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Teachers and students in the biotechnology program at Brunswick Community College will grow enough algae to produce around 75 pounds of oil each month.
That oil will fuel tractors and utility vehicles on campus.
Michelle Sabaoun is the lead instructor of biotechnology. She says the project provides hands-on experience for a booming new field.
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Diagnostic Technology for Algae-Derived Biofuels from International Energy Announces
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BioGauge(TM), International Energy's new patent-pending 'bio-profiling' technology, helps determine peak production of oil in algae for extraction of bio-crude -- an important innovation in optimizing development and production of commercial algae-based biofuels.
International Energy, a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement in the development of tools for the commercial production of biofuels from algae.
"In order to extract the maximum quantity and quality of bio-oil or bio-polymer from microalgae, it is vital that engineers are able to rapidly determine exactly how much of the compound of interest is present in the algae feedstock at all times during its growth. In all cases, we want to extract oil at the peak moment in the algae's natural oil production cycle, and this newest innovation uniquely positions International Energy with a fast, reliable technology to do so," explained Mr. Gregory B. O'Reilly, President and CEO of International Energy, Inc.
"Notably, BioGauge(TM), our patent-pending breakthrough, gives us the competitive edge in rapidly screening multiple samples for the content of the desired compound(s) in microalgae and photosynthetic bacteria, a know-how that can maximize harvest yields and ultimately help hedge against the risk of product degradation."
According to researchers, one of the most important steps in the production of commercial bio-crude and biofuels from algae is the ability to determine the right time to extract oil from the microalgae feedstock during the algae's growth-cycle. To date, scientists have often used a series of time-consuming, expensive, and sometimes unreliable laboratory methods. In contrast, International Energy's new BioGauge(TM) bio-profiling technology is easy-to-use, instantaneous, and highly-reliable.
"These technical achievements collectively offer us special commercial advantages, and are especially timely in light of recent, key advances in the development of our biofuels from algae, a safe, renewable, non-food-source energy feedstock," concluded Mr. O'Reilly.
In addition to today's news, the Company has previously announced major technological advances in nutrient delivery and bio-oil extraction processes. International Energy's proprietary nutrient delivery protocol alleviates specific nutrient absorption limitations in microalgae, thereby enhancing growth and hydrocarbon production.
Researchers have also developed a novel, continuous bio-oil extraction process that is safe for the Company's proprietary microalgae. Microalgae processed utilizing International Energy's OilFlow(TM) extraction process remain viable hydrocarbon producers, reducing expected maintenance costs while maximizing yield per acre.
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 feedstock for plastics and drugs.
OilFlow(TM) and BioGauge(TM) are trademarks of International Energy, Inc.
For additional information, please visit www.InternationalEnergyInc.com
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BioGauge(TM), International Energy's new patent-pending 'bio-profiling' technology, helps determine peak production of oil in algae for extraction of bio-crude -- an important innovation in optimizing development and production of commercial algae-based biofuels.
International Energy, a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement in the development of tools for the commercial production of biofuels from algae.
"In order to extract the maximum quantity and quality of bio-oil or bio-polymer from microalgae, it is vital that engineers are able to rapidly determine exactly how much of the compound of interest is present in the algae feedstock at all times during its growth. In all cases, we want to extract oil at the peak moment in the algae's natural oil production cycle, and this newest innovation uniquely positions International Energy with a fast, reliable technology to do so," explained Mr. Gregory B. O'Reilly, President and CEO of International Energy, Inc.
"Notably, BioGauge(TM), our patent-pending breakthrough, gives us the competitive edge in rapidly screening multiple samples for the content of the desired compound(s) in microalgae and photosynthetic bacteria, a know-how that can maximize harvest yields and ultimately help hedge against the risk of product degradation."
According to researchers, one of the most important steps in the production of commercial bio-crude and biofuels from algae is the ability to determine the right time to extract oil from the microalgae feedstock during the algae's growth-cycle. To date, scientists have often used a series of time-consuming, expensive, and sometimes unreliable laboratory methods. In contrast, International Energy's new BioGauge(TM) bio-profiling technology is easy-to-use, instantaneous, and highly-reliable.
"These technical achievements collectively offer us special commercial advantages, and are especially timely in light of recent, key advances in the development of our biofuels from algae, a safe, renewable, non-food-source energy feedstock," concluded Mr. O'Reilly.
In addition to today's news, the Company has previously announced major technological advances in nutrient delivery and bio-oil extraction processes. International Energy's proprietary nutrient delivery protocol alleviates specific nutrient absorption limitations in microalgae, thereby enhancing growth and hydrocarbon production.
Researchers have also developed a novel, continuous bio-oil extraction process that is safe for the Company's proprietary microalgae. Microalgae processed utilizing International Energy's OilFlow(TM) extraction process remain viable hydrocarbon producers, reducing expected maintenance costs while maximizing yield per acre.
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 feedstock for plastics and drugs.
OilFlow(TM) and BioGauge(TM) are trademarks of International Energy, Inc.
For additional information, please visit www.InternationalEnergyInc.com
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Algae's Many Applications to Be Showcased at National Algae Association Conference October 23-24 in Houston
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HOUSTON -- For more than 20 years, Algae biofuels projects have been primarily focused on biodiesel production. “In recent years, the algae industry has evolved in size, scope, technologies and applications to produce several different types of fuels for transport and power generation,” notes Will Thurmond, Chairman of Research and Development for the National Algae Association and author of the 685 page Biodiesel 2020 study. “There are dozens of new algae projects and applications emerging to produce biodiesel, ethanol, commercial jet fuel, renewable diesel, biogasoline, biomass for power generation and hydrogen fuels,” said Thurmond.
