil in algae
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An Israeli company drills for oil in algae
The Israeli company Seambiotic has found a way to produce biofuel by channeling smokestack carbon dioxide emissions through pools of algae that clean it. The growing algae thrives on the added nutrients, and become a useful biofuel.
For the last two years, the company has done something that other alternative fuel companies have dreamt about and are only starting to do now: they've tested their idea with an electric utility company - a coal-burning power plant in the southern city of Ashkelon operated by the Israel Electric Company (IEC).
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An Israeli company drills for oil in algae
The Israeli company Seambiotic has found a way to produce biofuel by channeling smokestack carbon dioxide emissions through pools of algae that clean it. The growing algae thrives on the added nutrients, and become a useful biofuel.
For the last two years, the company has done something that other alternative fuel companies have dreamt about and are only starting to do now: they've tested their idea with an electric utility company - a coal-burning power plant in the southern city of Ashkelon operated by the Israel Electric Company (IEC).
Full report here
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The challenge of algae fuel: An expert speaks
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The challenge of algae fuel: An expert speaks
Making fuel out of algae is one of those ideas that everyone loves. An acre of algae can produce 50 times more oil than an acre of soy, estimates John Sheehan, now vice president of strategy and sustainable development at LiveFuels.
"It can produce a lot of oil," he said in an interview on Wednesday.
Sheehan's not new to the field. He oversaw biomass, ethanol and algae programs at National Renewable Energy Labs. An NREL paper on algae--along with research from some of the national labs--forms the basis of a lot of the thinking around algae.
Read the full details of what Sheehan feel here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
The challenge of algae fuel: An expert speaks
Making fuel out of algae is one of those ideas that everyone loves. An acre of algae can produce 50 times more oil than an acre of soy, estimates John Sheehan, now vice president of strategy and sustainable development at LiveFuels.
"It can produce a lot of oil," he said in an interview on Wednesday.
Sheehan's not new to the field. He oversaw biomass, ethanol and algae programs at National Renewable Energy Labs. An NREL paper on algae--along with research from some of the national labs--forms the basis of a lot of the thinking around algae.
Read the full details of what Sheehan feel here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
PetroSun ventures into Mexico
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Algae-based biofuel producer ventures into Mexico
Aug 2007
PetroSun Inc. has set up a Mexican subsidiary to manage the company's algae-to-biofuel operations in the Latin American country. The new subsidiary, PetroSun BioFuels Mexico, will enter into joint ventures to produce algal oil, algae biomass products and excess electricity for the Mexican and United States markets.
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Algae-based biofuel producer ventures into Mexico
Aug 2007
PetroSun Inc. has set up a Mexican subsidiary to manage the company's algae-to-biofuel operations in the Latin American country. The new subsidiary, PetroSun BioFuels Mexico, will enter into joint ventures to produce algal oil, algae biomass products and excess electricity for the Mexican and United States markets.
Full news here
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Algae to Biofuels Startup lands funding from Imperium
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Algae to Biofuels Startup lands funding from Imperium
Aug 2007
A Tacoma startup by the name of Inventure Chemical has raised about $1.5 million to continue development on a chemical process that turns algae into biodiesel and ethanol.
One of the biggest backers of the company is Imperium Renewables, the Seattle biodiesel producer that just opened a massive biodiesel plant in Grays Harbor County last week.
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Algae to Biofuels Startup lands funding from Imperium
Aug 2007
A Tacoma startup by the name of Inventure Chemical has raised about $1.5 million to continue development on a chemical process that turns algae into biodiesel and ethanol.
One of the biggest backers of the company is Imperium Renewables, the Seattle biodiesel producer that just opened a massive biodiesel plant in Grays Harbor County last week.
Full news report here
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OriginOil Launches Corporate Website
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OriginOil Launches Corporate Website
Aug 2007
OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, launched its corporate website recently. The website is the first glimpse into the OriginOil System, a complete bioreactor-based process where microalgae can be rapidly grown and cracked to extract algae oil for fuel and chemical production.
The OriginOil website outlines the current challenges in algae production and explains the Company's breakthrough technology, Quantum Fracturing" , which addresses these challenges. The site discusses the applications for algae-based feedstock; it is also a resource center for information on algae production as a biofuel.
Full news release here
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OriginOil Launches Corporate Website
Aug 2007
OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, launched its corporate website recently. The website is the first glimpse into the OriginOil System, a complete bioreactor-based process where microalgae can be rapidly grown and cracked to extract algae oil for fuel and chemical production.
The OriginOil website outlines the current challenges in algae production and explains the Company's breakthrough technology, Quantum Fracturing" , which addresses these challenges. The site discusses the applications for algae-based feedstock; it is also a resource center for information on algae production as a biofuel.
Full news release here
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ASU Researchers trying to get jet fuel from algae
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ASU Researchers trying to get jet fuel from algae
David van den Berg, The Arizona Republic, Aug. 6, 2007
A team of researchers at Arizona State University's Polytechnic Campus in Mesa is involved in a project to turn oil produced from algae into military jet fuel.
Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld, directors of the school's Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, will search for oil-rich strains of algae, evaluate their potential as oil producers and develop a production system that will yield competitively priced oil. UOP, LLC, a Honeywell company, is leading the project, which the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is backing with a $6.7 million grant.
"We believe, at a minimum, that 100 barrels of oil per year per acre of algae is achievable," Sommerfeld said.
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ASU Researchers trying to get jet fuel from algae
David van den Berg, The Arizona Republic, Aug. 6, 2007
A team of researchers at Arizona State University's Polytechnic Campus in Mesa is involved in a project to turn oil produced from algae into military jet fuel.
Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld, directors of the school's Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, will search for oil-rich strains of algae, evaluate their potential as oil producers and develop a production system that will yield competitively priced oil. UOP, LLC, a Honeywell company, is leading the project, which the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is backing with a $6.7 million grant.
"We believe, at a minimum, that 100 barrels of oil per year per acre of algae is achievable," Sommerfeld said.
Full report here
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San Diego scientists form research center for energy from algae
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Energy from green goo
Several San Diego scientists are forming a new research center to tap energy from a source that is environmentally friendly and literally green: algae.
Microscopic algae are the ultimate crop for producing biodiesel because they grow quickly and with few added nutrients, said Steve Mayfield, who specializes in the biochemistry of algae at the Scripps Research Institute. He has teamed up with colleagues to create the San Diego Center for Sustainable Bioenergy.
For now, the center "exists on paper," but the group is developing plans to have a physical building, perhaps at UC San Diego, Mayfield said.
Full report here
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Energy from green goo
Several San Diego scientists are forming a new research center to tap energy from a source that is environmentally friendly and literally green: algae.
Microscopic algae are the ultimate crop for producing biodiesel because they grow quickly and with few added nutrients, said Steve Mayfield, who specializes in the biochemistry of algae at the Scripps Research Institute. He has teamed up with colleagues to create the San Diego Center for Sustainable Bioenergy.
For now, the center "exists on paper," but the group is developing plans to have a physical building, perhaps at UC San Diego, Mayfield said.
Full report here
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ASU partners with UOP to make algae biofuel for military jets
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ASU researchers partner with UOP to make biofuel for military jets a reality
August 2, 2007 News Release
Project sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) focuses on demonstrating efficient conversion of vegetable and algal oils to Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8)
MESA, Ariz. — Arizona State University researchers are part of a team led by UOP, LLC., a Honeywell company, that is looking at alternative sources of oil that could be used to produce Jet Propellant 8 (JP-8) or military jet fuel.
The goal of the project, which is backed by a $6.7 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is to develop and commercialize a process to produce Jet Propellant (JP-8), which is used by U. S. and NATO militaries.
The ASU team in the School of Applied Arts and Sciences will lead an effort to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of using algae as an alternative feedstock resource. ASU’s researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld will screen for oil-rich algal strains, evaluate their potential as oil producers and develop an algal feedstock production system that will yield competitively priced oil that can be converted into jet fuel.
Hu and Sommerfeld, who direct the Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, have focused on algae as a source of renewable oil for more than 20 years. The benefits of oil produced from algae are endless, according to the ASU researchers. “Algae are non-food/feed sources, so there is no inherent conflict of using food crop plants for fuel rather than for food,” said Hu and Sommerfeld. “Also, algae can be grown on land that is unsuitable for agriculture and can use saline or brackish water, making the algae feedstock production system complementary rather than competitive to existing agriculture.
“Moreover, since algae can use carbon dioxide from waste or flue gases as a nutrient for growth, an added value of algae feedstock production is environmental carbon sequestration.”
While algal oil is very similar to other vegetable oils in terms of fatty acid composition, the oil yield of algae is projected to be at least 100 times that of soybean per acre of land on an annual basis.
ASU, UOP LLC, Honeywell Aerospace, Southwest Research Institute and Sandia National Laboratories researchers will be working to help develop and commercialize a process to produce jet fuel that is vegetable and/or algal oil based rather than petroleum based.
“We are confident that we have assembled a strong team of experts that will be successful in proving the viability of biofeedstock technologies for JP-8 and other jet fuels, while offering the U.S. military another option for sustainable liquid fuels critical to their programs,” said Jennifer Holmgren, director of UOP’s Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit.
Fuel produced by the new process will have to meet stringent military specifications and is expected to achieve 90 percent energy efficiency for maximum conversion of feed to fuel, to reduce waste and to reduce production costs. UOP expects the technology will be viable for future use in the production of fuel for commercial jets.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.
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DARPA is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD). It manages and directs selected research and development projects for DoD for the advancement of military roles and missions.
CONTACT(S): Christine Lambrakis, 480/727-1173, 602/316-5616, lambrakis@asu.edu
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
ASU researchers partner with UOP to make biofuel for military jets a reality
August 2, 2007 News Release
Project sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) focuses on demonstrating efficient conversion of vegetable and algal oils to Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8)
MESA, Ariz. — Arizona State University researchers are part of a team led by UOP, LLC., a Honeywell company, that is looking at alternative sources of oil that could be used to produce Jet Propellant 8 (JP-8) or military jet fuel.
The goal of the project, which is backed by a $6.7 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is to develop and commercialize a process to produce Jet Propellant (JP-8), which is used by U. S. and NATO militaries.
The ASU team in the School of Applied Arts and Sciences will lead an effort to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of using algae as an alternative feedstock resource. ASU’s researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld will screen for oil-rich algal strains, evaluate their potential as oil producers and develop an algal feedstock production system that will yield competitively priced oil that can be converted into jet fuel.
Hu and Sommerfeld, who direct the Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, have focused on algae as a source of renewable oil for more than 20 years. The benefits of oil produced from algae are endless, according to the ASU researchers. “Algae are non-food/feed sources, so there is no inherent conflict of using food crop plants for fuel rather than for food,” said Hu and Sommerfeld. “Also, algae can be grown on land that is unsuitable for agriculture and can use saline or brackish water, making the algae feedstock production system complementary rather than competitive to existing agriculture.
“Moreover, since algae can use carbon dioxide from waste or flue gases as a nutrient for growth, an added value of algae feedstock production is environmental carbon sequestration.”
While algal oil is very similar to other vegetable oils in terms of fatty acid composition, the oil yield of algae is projected to be at least 100 times that of soybean per acre of land on an annual basis.
ASU, UOP LLC, Honeywell Aerospace, Southwest Research Institute and Sandia National Laboratories researchers will be working to help develop and commercialize a process to produce jet fuel that is vegetable and/or algal oil based rather than petroleum based.
“We are confident that we have assembled a strong team of experts that will be successful in proving the viability of biofeedstock technologies for JP-8 and other jet fuels, while offering the U.S. military another option for sustainable liquid fuels critical to their programs,” said Jennifer Holmgren, director of UOP’s Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit.
Fuel produced by the new process will have to meet stringent military specifications and is expected to achieve 90 percent energy efficiency for maximum conversion of feed to fuel, to reduce waste and to reduce production costs. UOP expects the technology will be viable for future use in the production of fuel for commercial jets.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.
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Vertigro Joint Venture and SGCEnergia Form European Biodiesel Feedstock Company
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Valcent Products Inc.: Vertigro Joint Venture and SGCEnergia Form European Biodiesel Feedstock Company
26 Jul 2007
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- 07/26/07 -- Vertigro and SGCEnergia, the biofuels division of the SGC Group of Portugal, have agreed to form a joint venture company to produce Vertigro algae biodiesel feedstock. Vertigro is jointly owned by Valcent Products Inc. and Global Green Solutions Inc..
The agreement calls for SGCEnergia to build and operate a Vertigro pilot plant near Lisbon, Portugal which will also serve as a research and development facility for Vertigro technology applications and projects in Europe.
Full news report here
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Valcent Products Inc.: Vertigro Joint Venture and SGCEnergia Form European Biodiesel Feedstock Company
26 Jul 2007
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- 07/26/07 -- Vertigro and SGCEnergia, the biofuels division of the SGC Group of Portugal, have agreed to form a joint venture company to produce Vertigro algae biodiesel feedstock. Vertigro is jointly owned by Valcent Products Inc. and Global Green Solutions Inc..
The agreement calls for SGCEnergia to build and operate a Vertigro pilot plant near Lisbon, Portugal which will also serve as a research and development facility for Vertigro technology applications and projects in Europe.
Full news report here
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Algae, weeds are key to biofuel future, says CSIRO
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Algae, weeds are key to biofuel future, says CSIRO
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) deemed the move to use non-food feedstocks as the only way to save the nation's beleaguered biofuel industry.
Dr. Tom Beer, leader of CSIRO's Transport Biofuels research division, told ABC News more research should focus on replacing costly raw ingredients with non-food products such as algae, weeds and waste cropping stubble.
Source: Energy Current
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Algae, weeds are key to biofuel future, says CSIRO
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) deemed the move to use non-food feedstocks as the only way to save the nation's beleaguered biofuel industry.
Dr. Tom Beer, leader of CSIRO's Transport Biofuels research division, told ABC News more research should focus on replacing costly raw ingredients with non-food products such as algae, weeds and waste cropping stubble.
Source: Energy Current
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Algal Oil Project Awarded Western Region Sun Grant 2007 Award
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One of the awardees for Western Region (USA) Sun Grant Initiative 2007 award is David Holland of Washington State Univ:"Assessment of salt tolerant algae as a potential biodiesel feedstock through genetic screening and field tests. • Regional Economic Analysis of Feedstock Production and Processing in the Pacific Northwest: Expected Economic Impact, David Holland, Washington State University (2-year project, $200,000 total)." - Source: Grainnet
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
One of the awardees for Western Region (USA) Sun Grant Initiative 2007 award is David Holland of Washington State Univ:"Assessment of salt tolerant algae as a potential biodiesel feedstock through genetic screening and field tests. • Regional Economic Analysis of Feedstock Production and Processing in the Pacific Northwest: Expected Economic Impact, David Holland, Washington State University (2-year project, $200,000 total)." - Source: Grainnet
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And Here Comes Pond Scum Power...
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Here Comes Pond Scum Power
Algae biodiesel isn't practical yet, but startups and giants are enthusiastically exploring the possibilities - by Gail Edmondson, BusinessWeek
In a world spooked by global warming and thirsty for nonpolluting fuel, lowly algae hold a potent appeal. The plants sop up large quantities of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and produce tiny globules of fat that can be collected and turned into biodiesel fuel for trucks, cars, and trains. The oils might even be processed into aircraft fuel, says this BusinessWeek article (Nov 2007)
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Here Comes Pond Scum Power
Algae biodiesel isn't practical yet, but startups and giants are enthusiastically exploring the possibilities - by Gail Edmondson, BusinessWeek
In a world spooked by global warming and thirsty for nonpolluting fuel, lowly algae hold a potent appeal. The plants sop up large quantities of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and produce tiny globules of fat that can be collected and turned into biodiesel fuel for trucks, cars, and trains. The oils might even be processed into aircraft fuel, says this BusinessWeek article (Nov 2007)
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GSPI Releases Algae Biodiesel R&D Video
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GSPI Releases Algae Biodiesel R&D Video
20 Nov 2007
- Green Star Products, Inc. today announced that it has decided to release a video illustrating some advanced algae production research.
The 5-minute video is available on Green Star's website, GreenStarUSA.com.
Biotech Research, Inc. (BTR), who is a Consortium partner company with GSPI, made the field video.
Full report here
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GSPI Releases Algae Biodiesel R&D Video
20 Nov 2007
- Green Star Products, Inc. today announced that it has decided to release a video illustrating some advanced algae production research.
The 5-minute video is available on Green Star's website, GreenStarUSA.com.
Biotech Research, Inc. (BTR), who is a Consortium partner company with GSPI, made the field video.
Full report here
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Dairy Biorefinery to Include Biodiesel, Later Algae
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Dairy Biorefinery to Include Biodiesel, Later Algae
Jun 2007 report
XL Dairy Group Inc. is currently expanding its 2,500-head dairy operation to 7,500 dairy cattle in Vicksburg, Ariz., the first step in developing its integrated biorefinery complex. Biomethane from anaerobic digestion will produce 11 megawatts of power while providing enough process heat and steam to make 54 MMgy of ethanol and 5 MMgy of biodiesel. Start-up is targeted for the first quarter of 2009, after which the company plans to incorporate algae into its feedstock stream, which would boost biodiesel capacity six-fold to 30 MMgy.
Source: Biodiesel Magazine
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Dairy Biorefinery to Include Biodiesel, Later Algae
Jun 2007 report
XL Dairy Group Inc. is currently expanding its 2,500-head dairy operation to 7,500 dairy cattle in Vicksburg, Ariz., the first step in developing its integrated biorefinery complex. Biomethane from anaerobic digestion will produce 11 megawatts of power while providing enough process heat and steam to make 54 MMgy of ethanol and 5 MMgy of biodiesel. Start-up is targeted for the first quarter of 2009, after which the company plans to incorporate algae into its feedstock stream, which would boost biodiesel capacity six-fold to 30 MMgy.
Source: Biodiesel Magazine
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US Air Force to Cut Oil’s Role in Fuel
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US Air Force to Cut Oil’s Role in Fuel
The United States Air Force has decided to push development of a new type of fuel to power its bombers and fighters, mixing conventional jet fuel with fuels from nonpetroleum sources that could eventually limit military dependence on imported oil.
“The goal is to certify the entire fleet by 2010 with a 50-50 mix,” said Paul Bollinger, an Air Force official who is working on a shift to synthetic fuels.
Mr. Bollinger said that one of the promising long-run sources of clean fuel may be sea algae, using excess CO2 from the fuel-making process to grow algae more rapidly and to create more feedstock.
Full report here
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US Air Force to Cut Oil’s Role in Fuel
The United States Air Force has decided to push development of a new type of fuel to power its bombers and fighters, mixing conventional jet fuel with fuels from nonpetroleum sources that could eventually limit military dependence on imported oil.
“The goal is to certify the entire fleet by 2010 with a 50-50 mix,” said Paul Bollinger, an Air Force official who is working on a shift to synthetic fuels.
Mr. Bollinger said that one of the promising long-run sources of clean fuel may be sea algae, using excess CO2 from the fuel-making process to grow algae more rapidly and to create more feedstock.