Algae are the fastest-growing plants in the world. Compared to 1st generation feedstocks, algae holds enormous potential to provide a high-yield, non-arable land use, non-food, non-rainforest source of fuels. Like other plants, Algae use photo-synthesis to harness sunlight and carbon dioxide in order to capture energy stored inside the cell as lipids (the source for oil) and starches/carbohydrates.
“Many of the National Algae Association’s members are now starting to create ethanol from starch-rich algae strains. Other NAA members are utilizing waste streams from municipal water authorities to grow algae. In addition there is a great deal of interest to capture carbon from the smokestacks of a power plant, and use the carbon to produce algae for low-emissions biofuels for transport - a double benefit for environmental pollution,” said Thurmond. “The petroleum, defense, and aviation industries are increasingly investing in converting algae into bio-oil (also called bio-crude, or syncrude) that can either be sold directly to petrol refineries, or to aviation companies to be processed into JP8 jet fuels.”
Barry Cohen, founder of the National Algae Association Industry, notes, “the US commercial aviation industry spends upwards of $1.6 billion a month on jet fuel. Due to these rising demands and concerns, the NAA is witnessing an increasing number of members and projects from petroleum, defense, and aviation industries to reduce commercial aviation fuel costs and to support of US government and defense efforts for energy independence,” said Cohen.
The National Algae Association will host its third event from October 23-24 near Houston to showcase many of its members’ projects, including algae to: biodiesel, ethanol, aviation fuel, renewable diesel, biocrude, hydrogen, and bio-gasoline from algae. Several companies, including Sapphire Energy, Origin Oil, and representatives from the biofuels, aviation and petroleum industries will present their leading-edge algae technologies and projects at the NAA’s next event.
For more information on this event, or to become a member of the NAA visit: http://www.nationalalgaeassociation.com.
Contacts
National Algae Association
Barry Cohen, 936-321-1125
info(at)nationalalgaeassociation.com
www.nationalalgaeassociation.com
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HOUSTON -- For more than 20 years, Algae biofuels projects have been primarily focused on biodiesel production. “In recent years, the algae industry has evolved in size, scope, technologies and applications to produce several different types of fuels for transport and power generation,” notes Will Thurmond, Chairman of Research and Development for the National Algae Association and author of the 685 page Biodiesel 2020 study. “There are dozens of new algae projects and applications emerging to produce biodiesel, ethanol, commercial jet fuel, renewable diesel, biogasoline, biomass for power generation and hydrogen fuels,” said Thurmond.
Algae are the fastest-growing plants in the world. Compared to 1st generation feedstocks, algae holds enormous potential to provide a high-yield, non-arable land use, non-food, non-rainforest source of fuels. Like other plants, Algae use photo-synthesis to harness sunlight and carbon dioxide in order to capture energy stored inside the cell as lipids (the source for oil) and starches/carbohydrates.
“Many of the National Algae Association’s members are now starting to create ethanol from starch-rich algae strains. Other NAA members are utilizing waste streams from municipal water authorities to grow algae. In addition there is a great deal of interest to capture carbon from the smokestacks of a power plant, and use the carbon to produce algae for low-emissions biofuels for transport - a double benefit for environmental pollution,” said Thurmond. “The petroleum, defense, and aviation industries are increasingly investing in converting algae into bio-oil (also called bio-crude, or syncrude) that can either be sold directly to petrol refineries, or to aviation companies to be processed into JP8 jet fuels.”
Barry Cohen, founder of the National Algae Association Industry, notes, “the US commercial aviation industry spends upwards of $1.6 billion a month on jet fuel. Due to these rising demands and concerns, the NAA is witnessing an increasing number of members and projects from petroleum, defense, and aviation industries to reduce commercial aviation fuel costs and to support of US government and defense efforts for energy independence,” said Cohen.
The National Algae Association will host its third event from October 23-24 near Houston to showcase many of its members’ projects, including algae to: biodiesel, ethanol, aviation fuel, renewable diesel, biocrude, hydrogen, and bio-gasoline from algae. Several companies, including Sapphire Energy, Origin Oil, and representatives from the biofuels, aviation and petroleum industries will present their leading-edge algae technologies and projects at the NAA’s next event.
For more information on this event, or to become a member of the NAA visit: http://www.nationalalgaeassociation.com.
Contacts
National Algae Association
Barry Cohen, 936-321-1125
info(at)nationalalgaeassociation.com
www.nationalalgaeassociation.com
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Algae Biodiesel from Alternative Energy Resources Ltd. of Dublin
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Alternative Energy Resources Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland, and a team of researchers led by Dr. Patrick Murray at the National University of Ireland in Galway have successfully developed a process that will produce biodiesel from local species of algae, said John Travers, CEO of Alternative Energy Resources.
Alternative Energy Resources has been working on this for the past 18 months on the project. According to Travers, Alternative Energy Resources will seek to commercialize and license the technology that is being developed.
Source: Biodiesel Magazine
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Alternative Energy Resources Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland, and a team of researchers led by Dr. Patrick Murray at the National University of Ireland in Galway have successfully developed a process that will produce biodiesel from local species of algae, said John Travers, CEO of Alternative Energy Resources.