Full report here
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Greenest Green Fuel - Algae Biofuel Detailed Report @ PopSci
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Greenest Green Fuel
A nice and detailed article on algae to fuel @ Popular Science...
Gives good coverage to Solix Biofuels and to its founder, Jim Sears...
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Greenest Green Fuel
A nice and detailed article on algae to fuel @ Popular Science...
Gives good coverage to Solix Biofuels and to its founder, Jim Sears...
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
GreenFuel Technologies Enhances Algae Downstream Product Development with Two New Appointments
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GreenFuel Technologies Enhances Algae Downstream Product Development with Two New Appointments
Jun 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a leading developer of algae bioreactor systems that recycle carbon dioxide emissions into clean renewable biofuels and other high-value products, has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Adu-Peasah as Manager of Downstream Process Development, and John Piechocki as Manager of Product Development.
A Chemical engineer with more than 16 years experience in conventional and specialty oil seeds and bio-fermented oils processing, Adu-Peasah will be responsible for the development and commercialization of technologies for harvesting and processing algae biomass into oil, biodiesel, ethanol and biomeal.
John Piechocki brings more than 16 years of experience in the biotechnology industry where he has managed product/process development, production scale-up, and manufacturing of both human and animal nutrition products derived from microalgae.
Full news release from here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
GreenFuel Technologies Enhances Algae Downstream Product Development with Two New Appointments
Jun 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a leading developer of algae bioreactor systems that recycle carbon dioxide emissions into clean renewable biofuels and other high-value products, has announced the appointment of Dr. Patrick Adu-Peasah as Manager of Downstream Process Development, and John Piechocki as Manager of Product Development.
A Chemical engineer with more than 16 years experience in conventional and specialty oil seeds and bio-fermented oils processing, Adu-Peasah will be responsible for the development and commercialization of technologies for harvesting and processing algae biomass into oil, biodiesel, ethanol and biomeal.
John Piechocki brings more than 16 years of experience in the biotechnology industry where he has managed product/process development, production scale-up, and manufacturing of both human and animal nutrition products derived from microalgae.
Full news release from here
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Amelot Applies For $25 Million Grant Thru U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005
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Amelot Applies For $25 Million Grant Available Through the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005
OSTERVILLE, Mass., June 11, 2007 -- Amelot Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:AMHD), has formally filed its intention to respond for a Renewable Energy Research and Development Grant as authorized in Section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This grant opportunity provides up to $25 million in funding for a demonstration of integrated biorefinery operations for producing biofuels and other chemical materials products.
Amelot plans to develop a proposal that will build and demonstrate a biorefinery based on the production and extraction of algae oil to be processed into biodiesel. The algae residue will be processed to produce methanol, a feedstock required in the biodiesel process, as well as the base feedstock for many plastic materials.
Full news release from here
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Amelot Applies For $25 Million Grant Available Through the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005
OSTERVILLE, Mass., June 11, 2007 -- Amelot Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:AMHD), has formally filed its intention to respond for a Renewable Energy Research and Development Grant as authorized in Section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This grant opportunity provides up to $25 million in funding for a demonstration of integrated biorefinery operations for producing biofuels and other chemical materials products.
Amelot plans to develop a proposal that will build and demonstrate a biorefinery based on the production and extraction of algae oil to be processed into biodiesel. The algae residue will be processed to produce methanol, a feedstock required in the biodiesel process, as well as the base feedstock for many plastic materials.
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De Beers Investors for 'fuel-from-algae' Scheme Left High&Dry?
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De Beers Investors for 'fuel-from-algae' Scheme Left High&Dry?
De Beers Fuel, which had promised South Africa biodiesel produced from algae, to date seems not to have made good on any of its pledges.
Most investors in the company, who invested in its biodiesel plant, today have nothing but paper to show for their money, says this report from Engineering News, South Africa
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
De Beers Investors for 'fuel-from-algae' Scheme Left High&Dry?
De Beers Fuel, which had promised South Africa biodiesel produced from algae, to date seems not to have made good on any of its pledges.
Most investors in the company, who invested in its biodiesel plant, today have nothing but paper to show for their money, says this report from Engineering News, South Africa
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Iron Fertilization Of Oceans: A Real Option For Carbon Dioxide Reduction?
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Iron Fertilization Of Oceans: A Real Option For Carbon Dioxide Reduction?
ScienceDaily (Jun. 10, 2007) — Over the last weeks, commercial efforts have been launched to manipulate a portion of the Pacific Ocean to increase the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by artificially enhancing phytoplankton activity. A research vessel is currently sailing to the Galapagos Sea to seed an area larger than Puerto Rico with tonnes of iron, to stimulate the CO2 sequestration into the deep ocean. However, such iron fertilization is also a way of generating carbon offsets, whereby CO2 polluters can buy “ecosystem restoration credits” and shrink their carbon footprint.
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Iron Fertilization Of Oceans: A Real Option For Carbon Dioxide Reduction?
ScienceDaily (Jun. 10, 2007) — Over the last weeks, commercial efforts have been launched to manipulate a portion of the Pacific Ocean to increase the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by artificially enhancing phytoplankton activity. A research vessel is currently sailing to the Galapagos Sea to seed an area larger than Puerto Rico with tonnes of iron, to stimulate the CO2 sequestration into the deep ocean. However, such iron fertilization is also a way of generating carbon offsets, whereby CO2 polluters can buy “ecosystem restoration credits” and shrink their carbon footprint.
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Algae Biofuel May Be Future For Aviation
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Algae Biofuel May Be Future For Aviation
The aviation industry may one day be powered by algae. Manufacturing giant Boeing says that a biodiesel alternative made from algae could be the aircraft biofuel of the future.
Last month, in an 8-page document plainly titled “Alternative Fuels for Commercial Aircraft”, Boeing presented their estimation of the alternative fuel sources that could ‘relieve worldwide pressure on crude-oil derived fuels’ and drive air travel to carbon neutrality.
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Algae Biofuel May Be Future For Aviation
The aviation industry may one day be powered by algae. Manufacturing giant Boeing says that a biodiesel alternative made from algae could be the aircraft biofuel of the future.
Last month, in an 8-page document plainly titled “Alternative Fuels for Commercial Aircraft”, Boeing presented their estimation of the alternative fuel sources that could ‘relieve worldwide pressure on crude-oil derived fuels’ and drive air travel to carbon neutrality.
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GreenFuel Technologies Appoints Guillermo Espiga CFO
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GreenFuel Technologies Corporation Appoints Guillermo Espiga Chief Financial Officer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a leading developer of algae bioreactor systems that recycle carbon dioxide emissions into clean renewable biofuels, has announced the appointment of Guillermo Espiga as Chief Financial Officer. GreenFuel’s Emissions-to-Biofuels™ process uses safe, naturally occurring algae to recycle flue gas CO2 emissions into clean renewable biofuels and other high-value products.
Espiga will be responsible for all finance, accounting and strategic financial planning activities of the company. Espiga comes to GreenFuel with extensive experience in financing infrastructure projects at such companies as Credit Suisse First Boston and InterGen.
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GreenFuel Technologies Corporation Appoints Guillermo Espiga Chief Financial Officer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a leading developer of algae bioreactor systems that recycle carbon dioxide emissions into clean renewable biofuels, has announced the appointment of Guillermo Espiga as Chief Financial Officer. GreenFuel’s Emissions-to-Biofuels™ process uses safe, naturally occurring algae to recycle flue gas CO2 emissions into clean renewable biofuels and other high-value products.
Espiga will be responsible for all finance, accounting and strategic financial planning activities of the company. Espiga comes to GreenFuel with extensive experience in financing infrastructure projects at such companies as Credit Suisse First Boston and InterGen.
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Green Star Algae Biodiesel Interest Expands Globally
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Green Star Algae Biodiesel Interest Expands Globally
SAN DIEGO-- May 29, 2007--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI) (OTC: GSPI.PK), announced today that it has received serious interest in producing biodiesel from algae globally.
Over the past few weeks, companies from over 20 countries on five continents have expressed their interest in GSPI's biodiesel and microalgae technology.
These countries include: South Africa, India, China, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Costa Rica, Sweden, Czech Republic, Zimbabwe, Spain, Italy, Nicaragua, Mexico, Russia, Kazakhstan, etc.
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Green Star Algae Biodiesel Interest Expands Globally
SAN DIEGO-- May 29, 2007--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI) (OTC: GSPI.PK), announced today that it has received serious interest in producing biodiesel from algae globally.
Over the past few weeks, companies from over 20 countries on five continents have expressed their interest in GSPI's biodiesel and microalgae technology.
These countries include: South Africa, India, China, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Costa Rica, Sweden, Czech Republic, Zimbabwe, Spain, Italy, Nicaragua, Mexico, Russia, Kazakhstan, etc.
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LiveFuels Gets 10 mill $ funding, kicks it up
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LiveFuels Gets 10 mill $ funding, kicks it up
May 31 2007
Fresh with $10M in capital, the algae biofuel developer is getting to work lowering the cost of turning slime into fuel.
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LiveFuels Gets 10 mill $ funding, kicks it up
May 31 2007
Fresh with $10M in capital, the algae biofuel developer is getting to work lowering the cost of turning slime into fuel.
Full report here
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Algae to Biodiesel Firm in Jenkins - A Bit of Mystery
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Algae to Biodiesel Firm in Jenkins - A Bit of Mystery
After being awarded a conditional $1 million state grant, a New York company with aims of refining biodiesel from algae in Jenkins Township remains shrouded in mystery.
Recently, the govt announced $10 million in grants to 24 projects in an effort to reduce the state’s dependence on foreign oil and develop clean-burning sources of energy. Binghamton-based Alternative Fuels Inc.’s slice of the funding is contingent on its production of 20 million gallons of biodiesel by the end of 2008 at the former Techneglas plant...According to the grant application Alternative Fuels filed with DEP, its facility will refine 50 million gallons of biodiesel from algae every year at a cost of 40 cents per gallon.