Alternative Energy Resources has been working on this for the past 18 months on the project. According to Travers, Alternative Energy Resources will seek to commercialize and license the technology that is being developed.
Source: Biodiesel Magazine
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Virginia's First Algae Farm Near Spring Grove an Experiment in Biofuel
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Virginia’s first algae farm located outside of Spring Grove includes a series of tanks that hold algae and lined “raceways” where the algae grows.
There was much ado near Spring Grove recently over the opening of an experimental farm - the first of its kind in Virginia - that grows a single, if slimy, commodity: algae.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine came and spoke, as did a state senator and state delegate who represent this rural area between Norfolk and Richmond, just east of Hopewell. Navy officers attended a VIP ceremony to christen the farm, as did dozens of environmentalists, scientists and curious businesses executives.
Algal Farms Inc. is a private-public venture that seeks to build on research at Old Dominion University into alternative energy. Its purpose: determine if algae can be grown, harvested and converted into biodiesel fuel, as well as a byproduct fertilizer, in sufficient amounts to make a decent profit.
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Virginia’s first algae farm located outside of Spring Grove includes a series of tanks that hold algae and lined “raceways” where the algae grows.
There was much ado near Spring Grove recently over the opening of an experimental farm - the first of its kind in Virginia - that grows a single, if slimy, commodity: algae.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine came and spoke, as did a state senator and state delegate who represent this rural area between Norfolk and Richmond, just east of Hopewell. Navy officers attended a VIP ceremony to christen the farm, as did dozens of environmentalists, scientists and curious businesses executives.
Algal Farms Inc. is a private-public venture that seeks to build on research at Old Dominion University into alternative energy. Its purpose: determine if algae can be grown, harvested and converted into biodiesel fuel, as well as a byproduct fertilizer, in sufficient amounts to make a decent profit.
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Portland General Electric - Algae Turns CO2 Gases into Fuel, Livestock Feed
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This is a press release courtesy of Portland General Electric (PGE)
A cutting-edge experiment now underway at the Boardman Power Plant in Morrow County, Ore., could help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired electric generating stations nationwide.
Portland General Electric (PGE) and Columbia Energy Partners (CEP) are testing whether algae grown at the 600-megawatt Boardman power plant can turn carbon dioxide and other emissions into biofuels and livestock feed.
The process involves capturing CO2 and feeding it to algae, which are being grown adjacent to the plant. During photosynthesis, the algae ingest CO2 and release oxygen into the air, retaining oil and other byproducts. The oil is "squeezed" out of the algae and used to produce clean-burning biodiesel. The remaining biomass is used to produce ethanol and proteins for livestock feed.
PGE is among the first utilities to investigate using algae to reduce CO2 and other emissions. This small-scale study will investigate the effectiveness and commercial viability of a large-scale algae carbon-capture project.
"PGE is working on several fronts to reduce emissions at the Boardman plant, which is an important part of our mix of energy resources," said Jaisen Mody, generation projects director. "We already have proposed an aggressive plan to cut haze-causing emissions by more than 76 percent, and mercury emissions by 90 percent. We are excited to be working with Columbia Energy Partners to explore options for reducing the plant's carbon footprint as well."
Chris Crowley, president of Columbia Energy Partners, said, "Columbia Energy Partners is committed to building Oregon's renewable energy economy with innovative projects like this one, in addition to our traditional wind and solar projects.
"This cutting-edge effort with PGE to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while producing sustainable feedstock for biofuels will reduce our dependence on foreign oil while capturing greenhouse gas emissions, benefiting both the economy and the environment," Crowley said.
In the current exploratory phase, PGE and Columbia Energy Partners hope to learn which of the available naturally occurring algae strains are best suited to capture and consume CO2. Scientists working at the plant will study how each algae strain lives and reproduces, how fast it grows, how resistant it is to temperature and how much CO2 it consumes. The results will determine if further analysis in a larger second phase is warranted.
"Pursuing promising technologies and strategies is one way PGE seeks to meet growing demand, while protecting the environment and keeping prices reasonable for our customers," Mody said.
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This is a press release courtesy of Portland General Electric (PGE)
A cutting-edge experiment now underway at the Boardman Power Plant in Morrow County, Ore., could help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired electric generating stations nationwide.
Portland General Electric (PGE) and Columbia Energy Partners (CEP) are testing whether algae grown at the 600-megawatt Boardman power plant can turn carbon dioxide and other emissions into biofuels and livestock feed.
The process involves capturing CO2 and feeding it to algae, which are being grown adjacent to the plant. During photosynthesis, the algae ingest CO2 and release oxygen into the air, retaining oil and other byproducts. The oil is "squeezed" out of the algae and used to produce clean-burning biodiesel. The remaining biomass is used to produce ethanol and proteins for livestock feed.
PGE is among the first utilities to investigate using algae to reduce CO2 and other emissions. This small-scale study will investigate the effectiveness and commercial viability of a large-scale algae carbon-capture project.
"PGE is working on several fronts to reduce emissions at the Boardman plant, which is an important part of our mix of energy resources," said Jaisen Mody, generation projects director. "We already have proposed an aggressive plan to cut haze-causing emissions by more than 76 percent, and mercury emissions by 90 percent. We are excited to be working with Columbia Energy Partners to explore options for reducing the plant's carbon footprint as well."