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Algae to Biodiesel Firm in Jenkins - A Bit of Mystery
After being awarded a conditional $1 million state grant, a New York company with aims of refining biodiesel from algae in Jenkins Township remains shrouded in mystery.
Recently, the govt announced $10 million in grants to 24 projects in an effort to reduce the state’s dependence on foreign oil and develop clean-burning sources of energy. Binghamton-based Alternative Fuels Inc.’s slice of the funding is contingent on its production of 20 million gallons of biodiesel by the end of 2008 at the former Techneglas plant...According to the grant application Alternative Fuels filed with DEP, its facility will refine 50 million gallons of biodiesel from algae every year at a cost of 40 cents per gallon.
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Biofuel Boom Puts Pressure on Water - Algae the Solution?
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Biofuel Boom Puts Pressure on Water - Algae the Solution?
The biofuels boom will mean a much tougher battle to find enough water and will push the next generation of ethanol and biodiesel plants to be much more efficient, speakers at the World Food Prize symposium said Friday in Des Moines...
...There are solutions, though. Harvesting the algae that grows in sewage treatment plants and using it to make biofuels that can then be burned at the plants is one technique, some speakers themselves admitted.
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Biofuel Boom Puts Pressure on Water - Algae the Solution?
The biofuels boom will mean a much tougher battle to find enough water and will push the next generation of ethanol and biodiesel plants to be much more efficient, speakers at the World Food Prize symposium said Friday in Des Moines...
...There are solutions, though. Harvesting the algae that grows in sewage treatment plants and using it to make biofuels that can then be burned at the plants is one technique, some speakers themselves admitted.
Full report here
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BP 4 Jatropha, Butanol for Biofuel...also Algae
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BP 4 Jatropha, Butanol for Biofuel...also Algae
BP is optimistic about the potential of jatropha and butanol in its quest for sustainable biofuel sources, reports Reuters.
BP is also looking at a variety of sources for its biofuel initiative, including algae...
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BP 4 Jatropha, Butanol for Biofuel...also Algae
BP is optimistic about the potential of jatropha and butanol in its quest for sustainable biofuel sources, reports Reuters.
BP is also looking at a variety of sources for its biofuel initiative, including algae...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
LiveFuels Alliance -
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Here's an article on the LiveFuels alliance
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Here's an article on the LiveFuels alliance
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
LiveFuels Alliance - Trying to Make Algae to Oil a Success
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Here's an article on the LiveFuels alliance
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Here's an article on the LiveFuels alliance
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Genetically Modified Green Algae Has Future Potential
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Algae-in-a-vat may power the future
Genetically modified green algae could one day produce stored energy in the form of hydrogen gas, say Australian researchers, fuelling a hydrogen economy.
Associate Professor Ben Hankamer of the University of Queensland and colleagues report they have increased the sunlight-capturing efficiency of algae that can pump out hydrogen.
If successfully scaled up, the researchers say this could complement or be an alternative to our present carbon-based economy.
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Algae-in-a-vat may power the future
Genetically modified green algae could one day produce stored energy in the form of hydrogen gas, say Australian researchers, fuelling a hydrogen economy.
Associate Professor Ben Hankamer of the University of Queensland and colleagues report they have increased the sunlight-capturing efficiency of algae that can pump out hydrogen.
If successfully scaled up, the researchers say this could complement or be an alternative to our present carbon-based economy.
Full report here
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Australian Co Biomax to Build Algae to Biodiesel Trial Site
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A small nugget:
Mile Soda, the managing director of Biomax, an Australian company, says a trial site is being built next to the Latrobe power station in Victoria.
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A small nugget:
Mile Soda, the managing director of Biomax, an Australian company, says a trial site is being built next to the Latrobe power station in Victoria.
Brief report here
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GSPI Signs Contract to Build Algae-to-Biodiesel Facility in Midwest
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GSPI Signs Contract to Build Algae-to-Biodiesel Facility
GSPI Signs Contract to Build Algae-to-Biodiesel FacilitySAN DIEGOCA-GREEN-STAR-PRODUCTS
Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) today announced that it has signed a contract to build a 100-acre Commercial Algae Facility in the Midwest.
Bio-Tech Research (BTR), who is a Consortium partner with GSPI, has signed the contract with GSPI to start initial preparation and material acquisition for field construction to begin in March 2008.
Full report here
The 100-acre Algae Facility will be constructed adjacent to an existing biodiesel plant and will use the CO2 emitted from the biodiesel plant's boilers to feed a portion of the algae facility needs (CO2 mitigation), which will reduce Global Warming emissions.
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
GSPI Signs Contract to Build Algae-to-Biodiesel Facility
GSPI Signs Contract to Build Algae-to-Biodiesel FacilitySAN DIEGOCA-GREEN-STAR-PRODUCTS
Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) today announced that it has signed a contract to build a 100-acre Commercial Algae Facility in the Midwest.
Bio-Tech Research (BTR), who is a Consortium partner with GSPI, has signed the contract with GSPI to start initial preparation and material acquisition for field construction to begin in March 2008.
Full report here
The 100-acre Algae Facility will be constructed adjacent to an existing biodiesel plant and will use the CO2 emitted from the biodiesel plant's boilers to feed a portion of the algae facility needs (CO2 mitigation), which will reduce Global Warming emissions.
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Monday, November 12, 2007
The Science Museum Asks: 'Can Algae Save the World?'
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The Science Museum Asks: 'Can Algae Save the World?'
The Science Museum's latest exhibition looks at climate change and the scientific challenges of solving pollution emissions. © Science Museum
A new exhibition at The Science Museum attempts to tackle one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century – climate change.
The exhibition ‘Can algae save the world?’ runs until April 30 2008 and focuses on the role of science in offering possible solutions to the problem by developing the specific technology of biofuels.
The museum has dedicated this exhibition to making sense of the mysteries by clearly setting out the pros and cons in an accessible, interactive way. Visitors can view a ‘Mini Algae Farm’, a device to grow algae, as well as learn about the possibilities of using it as a green alternative to fossil fuels.
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The Science Museum Asks: 'Can Algae Save the World?'
The Science Museum's latest exhibition looks at climate change and the scientific challenges of solving pollution emissions. © Science Museum
A new exhibition at The Science Museum attempts to tackle one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century – climate change.
The exhibition ‘Can algae save the world?’ runs until April 30 2008 and focuses on the role of science in offering possible solutions to the problem by developing the specific technology of biofuels.
The museum has dedicated this exhibition to making sense of the mysteries by clearly setting out the pros and cons in an accessible, interactive way. Visitors can view a ‘Mini Algae Farm’, a device to grow algae, as well as learn about the possibilities of using it as a green alternative to fossil fuels.
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Algae Fuel Research @ University of Georgia
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Pond scum may have bright future
MOULTRIE — University of Georgia researchers are aspiring to give pond scum an image makeover.
Along with a shuttle bus running off chicken fat biodiesel and a tractor using soybean biodiesel, UGA researchers at the Sunbelt Expo last week demonstrated that algae isn’t the scum of the earth. It might just prove to a viable source of biofuels, while at the same time provide Georgia a solution for wastewater woes.
UGA has been experimenting with the manufacture of fuel from biomass — trees, grasses, poultry waste, industrial and agricultural waste. The university has been researching algae’s fuel potential for about a year, said K.C. Das...
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Pond scum may have bright future
MOULTRIE — University of Georgia researchers are aspiring to give pond scum an image makeover.
Along with a shuttle bus running off chicken fat biodiesel and a tractor using soybean biodiesel, UGA researchers at the Sunbelt Expo last week demonstrated that algae isn’t the scum of the earth. It might just prove to a viable source of biofuels, while at the same time provide Georgia a solution for wastewater woes.
UGA has been experimenting with the manufacture of fuel from biomass — trees, grasses, poultry waste, industrial and agricultural waste. The university has been researching algae’s fuel potential for about a year, said K.C. Das...
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Opelika School Students Project on Algae to Fuel
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Opelika School Students Project on Algae to Fuel
The answer to the gasoline crunch might be floating in your swimming pool.
Researchers and students at Eastwood Christian School in Opelika have discovered a way to remove oil from chlorella - a blue-green algae. The school is currently working on a process that will turn the dark green, algal oil into a biofuel that will be used as an alternative fuel source to operate vehicles and heavy machinery.
Full news story here @ Opelika Auburn News
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Opelika School Students Project on Algae to Fuel
The answer to the gasoline crunch might be floating in your swimming pool.
Researchers and students at Eastwood Christian School in Opelika have discovered a way to remove oil from chlorella - a blue-green algae. The school is currently working on a process that will turn the dark green, algal oil into a biofuel that will be used as an alternative fuel source to operate vehicles and heavy machinery.
Full news story here @ Opelika Auburn News
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Diversified Energy of Gilbert, Arizona into Algae Biofuel
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Diversified Energy of Gilbert, Ariz., is trying to perfect the process for growing algae and then for converting the oil-rich slime into a range of biofuels, including gasoline and jet fuel.
CEO Phillip Brown said the company has a horizontal algae-production system that can produce 150 tons of algae biomass per acre per year at a cost of $32,000.
The system is entrenched in the ground and, once harvested, the algae go through a proprietary three-step process to create the equivalent of conventional fuels.
The company has already raised $5.9 million in startup and angel funding...
Source article @ Green Tech Media
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Diversified Energy of Gilbert, Ariz., is trying to perfect the process for growing algae and then for converting the oil-rich slime into a range of biofuels, including gasoline and jet fuel.
CEO Phillip Brown said the company has a horizontal algae-production system that can produce 150 tons of algae biomass per acre per year at a cost of $32,000.
The system is entrenched in the ground and, once harvested, the algae go through a proprietary three-step process to create the equivalent of conventional fuels.
The company has already raised $5.9 million in startup and angel funding...
Source article @ Green Tech Media
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Nano Chemical Systems Holdings Changes Name to BioCentric Energy
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Nano Chemical Systems Holdings Changes Name to BioCentric Energy
Press release
TAMPA, Fla.-- Nano Chemical Systems Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:NCSH), (“Nanochem” or “The Company”) announces that effective immediately it has changed its name to BioCentric Energy Inc (“BCEI”). BCEI, located in Huntington Beach, California, has an established business presence throughout the global vegetable oils market and has built a ‘Worldwide Sourcing Network’ that rapidly moves a plethora of products into formal contractual offers. With offices in California, Florida, and soon to be opening in the European Union, BCEI’s plan is to become a leading provider of Bio-Fuels and Alternative Energy solutions on a worldwide basis. The following is a brief description of BCEI’s current business units:
The BioCentric Energy Consortium:
The Company’s flagship business is the ‘BioCentric Energy Consortium’. The Consortium’s goal is to unify Biodiesel producers allowing for consolidated leverage to increase profitability in the Biodiesel industry. Producers who are part of the Consortium will benefit from competitively priced, stable feedstock supply as well as guaranteed sales of their end product at pricing which they would not be able to achieve on their own.
Mr. Dennis Fisher, Executive Vice President for BCEI stated, “Currency fluctuations coupled with supply and demand factors are affecting the entire gamut of the vegetable oils worldwide. Our Company’s size and market reach provides a distinct advantage for the entire BioCentric Energy Consortium. We are agile enough to modify business decisions quickly, and efficiently to capitalize on opportunities as they arise within the global marketplace.”
Algae to Biofuel: The Ultimate Renewable Energy
Through research and development in the country of Sri Lanka, BCEI is ready to implement a new process that transforms algae to biofuel. BCEI’s Algro technology mass-produces a rapidly growing, high oil content strain of algae that will be converted and refined into feedstock for biodiesel fuel.
Other Projects: Auto Fluff and Methanol-to-Ethanol
BCEI is working with a large west coast scrap recycler that reprocesses automobiles. The recycling process produces thousands of tons daily of a by-product known as “Auto Fluff”, which is presently being shipped to landfills. BCEI is negotiating with the recycler whose interest is in seeing the waste turned into a profit center by utilizing a new technology.
Presently, BCEI is also scheduling an independent laboratory test of a micro-organism that coverts Methanol-to-Ethanol.
Kurt D. Peet, Vice President of Corporate Strategy for BioCentric Energy stated today, “BCEI’s implemented strategies continually explore and develop not only products and services, but most importantly builds relationships that provide solutions for an energy starved world.”
Forward Looking Statements:
Certain statements in this release and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and our future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. The forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including market acceptance of the Company's services and projects and the Company's continued access to capital and other risks and uncertainties outlined in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are incorporated herein by reference. The actual results the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on our current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements.
Contacts
BioCentric Energy Inc, Tampa
Alex Edwards, 813-637-2233
or
Investor Relations:
Redwood Consultants, LLC
Dennis Fisher, 415-884-0348
End of press release
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Nano Chemical Systems Holdings Changes Name to BioCentric Energy
Press release
TAMPA, Fla.-- Nano Chemical Systems Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:NCSH), (“Nanochem” or “The Company”) announces that effective immediately it has changed its name to BioCentric Energy Inc (“BCEI”). BCEI, located in Huntington Beach, California, has an established business presence throughout the global vegetable oils market and has built a ‘Worldwide Sourcing Network’ that rapidly moves a plethora of products into formal contractual offers. With offices in California, Florida, and soon to be opening in the European Union, BCEI’s plan is to become a leading provider of Bio-Fuels and Alternative Energy solutions on a worldwide basis. The following is a brief description of BCEI’s current business units:
The BioCentric Energy Consortium:
The Company’s flagship business is the ‘BioCentric Energy Consortium’. The Consortium’s goal is to unify Biodiesel producers allowing for consolidated leverage to increase profitability in the Biodiesel industry. Producers who are part of the Consortium will benefit from competitively priced, stable feedstock supply as well as guaranteed sales of their end product at pricing which they would not be able to achieve on their own.
Mr. Dennis Fisher, Executive Vice President for BCEI stated, “Currency fluctuations coupled with supply and demand factors are affecting the entire gamut of the vegetable oils worldwide. Our Company’s size and market reach provides a distinct advantage for the entire BioCentric Energy Consortium. We are agile enough to modify business decisions quickly, and efficiently to capitalize on opportunities as they arise within the global marketplace.”
Algae to Biofuel: The Ultimate Renewable Energy
Through research and development in the country of Sri Lanka, BCEI is ready to implement a new process that transforms algae to biofuel. BCEI’s Algro technology mass-produces a rapidly growing, high oil content strain of algae that will be converted and refined into feedstock for biodiesel fuel.
Other Projects: Auto Fluff and Methanol-to-Ethanol
BCEI is working with a large west coast scrap recycler that reprocesses automobiles. The recycling process produces thousands of tons daily of a by-product known as “Auto Fluff”, which is presently being shipped to landfills. BCEI is negotiating with the recycler whose interest is in seeing the waste turned into a profit center by utilizing a new technology.
Presently, BCEI is also scheduling an independent laboratory test of a micro-organism that coverts Methanol-to-Ethanol.
Kurt D. Peet, Vice President of Corporate Strategy for BioCentric Energy stated today, “BCEI’s implemented strategies continually explore and develop not only products and services, but most importantly builds relationships that provide solutions for an energy starved world.”
Forward Looking Statements:
Certain statements in this release and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and our future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. The forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including market acceptance of the Company's services and projects and the Company's continued access to capital and other risks and uncertainties outlined in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are incorporated herein by reference. The actual results the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on our current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements.
Contacts
BioCentric Energy Inc, Tampa
Alex Edwards, 813-637-2233
or
Investor Relations:
Redwood Consultants, LLC
Dennis Fisher, 415-884-0348
End of press release
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Bacteria, not Algae, for Biofuel for BP, Arizona State
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Bacteria, not Algae, for Biofuel for BP, Arizona State
Algae's not the only organism that can be used as a feedstock for biofuel.
BP will collaborate with Arizona State University to try to figure out a way of using cyanobacteria, a photosynthetic form of bacteria, as a feedstock for diesel or synthetic petroleum. Ideally, the bacteria could be cultivated in large, contained plots of land baked by the sun--Arizona has a lot of that. The bacteria also consume carbon dioxide to grow. Thus, carbon dioxide could be pumped in from a power plant into the contained bacteria farm. The company could thus make money from selling carbon credits and selling fuel feedstock.
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Bacteria, not Algae, for Biofuel for BP, Arizona State
Algae's not the only organism that can be used as a feedstock for biofuel.
BP will collaborate with Arizona State University to try to figure out a way of using cyanobacteria, a photosynthetic form of bacteria, as a feedstock for diesel or synthetic petroleum. Ideally, the bacteria could be cultivated in large, contained plots of land baked by the sun--Arizona has a lot of that. The bacteria also consume carbon dioxide to grow. Thus, carbon dioxide could be pumped in from a power plant into the contained bacteria farm. The company could thus make money from selling carbon credits and selling fuel feedstock.
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‘Algae to Oil’ Initiatives from International Energy
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‘Algae to Oil’ Initiatives from International Energy
Press release
Unlike Food Crops or Cellulosic Materials, Algae Produce Oil Naturally and Can Be Processed to Make Biofuel, the Renewable Equivalent of Petroleum, and Refined to Make Gasoline, Diesel and Jet Fuel
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Pursuant to a recently signed collaborative research agreement, International Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: IENI) is pleased to announce that it has launched its “algae to oil” research and development initiatives.
International Energy is working to develop advanced biotechnology protocols for enhanced growth and biofuel productivity based entirely on the photosynthesis of algae, which have the unique capability of taking a waste (zero-energy) form of carbon (CO2) and converting it into a high-density liquid form of energy (natural oil). As a result, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.
In contrast to food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can, in the process, clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide, aiding in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.
International Energy employs proprietary microalgae that naturally photosynthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) to liquid hydrocarbons, and accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of biofuels, the renewable equivalent of petroleum.
Hydrocarbons produced from the photosynthesis of unicellular algae offer advantages in the production, storage, and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems. Additionally, the process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic, non-polluting, can be scaled up and offers a renewable energy supply.
“With the capacity to produce oil naturally and needing little more than sunlight and carbon dioxide to flourish, algae may well be the antidote to depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide,” states Mr. Harmel S. Rayat, a director of International Energy.
Mr. Rayat continues, “Algal biofuel production may also be what’s needed to meet President Bush’s goal of replacing 20 percent of US gasoline consumption by 2017, mostly by producing 35 billion gallons of renewable fuels. Compared to an acre of corn, which can generate around 300 gallons of ethanol each year, an acre of algae has been estimated to produce upwards of 5,000 gallons of biofuel annually.”
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ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INC.
International Energy, Inc. (Symbol: IENI) is developing leading edge technologies for the production of biofuels derived directly from the photosynthesis of green microalgae, which can accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of valuable biofuels.
As a result of current high oil prices, depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.
Our technology seeks to convert water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful long-chain liquid hydrocarbons from the photosynthesis of proprietary unicellular microalgae, which offer advantages in the production, storage and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems.
The process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic and non-polluting, can be scaled-up, offers a renewable energy supply, and aids in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.