Chris Crowley, president of Columbia Energy Partners, said, "Columbia Energy Partners is committed to building Oregon's renewable energy economy with innovative projects like this one, in addition to our traditional wind and solar projects.
"This cutting-edge effort with PGE to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while producing sustainable feedstock for biofuels will reduce our dependence on foreign oil while capturing greenhouse gas emissions, benefiting both the economy and the environment," Crowley said.
In the current exploratory phase, PGE and Columbia Energy Partners hope to learn which of the available naturally occurring algae strains are best suited to capture and consume CO2. Scientists working at the plant will study how each algae strain lives and reproduces, how fast it grows, how resistant it is to temperature and how much CO2 it consumes. The results will determine if further analysis in a larger second phase is warranted.
"Pursuing promising technologies and strategies is one way PGE seeks to meet growing demand, while protecting the environment and keeping prices reasonable for our customers," Mody said.
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Algal Biofuels in Netherlands
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Here's an interesting article on the algal biofuel phenomenon in Netherlands.
Mostly known stuff, but you might be able to get some local tidbits and names if you wish to contact some folks in Netherlands in this regard
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Here's an interesting article on the algal biofuel phenomenon in Netherlands.
Mostly known stuff, but you might be able to get some local tidbits and names if you wish to contact some folks in Netherlands in this regard
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Green Star's Breakthrough Micronutrient to Boost Algae Growth
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One of the companies working on making algal fuels viable is Green Star, and they just announced the creation of a new micronutrient that can help boost algae daily growth rate by 34% and "increase the total biomass quantity in a harvest algae growth cycle by well over 100%."
"The UABC testing has shown that 1:10,000 nutrient dilution rates were very productive (i.e. one gallon of MMB mixed with 10,000 gallons of water). Even at 1:20,000 dilution levels, the MMB was still effective."
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One of the companies working on making algal fuels viable is Green Star, and they just announced the creation of a new micronutrient that can help boost algae daily growth rate by 34% and "increase the total biomass quantity in a harvest algae growth cycle by well over 100%."
"The UABC testing has shown that 1:10,000 nutrient dilution rates were very productive (i.e. one gallon of MMB mixed with 10,000 gallons of water). Even at 1:20,000 dilution levels, the MMB was still effective."
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Sapphire Energy's Biofuel Chemically Identical to Gasoline?
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In what it calls its most significant milestone yet, Sapphire Energy , claims it has succeeded in refining a high-octane gasoline from algae that is chemically identical to crude oil. According to Sapphire Energy, “The resulting gasoline is completely compatible with current infrastructure, meaning absolutely no change to consumer’s cars.” This is of course in addition to the benefit that their Green Crude is a carbon neutral fuel.
According to the original article in The Guardian, Sapphire won’t reveal exactly what sort of algae they are using, but it is suspected that they are using a genetically-modified cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
Sapphire believes it will be able to make commercial quantities of this fuel within three to five years.
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In what it calls its most significant milestone yet, Sapphire Energy , claims it has succeeded in refining a high-octane gasoline from algae that is chemically identical to crude oil. According to Sapphire Energy, “The resulting gasoline is completely compatible with current infrastructure, meaning absolutely no change to consumer’s cars.” This is of course in addition to the benefit that their Green Crude is a carbon neutral fuel.
According to the original article in The Guardian, Sapphire won’t reveal exactly what sort of algae they are using, but it is suspected that they are using a genetically-modified cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
Sapphire believes it will be able to make commercial quantities of this fuel within three to five years.
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Dr. John R. Benemann New White Paper 'Opportunities & Challenges in Algae Biofuels Production' Free Download
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Maximize returns and understand Algae as a biofuel feedstock. Pinpoint challenges to Algae fuel and project long-term ROI.
Dr. John R. Benemann co-authored the famous “A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Aquatic Species Program: Biodiesel from Algae” report prepared for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Published in 1998, Dr. Benemann’s report is widely considered as one of the first and most comprehensive publications directly addressing the potential of Biofuel production from Algae.
In this new position paper, 'Opportunities and Challenges in Biofuels Production', Dr John R Benemann reveals key insights into the current reality, opportunity & challenges of Algae Biofuel production through discussion of current Algae cultivation & harvesting practices, and technologies that must be adopted in developing a sustainable position in Algae Biofuel production. He also explores the need for reliable and low cost processes.
Released in line with Algae World 2008 conference in Singapore, this critical position paper makes available an OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT of the challenges and potential of developing Algae Biofuel.
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From a news release
Maximize returns and understand Algae as a biofuel feedstock. Pinpoint challenges to Algae fuel and project long-term ROI.
Dr. John R. Benemann co-authored the famous “A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Aquatic Species Program: Biodiesel from Algae” report prepared for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Published in 1998, Dr. Benemann’s report is widely considered as one of the first and most comprehensive publications directly addressing the potential of Biofuel production from Algae.
In this new position paper, 'Opportunities and Challenges in Biofuels Production', Dr John R Benemann reveals key insights into the current reality, opportunity & challenges of Algae Biofuel production through discussion of current Algae cultivation & harvesting practices, and technologies that must be adopted in developing a sustainable position in Algae Biofuel production. He also explores the need for reliable and low cost processes.
Released in line with Algae World 2008 conference in Singapore, this critical position paper makes available an OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT of the challenges and potential of developing Algae Biofuel.
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Algae World 2008 - Singapore, 17-18 Nov 2008
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Excerpts from Press Release for the Algae World Summit in Singapore, in Nov 2008
Algae World 2008 guarantees objective insights on Commercialization of Algae Biofuels, latest advances & constraints in Algae cultivation, harvesting & processing.
* Algae World 2008 will bring about a dynamic exchange of the latest research, investment outlook and pathways to the widespread commercialization of Algae Biofuel around the world.
* Algae World 2008 objectively examines Algae’s potential to address some of the world’s most pressing issues including climate change, pollution, the need for alternative fuels, and global economic development.
* Algae World 2008, a premier Buyer-Seller meet, provides an excellent networking platform for the match-making of Major Technology/Solution providers and Energy Developers.
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Excerpts from Press Release for the Algae World Summit in Singapore, in Nov 2008
Algae World 2008 guarantees objective insights on Commercialization of Algae Biofuels, latest advances & constraints in Algae cultivation, harvesting & processing.
* Algae World 2008 will bring about a dynamic exchange of the latest research, investment outlook and pathways to the widespread commercialization of Algae Biofuel around the world.
* Algae World 2008 objectively examines Algae’s potential to address some of the world’s most pressing issues including climate change, pollution, the need for alternative fuels, and global economic development.
* Algae World 2008, a premier Buyer-Seller meet, provides an excellent networking platform for the match-making of Major Technology/Solution providers and Energy Developers.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Breakthrough Diagnostic Technology for Algae-Derived Biofuels from International Energy
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Press release
BioGauge(TM), International Energy's new patent-pending 'bio-profiling' technology, helps determine peak production of oil in algae for extraction of bio-crude -- an important innovation in optimizing development and production of commercial algae-based biofuels.
NEWARK, N.J., Sep 10, 2008 -- International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement in the development of tools for the commercial production of biofuels from algae.
"In order to extract the maximum quantity and quality of bio-oil or bio-polymer from microalgae, it is vital that engineers are able to rapidly determine exactly how much of the compound of interest is present in the algae feedstock at all times during its growth. In all cases, we want to extract oil at the peak moment in the algae's natural oil production cycle, and this newest innovation uniquely positions International Energy with a fast, reliable technology to do so," explained Mr. Gregory B. O'Reilly, President and CEO of International Energy, Inc.
"Notably, BioGauge(TM), our patent-pending breakthrough, gives us the competitive edge in rapidly screening multiple samples for the content of the desired compound(s) in microalgae and photosynthetic bacteria, a know-how that can maximize harvest yields and ultimately help hedge against the risk of product degradation."
According to researchers, one of the most important steps in the production of commercial bio-crude and biofuels from algae is the ability to determine the right time to extract oil from the microalgae feedstock during the algae's growth-cycle. To date, scientists have often used a series of time-consuming, expensive, and sometimes unreliable laboratory methods. In contrast, International Energy's new BioGauge(TM) bio-profiling technology is easy-to-use, instantaneous, and highly-reliable.
"These technical achievements collectively offer us special commercial advantages, and are especially timely in light of recent, key advances in the development of our biofuels from algae, a safe, renewable, non-food-source energy feedstock," concluded Mr. O'Reilly.
In addition to today's news, the Company has previously announced major technological advances in nutrient delivery and bio-oil extraction processes. International Energy's proprietary nutrient delivery protocol alleviates specific nutrient absorption limitations in microalgae, thereby enhancing growth and hydrocarbon production.
Researchers have also developed a novel, continuous bio-oil extraction process that is safe for the Company's proprietary microalgae. Microalgae processed utilizing International Energy's OilFlow(TM) extraction process remain viable hydrocarbon producers, reducing expected maintenance costs while maximizing yield per acre.
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 feedstock for plastics and drugs.
OilFlow(TM) and BioGauge(TM) are trademarks of International Energy, Inc.
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BioGauge(TM), International Energy's new patent-pending 'bio-profiling' technology, helps determine peak production of oil in algae for extraction of bio-crude -- an important innovation in optimizing development and production of commercial algae-based biofuels.
NEWARK, N.J., Sep 10, 2008 -- International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement in the development of tools for the commercial production of biofuels from algae.
"In order to extract the maximum quantity and quality of bio-oil or bio-polymer from microalgae, it is vital that engineers are able to rapidly determine exactly how much of the compound of interest is present in the algae feedstock at all times during its growth. In all cases, we want to extract oil at the peak moment in the algae's natural oil production cycle, and this newest innovation uniquely positions International Energy with a fast, reliable technology to do so," explained Mr. Gregory B. O'Reilly, President and CEO of International Energy, Inc.
"Notably, BioGauge(TM), our patent-pending breakthrough, gives us the competitive edge in rapidly screening multiple samples for the content of the desired compound(s) in microalgae and photosynthetic bacteria, a know-how that can maximize harvest yields and ultimately help hedge against the risk of product degradation."
According to researchers, one of the most important steps in the production of commercial bio-crude and biofuels from algae is the ability to determine the right time to extract oil from the microalgae feedstock during the algae's growth-cycle. To date, scientists have often used a series of time-consuming, expensive, and sometimes unreliable laboratory methods. In contrast, International Energy's new BioGauge(TM) bio-profiling technology is easy-to-use, instantaneous, and highly-reliable.