In contrast to biofuels from food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can in the process clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Additionally, raw algae can be processed to make biofuel, the renewable equivalent of petroleum, and refined to make gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemical feedstocks for plastics and drugs.
For additional information regarding International Energy Inc., please call 1-800-676-1006 to speak with a shareholder representative.
Disclaimer
Certain statements set forth in this press release relate to management's future plans, objectives and expectations. Such statements are forward-looking within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's future financial position, potential resources, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar terminology. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are to the knowledge or in the judgment of the officers and directors of the Company, believed to be reasonable, there can be no assurances that any of these expectations will prove correct or that any of the actions that are planned will be taken. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projection, estimate or forecasted result. Some of the key factors that may cause actual results to vary from those the Company expects include inherent uncertainties in interpreting engineering and reserve or production data; operating hazards; delays or cancellations of drilling operations because of weather and other natural and economic forces; fluctuations in oil and natural gas prices in response to changes in supply; competition from other companies with greater resources; environmental and other government regulations; defects in title to properties; increases in the Company's cost of borrowing or inability or unavailability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures; and other risks described the Company's most recent Form 10QSB and Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, our quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB and other current reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
International Energy
Mr. Harmel Rayat, 800-676-1006
www.internationalenergyinc.com
End of press release
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
‘Algae to Oil’ Initiatives from International Energy
Press release
Unlike Food Crops or Cellulosic Materials, Algae Produce Oil Naturally and Can Be Processed to Make Biofuel, the Renewable Equivalent of Petroleum, and Refined to Make Gasoline, Diesel and Jet Fuel
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Pursuant to a recently signed collaborative research agreement, International Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: IENI) is pleased to announce that it has launched its “algae to oil” research and development initiatives.
International Energy is working to develop advanced biotechnology protocols for enhanced growth and biofuel productivity based entirely on the photosynthesis of algae, which have the unique capability of taking a waste (zero-energy) form of carbon (CO2) and converting it into a high-density liquid form of energy (natural oil). As a result, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.
In contrast to food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can, in the process, clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide, aiding in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.
International Energy employs proprietary microalgae that naturally photosynthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) to liquid hydrocarbons, and accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of biofuels, the renewable equivalent of petroleum.
Hydrocarbons produced from the photosynthesis of unicellular algae offer advantages in the production, storage, and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems. Additionally, the process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic, non-polluting, can be scaled up and offers a renewable energy supply.
“With the capacity to produce oil naturally and needing little more than sunlight and carbon dioxide to flourish, algae may well be the antidote to depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide,” states Mr. Harmel S. Rayat, a director of International Energy.
Mr. Rayat continues, “Algal biofuel production may also be what’s needed to meet President Bush’s goal of replacing 20 percent of US gasoline consumption by 2017, mostly by producing 35 billion gallons of renewable fuels. Compared to an acre of corn, which can generate around 300 gallons of ethanol each year, an acre of algae has been estimated to produce upwards of 5,000 gallons of biofuel annually.”
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ABOUT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INC.
International Energy, Inc. (Symbol: IENI) is developing leading edge technologies for the production of biofuels derived directly from the photosynthesis of green microalgae, which can accumulate up to 30% of their biomass in the form of valuable biofuels.
As a result of current high oil prices, depleting fossil oil reserves and growing concerns about increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biofuel production.
Our technology seeks to convert water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful long-chain liquid hydrocarbons from the photosynthesis of proprietary unicellular microalgae, which offer advantages in the production, storage and utilization of renewable biofuels, as they can be harvested easily, stored in liquid form and do not require special containment systems.
The process of industrial scale algae growth in photo-bioreactors is non-toxic and non-polluting, can be scaled-up, offers a renewable energy supply, and aids in carbon sequestration and the mitigation of climate change.
In contrast to biofuels from food crops or cellulosic materials, certain algae produce and accumulate oil naturally and can in the process clean up waste by absorbing and utilizing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Additionally, raw algae can be processed to make biofuel, the renewable equivalent of petroleum, and refined to make gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemical feedstocks for plastics and drugs.
For additional information regarding International Energy Inc., please call 1-800-676-1006 to speak with a shareholder representative.
Disclaimer
Certain statements set forth in this press release relate to management's future plans, objectives and expectations. Such statements are forward-looking within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's future financial position, potential resources, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar terminology. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are to the knowledge or in the judgment of the officers and directors of the Company, believed to be reasonable, there can be no assurances that any of these expectations will prove correct or that any of the actions that are planned will be taken. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projection, estimate or forecasted result. Some of the key factors that may cause actual results to vary from those the Company expects include inherent uncertainties in interpreting engineering and reserve or production data; operating hazards; delays or cancellations of drilling operations because of weather and other natural and economic forces; fluctuations in oil and natural gas prices in response to changes in supply; competition from other companies with greater resources; environmental and other government regulations; defects in title to properties; increases in the Company's cost of borrowing or inability or unavailability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures; and other risks described the Company's most recent Form 10QSB and Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, our quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB and other current reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
International Energy
Mr. Harmel Rayat, 800-676-1006
www.internationalenergyinc.com
End of press release
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
AlgaeLink N.V. / BioKing B.V. Selling AlgaeLink photobioreactor
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Supersized Algae Bioreactors
A Dutch firm with ties to the biodiesel industry is the first to market an industrial-scale algae photobioreactor that may provide a solution to oil-hungry producers.
One promising new fuel source is algae. Many companies and universities are working to unlock the potential of these single-celled plants, which can contain up to 50 percent oil by weight and double their numbers in a single day. Nearly all of these projects are still in the development stages, however, and won’t be attempting a commercial-scale project until late 2008 or 2009...
One firm, however, has broken from the pack and is selling commercial-scale algae systems. AlgaeLink N.V. is a subsidiary of BioKing B.V., a manufacturer of biodiesel production equipment based in the Netherlands. The company began selling its AlgaeLink photobioreactor system in the third quarter of 2007....
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Supersized Algae Bioreactors
A Dutch firm with ties to the biodiesel industry is the first to market an industrial-scale algae photobioreactor that may provide a solution to oil-hungry producers.
One promising new fuel source is algae. Many companies and universities are working to unlock the potential of these single-celled plants, which can contain up to 50 percent oil by weight and double their numbers in a single day. Nearly all of these projects are still in the development stages, however, and won’t be attempting a commercial-scale project until late 2008 or 2009...
One firm, however, has broken from the pack and is selling commercial-scale algae systems. AlgaeLink N.V. is a subsidiary of BioKing B.V., a manufacturer of biodiesel production equipment based in the Netherlands. The company began selling its AlgaeLink photobioreactor system in the third quarter of 2007....
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Auburn University Professor Touts Algae as Energy Source
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Auburn University professor touts algae as energy source
Dr. Ron Putt, the associate research professor of chemical engineering at Auburn University, thinks algae is a big deal. He explained his affinity for pond scum to those attending the Alabama Agricultural Energy Conference at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center Thursday.
"If we had a million acres in (algae) ponds, we could produce 100 percent of the fuel for the state," he said.
No other state is looking at algae as a renewable energy source except Alabama, so if researchers can pull it off, Putt said, Alabama will be the first to do it.
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Auburn University professor touts algae as energy source
Dr. Ron Putt, the associate research professor of chemical engineering at Auburn University, thinks algae is a big deal. He explained his affinity for pond scum to those attending the Alabama Agricultural Energy Conference at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center Thursday.
"If we had a million acres in (algae) ponds, we could produce 100 percent of the fuel for the state," he said.
No other state is looking at algae as a renewable energy source except Alabama, so if researchers can pull it off, Putt said, Alabama will be the first to do it.
Full report here
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Use algae for biofuel @ Monona Bay - A Letter to Editor
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Use algae for biofuel @ Monona Bay
One Frank Furillo from Stoughton thas this to say in his letter to the editor of Capital Times, Madison
"
A letter to the editor — 11/10/2007 9:05 am
Dear Editor: The "blue green" algae in our lakes and Monona Bay is especially high in oils used for biofuel. Higher, in fact, than rapeseed oil, and other high-quality biomass products. So, DUH!
Not only that, but in the winter we could use the emissions from the MGE plant as nutrients, and grow algae at the plant. Grow biofuel, scrub dangerous emissions. The classic no-brainer.
We put a plant on Monona Bay, and eliminate the transport cost, while providing a clean water ski area not seen since the early '80s. We could then save our corn for the cows.
Frank Furillo, Stoughton"
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Use algae for biofuel @ Monona Bay
One Frank Furillo from Stoughton thas this to say in his letter to the editor of Capital Times, Madison
"
A letter to the editor — 11/10/2007 9:05 am
Dear Editor: The "blue green" algae in our lakes and Monona Bay is especially high in oils used for biofuel. Higher, in fact, than rapeseed oil, and other high-quality biomass products. So, DUH!
Not only that, but in the winter we could use the emissions from the MGE plant as nutrients, and grow algae at the plant. Grow biofuel, scrub dangerous emissions. The classic no-brainer.
We put a plant on Monona Bay, and eliminate the transport cost, while providing a clean water ski area not seen since the early '80s. We could then save our corn for the cows.
Frank Furillo, Stoughton"
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Some Biofuels Add Significant Food to Your Table - GSPI
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Some Biofuels Add Significant Food to Your Table - GSPI
Press release
SAN DIEGO--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) responds to the recent comments by Jean Ziegler, the United Nations Special Reporter of the Right to Food, wherein he said that using food crops for biofuels amounts to a “crime against humanity.”