"These technical achievements collectively offer us special commercial advantages, and are especially timely in light of recent, key advances in the development of our biofuels from algae, a safe, renewable, non-food-source energy feedstock," concluded Mr. O'Reilly.
In addition to today's news, the Company has previously announced major technological advances in nutrient delivery and bio-oil extraction processes. International Energy's proprietary nutrient delivery protocol alleviates specific nutrient absorption limitations in microalgae, thereby enhancing growth and hydrocarbon production.
Researchers have also developed a novel, continuous bio-oil extraction process that is safe for the Company's proprietary microalgae. Microalgae processed utilizing International Energy's OilFlow(TM) extraction process remain viable hydrocarbon producers, reducing expected maintenance costs while maximizing yield per acre.
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 feedstock for plastics and drugs.
OilFlow(TM) and BioGauge(TM) are trademarks of International Energy, Inc.
For additional information, please visit www.InternationalEnergyInc.com
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Breakthrough Diagnostic Technology for Algae-Derived Biofuels from International Energy
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BioGauge(TM), International Energy's new patent-pending 'bio-profiling' technology, helps determine peak production of oil in algae for extraction of bio-crude -- an important innovation in optimizing development and production of commercial algae-based biofuels.
NEWARK, N.J., Sep 10, 2008 -- International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement in the development of tools for the commercial production of biofuels from algae.
"In order to extract the maximum quantity and quality of bio-oil or bio-polymer from microalgae, it is vital that engineers are able to rapidly determine exactly how much of the compound of interest is present in the algae feedstock at all times during its growth. In all cases, we want to extract oil at the peak moment in the algae's natural oil production cycle, and this newest innovation uniquely positions International Energy with a fast, reliable technology to do so," explained Mr. Gregory B. O'Reilly, President and CEO of International Energy, Inc.
"Notably, BioGauge(TM), our patent-pending breakthrough, gives us the competitive edge in rapidly screening multiple samples for the content of the desired compound(s) in microalgae and photosynthetic bacteria, a know-how that can maximize harvest yields and ultimately help hedge against the risk of product degradation."
According to researchers, one of the most important steps in the production of commercial bio-crude and biofuels from algae is the ability to determine the right time to extract oil from the microalgae feedstock during the algae's growth-cycle. To date, scientists have often used a series of time-consuming, expensive, and sometimes unreliable laboratory methods. In contrast, International Energy's new BioGauge(TM) bio-profiling technology is easy-to-use, instantaneous, and highly-reliable.
"These technical achievements collectively offer us special commercial advantages, and are especially timely in light of recent, key advances in the development of our biofuels from algae, a safe, renewable, non-food-source energy feedstock," concluded Mr. O'Reilly.
In addition to today's news, the Company has previously announced major technological advances in nutrient delivery and bio-oil extraction processes. International Energy's proprietary nutrient delivery protocol alleviates specific nutrient absorption limitations in microalgae, thereby enhancing growth and hydrocarbon production.
Researchers have also developed a novel, continuous bio-oil extraction process that is safe for the Company's proprietary microalgae. Microalgae processed utilizing International Energy's OilFlow(TM) extraction process remain viable hydrocarbon producers, reducing expected maintenance costs while maximizing yield per acre.
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 feedstock for plastics and drugs.
OilFlow(TM) and BioGauge(TM) are trademarks of International Energy, Inc.
For additional information, please visit www.InternationalEnergyInc.com
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International Energy, Inc.
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www.internationalenergyinc.com
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BioGauge(TM), International Energy's new patent-pending 'bio-profiling' technology, helps determine peak production of oil in algae for extraction of bio-crude -- an important innovation in optimizing development and production of commercial algae-based biofuels.
NEWARK, N.J., Sep 10, 2008 -- International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement in the development of tools for the commercial production of biofuels from algae.
"In order to extract the maximum quantity and quality of bio-oil or bio-polymer from microalgae, it is vital that engineers are able to rapidly determine exactly how much of the compound of interest is present in the algae feedstock at all times during its growth. In all cases, we want to extract oil at the peak moment in the algae's natural oil production cycle, and this newest innovation uniquely positions International Energy with a fast, reliable technology to do so," explained Mr. Gregory B. O'Reilly, President and CEO of International Energy, Inc.
"Notably, BioGauge(TM), our patent-pending breakthrough, gives us the competitive edge in rapidly screening multiple samples for the content of the desired compound(s) in microalgae and photosynthetic bacteria, a know-how that can maximize harvest yields and ultimately help hedge against the risk of product degradation."
According to researchers, one of the most important steps in the production of commercial bio-crude and biofuels from algae is the ability to determine the right time to extract oil from the microalgae feedstock during the algae's growth-cycle. To date, scientists have often used a series of time-consuming, expensive, and sometimes unreliable laboratory methods. In contrast, International Energy's new BioGauge(TM) bio-profiling technology is easy-to-use, instantaneous, and highly-reliable.
"These technical achievements collectively offer us special commercial advantages, and are especially timely in light of recent, key advances in the development of our biofuels from algae, a safe, renewable, non-food-source energy feedstock," concluded Mr. O'Reilly.
In addition to today's news, the Company has previously announced major technological advances in nutrient delivery and bio-oil extraction processes. International Energy's proprietary nutrient delivery protocol alleviates specific nutrient absorption limitations in microalgae, thereby enhancing growth and hydrocarbon production.
Researchers have also developed a novel, continuous bio-oil extraction process that is safe for the Company's proprietary microalgae. Microalgae processed utilizing International Energy's OilFlow(TM) extraction process remain viable hydrocarbon producers, reducing expected maintenance costs while maximizing yield per acre.
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 feedstock for plastics and drugs.
OilFlow(TM) and BioGauge(TM) are trademarks of International Energy, Inc.
For additional information, please visit www.InternationalEnergyInc.com
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SOURCE: International Energy, Inc.
International Energy, Inc.
Mr. Gregory O'Reilly, 800-676-1006
www.internationalenergyinc.com
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New Zealand Councils see potential in sewage oil machine
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The Southland Times | Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Invercargill-designed machinery that turns sewage-pond algae into crude oil and leaves the water clean enough for reuse has generated strong interest from southern councils.
Invercargill engineering firm B L Rayners Ltd and Christchurch company Solvent Rescue Ltd are working together to develop the machinery and plan to market and sell it as early as next year.
B L Rayners owner Wayne Harpur said New Zealand councils would be ideal customers because they collectively own 220 oxidation ponds that grow the oil-rich algae.
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The Southland Times | Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Invercargill-designed machinery that turns sewage-pond algae into crude oil and leaves the water clean enough for reuse has generated strong interest from southern councils.
Invercargill engineering firm B L Rayners Ltd and Christchurch company Solvent Rescue Ltd are working together to develop the machinery and plan to market and sell it as early as next year.
B L Rayners owner Wayne Harpur said New Zealand councils would be ideal customers because they collectively own 220 oxidation ponds that grow the oil-rich algae.
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Algae Ponds for Biodiese in Nevada by Bebout and Associates
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Bebout and Associates of Savannah and its partners Enegis LLC of Virginia and the University of Nevada at Reno (UNR) recently completed construction of four algae ponds on the Reno campus. The first algae crop is expected to be harvested in October of this year.
The ponds were constructed so that they may be used individually or in tandem, permitting the widest possible range of experimentation with different species/varieties of algae as well as factors which control algae productivity and growth.
Work has already begun on the downstream aspects of algae-to-biodiesel production. Bebout and Enegis are developing several low-energy demand methods for extracting the oil from the algae which will be tested over the next nine to twelve months.
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Bebout and Associates of Savannah and its partners Enegis LLC of Virginia and the University of Nevada at Reno (UNR) recently completed construction of four algae ponds on the Reno campus. The first algae crop is expected to be harvested in October of this year.
The ponds were constructed so that they may be used individually or in tandem, permitting the widest possible range of experimentation with different species/varieties of algae as well as factors which control algae productivity and growth.
Work has already begun on the downstream aspects of algae-to-biodiesel production. Bebout and Enegis are developing several low-energy demand methods for extracting the oil from the algae which will be tested over the next nine to twelve months.
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DOE to invest up to US$4.4m in six innovative biofuels projects at US universities
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of six advanced biofuels projects in which DOE plans to invest up to US$4.4 million, subject to annual appropriations. These awards to U.S. institutions of higher education will support research and development (R&D) for cost-effective, environmentally friendly biomass conversion technologies for turning non-food feedstocks into advanced biofuels. Combined with the minimum university cost share of 20 percent, more than $5.7 million is slated for investment in these six projects.
The following six projects were competitively selected for negotiation of awards:
The University of Toledo will address development of cost-effective biocatalysts capable of increasing product yield in the biological conversion of lignocellulosic biomass.
Steven’s Institute of Technology’s New Jersey Center (Hoboken, N. J.) for MicroChemical Systems with Catalysts LLC is planning to evaluate and demonstrate a novel microchannel reactor to reform pyrolysis oil to synthesis gas (syngas).
Montana State University will partner with Utah State University to evaluate the oil content of algae cultures available to the universities and identify populations that naturally have higher rates of oil production.
University of Georgia plans to develop novel approaches to supply nutrients to oil-producing algal systems resulting in cost-effective algae-biofuel production systems.
The University of Maine in conjunction with several industry and academic partners is planning to determine the optimal yield and productivity of high potential bacteria at moderate to high temperatures.
Georgia Tech Research Corporation plans to evaluate and model the reaction kinetics in two experimental gasifiers using forest residues under different processing conditions.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of six advanced biofuels projects in which DOE plans to invest up to US$4.4 million, subject to annual appropriations. These awards to U.S. institutions of higher education will support research and development (R&D) for cost-effective, environmentally friendly biomass conversion technologies for turning non-food feedstocks into advanced biofuels. Combined with the minimum university cost share of 20 percent, more than $5.7 million is slated for investment in these six projects.
The following six projects were competitively selected for negotiation of awards:
The University of Toledo will address development of cost-effective biocatalysts capable of increasing product yield in the biological conversion of lignocellulosic biomass.
Steven’s Institute of Technology’s New Jersey Center (Hoboken, N. J.) for MicroChemical Systems with Catalysts LLC is planning to evaluate and demonstrate a novel microchannel reactor to reform pyrolysis oil to synthesis gas (syngas).
Montana State University will partner with Utah State University to evaluate the oil content of algae cultures available to the universities and identify populations that naturally have higher rates of oil production.
University of Georgia plans to develop novel approaches to supply nutrients to oil-producing algal systems resulting in cost-effective algae-biofuel production systems.