Mr. Ziegler’s remarks carefully describe conventional ethanol’s impact in using “food for fuel.” Whereas Biodiesel, which is also a biofuel, is produced in the U.S. from soybeans and provides an enormous amount of high protein human food along with each gallon of biodiesel it produces.
Some of the actual unpublished facts are as follows:
For each bushel (60 pounds) of soybeans produced only 10 pounds of extracted oil is used in making biodiesel. The other 50 pounds (the soy meal) is used to feed the hungry of the world as one of the best high protein foods available.
Therefore, any increase in demand for soy oil to produce U.S. fuel actually creates an additional significant amount of food for our tables.
Some uninformed world leaders are now even considering a 5-year moratorium on the production of biofuels worldwide because of inadequate information concerning biofuels.
Mr. Joseph LaStella, President of Green Star Products, has been publishing editorials concerning Global Warming and Peak Oil for many years. Unfortunately many of Mr. LaStella's predictions have now come true (see GreenStarUSA.com).
Let's review the real situation and solution concerning biofuels.
The U.S. Congress passed a provision in the 2005 energy bill called the renewable fuels standard which required oil companies to blend 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuels into the nation's fuel supply by 2012. To the surprise of many people including our congress this goal will be achieved in 2008, four years ahead of schedule.
Ethanol, also a biofuel, uses corn as its feedstock and uses the entire bushel of corn for its production. Ethanol production (unlike biodiesel) removes vast amounts of food from the global markets.
The recent massive private investment to build ethanol plants was fueled by the mandated ethanol requirements and the high-anticipated profits projected by these mandated ethanol requirements. In 2006, spot prices for ethanol exceeded $5 per gallon on the west coast. The American industrial might and greed rose to the occasion and built ethanol plants to reach a federal production goal four years early.
This is good and bad at the same time; the U.S. certainly proved that we could rise to the occasion given the right incentive (profits).
However, the ethanol feedstock supply, mainly corn, was not ready for this abrupt change. Corn prices doubled sending protests around the world. Price of basic food goods in Mexico, India, and other countries increased dramatically and sparked formal protests to the U.S.
This is only part of the story; with corn prices almost doubling the American farmers also saw a great opportunity to cash in on profits and a domino effect began to take place. Many farmers strayed from the time proven crop rotation method and began growing corn on the same land year after year. A new slang phrase "corn on corn on corn" summarizes this practice. This also destroys, or at least depletes, the topsoil with the temptation of short-term big profits winning out in many cases.
The next domino to fall was that soybean farmers decided to also switch to corn to cash in on profits thus reducing soybean production. This switch also reduces the human edible food from our tables, a real double whammy to the hungry.
Add some bad global agricultural weather to the equation and you have increased world hunger.
Further complications include some real corn storage problems this year since corn is harvested once per year, however ethanol plants run all year long. Ethanol plants usually only have storage for a 10-day supply. Therefore, adequate storage silos were not available to store some of the corn crop and it began to rot rendering it unsuitable for either ethanol production or human consumption. Silo construction has a 3-year backlog. A real good business to be in this year was the silo construction business, which is booming.
The domino effect continued and the effect of recent record high prices for soy bean oil resulted in many biodiesel plants across the U.S. shutting down with bankruptcy as a possibility. This will mean less alternative fuel to run our transportation industry and less high protein food for our tables. Remember the transportation industry runs mainly on diesel with biodiesel as a blend and not on ethanol!
It is now evident that corn feedstock is not a real long-term solution to our fuel shortage. However, it will be a partial answer as the same holds true for soy oil based biodiesel. Neither of these products alone can possibly wean the U.S. off foreign oil for energy independence. There is just not enough prime agricultural land available.
Let’s talk about Brazil ethanol. Brazil has been using ethanol since the 1970s and utilizes sugarcane as its feedstock. Sugarcane feedstock to make ethanol is more efficient than the U.S. corn ethanol.
People didn’t realize that the present U.S. ethanol production capacity already exceeds the entire Brazil production capacity. If Brazil expanded its present capacity by its planned 80% increase in five years, to the 9.5 billion gallons level, that would still only represent less than 3% of the U.S. daily oil requirements even if Brazil gave the U.S. all of its ethanol, which of course is not going to happen.
U.S. ethanol giants, ADM, Cargill and Bunge, are hungry for a foothold into the Brazil ethanol market except Brazilian families have so far rejected offers.
ADM’s chief strategist, Steve Mills, said his company needs to capture know-how for growing and processing sugarcane. “The one thing we do know here is that we’re going to have to acquire some expertise in the area,” said Mr. Mills.
Brazil ethanol is certainly not a long-term solution to U.S. energy independence; it can only be a small patch on an ever growing hole in the U.S. fuel crisis.
Other supplies of feedstock such as canola oil from Canada and increased U.S. production of canola oil can certainly fill another domestic production gap in the fuel chain. Canola seed produces 140 gallons of oil per acre per year versus 50 gallons for soybeans. Canola oil is an excellent feedstock for biodiesel production.
Contrary to the belief of many biofuel industries experts, palm oil from Asia is not an acceptable alternative feedstock for biodiesel.
Palm oil from Asia is not making the U.S. more energy independent. Furthermore there is a growing world protest against biodiesel production from palm oil because there is massive destruction of rain forests to clear the way for palm oil plantations.
People are already talking about banning the use of palm oil for biofuel to save the rain forests.
Palm oil production adds to Global Warming first by burning the rain forest and further adds to Global Warming by eliminating the rain forest to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, which is the major Global Warming gas. This is not an acceptable alternative fuel solution.
The palm oil situation is becoming a global issue. Indonesia’s government is now asking global investors to pay their country not to cut and burn its pristine rain forest in order to make room for palm oil plantations.
The big question is: Is there an answer to Global Warming and the Energy Crisis? Absolutely yes!
However, the U.S. is about 10 years late in exercising such a program.
What does all this mean? In the mid 1970s the U.S. launched two programs, which could have helped avert today's fuel and Global Warming crises.
Both of these programs (which lasted over 15 years) provided the essential stepping stones to a successful solution. They were the USDA Aquatic Species Program, which studied algae as a fuel source, and the cellulosic ethanol programs, which utilized waste agricultural products (i.e. rice stalks, corn stalks, wood chips, municipal waste, etc.) to produce ethanol. Both of these programs were cancelled under President Clinton’s administration because certain industry experts did not see foreign oil imports as a matter of national security and that oil prices would not increase beyond $20 per barrel in the foreseeable future.
Mr. LaStella has been preaching these facts for years and is documented in many publications (see Green Star Products website GreenStarUSA.com) on Global Warming, Peak Oil, Algae (see press releases dated July 19, July 9, May 18 and May 11, 2007), the two-minute Continental Airlines type documentary, three radio interviews to mention a few -- all on GSPI's website GreenStarUSA.com.
Algae is the ultimate answer for biodiesel fuel, just consider the following:
1. Algae produce 100 times more oil per acre than traditional food oilseed crops such as soy etc. (Note: Algae produces 4000 gallons of oil per acre per year versus 50 gallons per acre for soy.)
2. Algae eat CO2, the major Global Warming Gas, and produce oxygen.
3. Algae require only sunshine and non-drinkable (salt or brackish) water.
4. Algae do not compete with food crops for either agricultural land or fresh water.
5. Algae can reproduce themselves and their oil every 6 hours, while it takes Mother Nature millions of years to produce crude oil in the ground.
GSPI has organized a Consortium of companies with far reaching research and experience in all of these advanced technologies including cellulosic ethanol, algae, biogas, etc.
The future refineries will be biorefineries, which will utilize only non-food waste products such as agricultural waste, municipal waste, manure and algae as feedstock and will produce ethanol, biodiesel, animal food, fertilizer, electricity, heat and a variety of specialized chemical products essential for the U.S. industry.
While efforts in the U.S. are just beginning to research cellulosic ethanol, two of GSPI consortium partners are engaged with an India chemical company to start construction of the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in India based on years of privately funded research here in the U.S.
The India plant will utilize a patented (non-enzyme) production process.
GSPI Consortium partners have a common goal to combine their technologies to build the first complete Biorefinery using only waste products as feedstock.
Each of the Consortium technologies can be used independently to produce specific energy, fuel, fertilizer, agricultural food and assorted chemicals. However, when combined into one facility the advantages become impressive.
Each of the Consortium members has agreed to license each other for specific projects. However, the Ultimate Biorefinery is still the goal!
Green Star Products will participate in the biodiesel production and algae processing facility portion of these biorefineries.
Each of the Consortium companies is now actively engaged in building individual facilities. However, there is significant global interest in building the first Biorefinery.
Potential financial partners are now negotiating the financing for the Biorefinery concept.
All members of the Consortium agree that the first Biorefinery should be built in the U.S.
Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) (OTC:GSPI.PK) is an environmentally friendly company dedicated to creating innovative cost-effective products to improve the quality of life and clean up the environment. Green Star Products and its Consortium are involved in the production of renewable clean-burning biodiesel and other products, including lubricants, additives and devices that reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in vehicles, machinery and power plants. For more information, see Green Star Products' Web site at http://www.GreenStarUSA.com, or call Investor Relations at 619-864-4010, or fax 619-789-4743, or email info@GreenStarUSA.com. Information about trading prices and volume can be obtained at several Internet sites, including http://www.pinksheets.com, http://www.bloomberg.com and http://www.bigcharts.com under the ticker symbol "GSPI".
Forward-looking statements in the release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition for the company, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence on third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
Green Star Products, Inc.
Joseph LaStella, President
619-864-4010
619-789-4743 fax
info@GreenStarUSA.com
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Some Biofuels Add Significant Food to Your Table - GSPI
Press release
SAN DIEGO--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) responds to the recent comments by Jean Ziegler, the United Nations Special Reporter of the Right to Food, wherein he said that using food crops for biofuels amounts to a “crime against humanity.”
Mr. Ziegler’s remarks carefully describe conventional ethanol’s impact in using “food for fuel.” Whereas Biodiesel, which is also a biofuel, is produced in the U.S. from soybeans and provides an enormous amount of high protein human food along with each gallon of biodiesel it produces.
Some of the actual unpublished facts are as follows:
For each bushel (60 pounds) of soybeans produced only 10 pounds of extracted oil is used in making biodiesel. The other 50 pounds (the soy meal) is used to feed the hungry of the world as one of the best high protein foods available.
Therefore, any increase in demand for soy oil to produce U.S. fuel actually creates an additional significant amount of food for our tables.
Some uninformed world leaders are now even considering a 5-year moratorium on the production of biofuels worldwide because of inadequate information concerning biofuels.
Mr. Joseph LaStella, President of Green Star Products, has been publishing editorials concerning Global Warming and Peak Oil for many years. Unfortunately many of Mr. LaStella's predictions have now come true (see GreenStarUSA.com).
Let's review the real situation and solution concerning biofuels.
The U.S. Congress passed a provision in the 2005 energy bill called the renewable fuels standard which required oil companies to blend 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuels into the nation's fuel supply by 2012. To the surprise of many people including our congress this goal will be achieved in 2008, four years ahead of schedule.
Ethanol, also a biofuel, uses corn as its feedstock and uses the entire bushel of corn for its production. Ethanol production (unlike biodiesel) removes vast amounts of food from the global markets.
The recent massive private investment to build ethanol plants was fueled by the mandated ethanol requirements and the high-anticipated profits projected by these mandated ethanol requirements. In 2006, spot prices for ethanol exceeded $5 per gallon on the west coast. The American industrial might and greed rose to the occasion and built ethanol plants to reach a federal production goal four years early.
This is good and bad at the same time; the U.S. certainly proved that we could rise to the occasion given the right incentive (profits).
However, the ethanol feedstock supply, mainly corn, was not ready for this abrupt change. Corn prices doubled sending protests around the world. Price of basic food goods in Mexico, India, and other countries increased dramatically and sparked formal protests to the U.S.
This is only part of the story; with corn prices almost doubling the American farmers also saw a great opportunity to cash in on profits and a domino effect began to take place. Many farmers strayed from the time proven crop rotation method and began growing corn on the same land year after year. A new slang phrase "corn on corn on corn" summarizes this practice. This also destroys, or at least depletes, the topsoil with the temptation of short-term big profits winning out in many cases.
The next domino to fall was that soybean farmers decided to also switch to corn to cash in on profits thus reducing soybean production. This switch also reduces the human edible food from our tables, a real double whammy to the hungry.
Add some bad global agricultural weather to the equation and you have increased world hunger.
Further complications include some real corn storage problems this year since corn is harvested once per year, however ethanol plants run all year long. Ethanol plants usually only have storage for a 10-day supply. Therefore, adequate storage silos were not available to store some of the corn crop and it began to rot rendering it unsuitable for either ethanol production or human consumption. Silo construction has a 3-year backlog. A real good business to be in this year was the silo construction business, which is booming.
The domino effect continued and the effect of recent record high prices for soy bean oil resulted in many biodiesel plants across the U.S. shutting down with bankruptcy as a possibility. This will mean less alternative fuel to run our transportation industry and less high protein food for our tables. Remember the transportation industry runs mainly on diesel with biodiesel as a blend and not on ethanol!
It is now evident that corn feedstock is not a real long-term solution to our fuel shortage. However, it will be a partial answer as the same holds true for soy oil based biodiesel. Neither of these products alone can possibly wean the U.S. off foreign oil for energy independence. There is just not enough prime agricultural land available.
Let’s talk about Brazil ethanol. Brazil has been using ethanol since the 1970s and utilizes sugarcane as its feedstock. Sugarcane feedstock to make ethanol is more efficient than the U.S. corn ethanol.
People didn’t realize that the present U.S. ethanol production capacity already exceeds the entire Brazil production capacity. If Brazil expanded its present capacity by its planned 80% increase in five years, to the 9.5 billion gallons level, that would still only represent less than 3% of the U.S. daily oil requirements even if Brazil gave the U.S. all of its ethanol, which of course is not going to happen.
U.S. ethanol giants, ADM, Cargill and Bunge, are hungry for a foothold into the Brazil ethanol market except Brazilian families have so far rejected offers.
ADM’s chief strategist, Steve Mills, said his company needs to capture know-how for growing and processing sugarcane. “The one thing we do know here is that we’re going to have to acquire some expertise in the area,” said Mr. Mills.
Brazil ethanol is certainly not a long-term solution to U.S. energy independence; it can only be a small patch on an ever growing hole in the U.S. fuel crisis.
Other supplies of feedstock such as canola oil from Canada and increased U.S. production of canola oil can certainly fill another domestic production gap in the fuel chain. Canola seed produces 140 gallons of oil per acre per year versus 50 gallons for soybeans. Canola oil is an excellent feedstock for biodiesel production.
Contrary to the belief of many biofuel industries experts, palm oil from Asia is not an acceptable alternative feedstock for biodiesel.
Palm oil from Asia is not making the U.S. more energy independent. Furthermore there is a growing world protest against biodiesel production from palm oil because there is massive destruction of rain forests to clear the way for palm oil plantations.
People are already talking about banning the use of palm oil for biofuel to save the rain forests.
Palm oil production adds to Global Warming first by burning the rain forest and further adds to Global Warming by eliminating the rain forest to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, which is the major Global Warming gas. This is not an acceptable alternative fuel solution.
The palm oil situation is becoming a global issue. Indonesia’s government is now asking global investors to pay their country not to cut and burn its pristine rain forest in order to make room for palm oil plantations.
The big question is: Is there an answer to Global Warming and the Energy Crisis? Absolutely yes!
However, the U.S. is about 10 years late in exercising such a program.
What does all this mean? In the mid 1970s the U.S. launched two programs, which could have helped avert today's fuel and Global Warming crises.
Both of these programs (which lasted over 15 years) provided the essential stepping stones to a successful solution. They were the USDA Aquatic Species Program, which studied algae as a fuel source, and the cellulosic ethanol programs, which utilized waste agricultural products (i.e. rice stalks, corn stalks, wood chips, municipal waste, etc.) to produce ethanol. Both of these programs were cancelled under President Clinton’s administration because certain industry experts did not see foreign oil imports as a matter of national security and that oil prices would not increase beyond $20 per barrel in the foreseeable future.
Mr. LaStella has been preaching these facts for years and is documented in many publications (see Green Star Products website GreenStarUSA.com) on Global Warming, Peak Oil, Algae (see press releases dated July 19, July 9, May 18 and May 11, 2007), the two-minute Continental Airlines type documentary, three radio interviews to mention a few -- all on GSPI's website GreenStarUSA.com.
Algae is the ultimate answer for biodiesel fuel, just consider the following:
1. Algae produce 100 times more oil per acre than traditional food oilseed crops such as soy etc. (Note: Algae produces 4000 gallons of oil per acre per year versus 50 gallons per acre for soy.)
2. Algae eat CO2, the major Global Warming Gas, and produce oxygen.
3. Algae require only sunshine and non-drinkable (salt or brackish) water.
4. Algae do not compete with food crops for either agricultural land or fresh water.
5. Algae can reproduce themselves and their oil every 6 hours, while it takes Mother Nature millions of years to produce crude oil in the ground.
GSPI has organized a Consortium of companies with far reaching research and experience in all of these advanced technologies including cellulosic ethanol, algae, biogas, etc.
The future refineries will be biorefineries, which will utilize only non-food waste products such as agricultural waste, municipal waste, manure and algae as feedstock and will produce ethanol, biodiesel, animal food, fertilizer, electricity, heat and a variety of specialized chemical products essential for the U.S. industry.
While efforts in the U.S. are just beginning to research cellulosic ethanol, two of GSPI consortium partners are engaged with an India chemical company to start construction of the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in India based on years of privately funded research here in the U.S.
The India plant will utilize a patented (non-enzyme) production process.
GSPI Consortium partners have a common goal to combine their technologies to build the first complete Biorefinery using only waste products as feedstock.
Each of the Consortium technologies can be used independently to produce specific energy, fuel, fertilizer, agricultural food and assorted chemicals. However, when combined into one facility the advantages become impressive.
Each of the Consortium members has agreed to license each other for specific projects. However, the Ultimate Biorefinery is still the goal!
Green Star Products will participate in the biodiesel production and algae processing facility portion of these biorefineries.
Each of the Consortium companies is now actively engaged in building individual facilities. However, there is significant global interest in building the first Biorefinery.
Potential financial partners are now negotiating the financing for the Biorefinery concept.
All members of the Consortium agree that the first Biorefinery should be built in the U.S.
Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) (OTC:GSPI.PK) is an environmentally friendly company dedicated to creating innovative cost-effective products to improve the quality of life and clean up the environment. Green Star Products and its Consortium are involved in the production of renewable clean-burning biodiesel and other products, including lubricants, additives and devices that reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in vehicles, machinery and power plants. For more information, see Green Star Products' Web site at http://www.GreenStarUSA.com, or call Investor Relations at 619-864-4010, or fax 619-789-4743, or email info@GreenStarUSA.com. Information about trading prices and volume can be obtained at several Internet sites, including http://www.pinksheets.com, http://www.bloomberg.com and http://www.bigcharts.com under the ticker symbol "GSPI".
Forward-looking statements in the release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition for the company, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence on third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
Green Star Products, Inc.
Joseph LaStella, President
619-864-4010
619-789-4743 fax
info@GreenStarUSA.com
Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
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