The University of Maine in conjunction with several industry and academic partners is planning to determine the optimal yield and productivity of high potential bacteria at moderate to high temperatures.
Georgia Tech Research Corporation plans to evaluate and model the reaction kinetics in two experimental gasifiers using forest residues under different processing conditions.
Source: Environmental Expert
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Algae Biofuel Takes Lead Over Jatropha
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In the endevour to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions to achieve a clean environment, humble algae appears to be taking a lead over the more-talked-about biodiesel source jatropha.
Experts say that algae farming in less than 1 per cent of India’s total land can make the country self-sufficient in liquid fuel. Algae yield from one acre of wasteland can be 10 times more than jatropha and by a conservative estimate over 10,000 litres of oil can be produced from one acre of waste/degraded land, they add.
And not just this, algae farming for biofuels can also provide a solution to the food versus fuel debate. As algae do not need agriculture land, it can be grown using non-potable or sea water.
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In the endevour to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions to achieve a clean environment, humble algae appears to be taking a lead over the more-talked-about biodiesel source jatropha.
Experts say that algae farming in less than 1 per cent of India’s total land can make the country self-sufficient in liquid fuel. Algae yield from one acre of wasteland can be 10 times more than jatropha and by a conservative estimate over 10,000 litres of oil can be produced from one acre of waste/degraded land, they add.
And not just this, algae farming for biofuels can also provide a solution to the food versus fuel debate. As algae do not need agriculture land, it can be grown using non-potable or sea water.
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Companies Trying to Bring Down Cost of Producing Oil from Algae
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Here are some excerpts on what companies are doing to reduce the cost of making oil and fuel from algae. This is from a recent article at Scientific American
Costs for algae-based fuel currently range from $10 to $100 per gallon, according to systems engineer Ron Pate at Sandia National Laboratories. "The idea [is] bringing algal oil down to $1 or $2 per gallon at a scale of 50 million gallons [190 million liters] per year."
High cost is a problem throughout the algal biofuels industry. "It's energy cost to pump the water," says Craig Harting, chief operating officer for Vancouver-based Global Green Solutions, which is building 100 bioreactors (large plastic devices used to grow algae) at a pilot plant in El Paso, Tex. "It's capital cost to build bioreactors. It's the harvesting and extraction process."
As a result, most companies say they have yet to determine the consumer price tag for algae-derived oil—or to produce much of the stuff—though Wolfson says Solazyme's goal is $40 to $80 a barrel—competitive with fossil oil.
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Here are some excerpts on what companies are doing to reduce the cost of making oil and fuel from algae. This is from a recent article at Scientific American
Costs for algae-based fuel currently range from $10 to $100 per gallon, according to systems engineer Ron Pate at Sandia National Laboratories. "The idea [is] bringing algal oil down to $1 or $2 per gallon at a scale of 50 million gallons [190 million liters] per year."
High cost is a problem throughout the algal biofuels industry. "It's energy cost to pump the water," says Craig Harting, chief operating officer for Vancouver-based Global Green Solutions, which is building 100 bioreactors (large plastic devices used to grow algae) at a pilot plant in El Paso, Tex. "It's capital cost to build bioreactors. It's the harvesting and extraction process."
As a result, most companies say they have yet to determine the consumer price tag for algae-derived oil—or to produce much of the stuff—though Wolfson says Solazyme's goal is $40 to $80 a barrel—competitive with fossil oil.
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Algae to Ethanol Producer Algenol Bets On New Production Method
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Now, armed with patents, several test facilities around the world, and some $70 million in private backing, Algenol is targeting its first large-scale ethanol production facility with output that may rival that of some of the category's largest U.S. players. Algenol recently inked a partnership with BioFields, which has committed $850 million to build an industrial-scale ethanol facility in Mexico on 102,000 acres of desert located near the Pacific coast and not far from Cabo San Lucas.
Using a patented algae, Alegenol uses seawater and places the water-based plant inside. As the algae grows, Alegenol will tap into carbon dioxide from a nearby power plant and funnel it into the tanks. The algae takes the gas and converts it into oxygen and evaporated alcohol, which is then removed and concentrated for use as fuel. Unlike other algae players that make diesel oil by processing algae itself, Algenol doesn't spend time or energy removing the algae. It uses the ethanol vapors that the plant emits
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Now, armed with patents, several test facilities around the world, and some $70 million in private backing, Algenol is targeting its first large-scale ethanol production facility with output that may rival that of some of the category's largest U.S. players. Algenol recently inked a partnership with BioFields, which has committed $850 million to build an industrial-scale ethanol facility in Mexico on 102,000 acres of desert located near the Pacific coast and not far from Cabo San Lucas.
Using a patented algae, Alegenol uses seawater and places the water-based plant inside. As the algae grows, Alegenol will tap into carbon dioxide from a nearby power plant and funnel it into the tanks. The algae takes the gas and converts it into oxygen and evaporated alcohol, which is then removed and concentrated for use as fuel. Unlike other algae players that make diesel oil by processing algae itself, Algenol doesn't spend time or energy removing the algae. It uses the ethanol vapors that the plant emits
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Engg Firm Burns & Mac Plants Concept for Algae Biofuel with Utilities
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Kansas City Business Journal
Burns & McDonnell, the Kansas City engineering firm, is working to cultivate emerging green technology that uses algae to stem pollution and create fuel.
Robert Healy, a senior manager with the firm, promotes nationwide the two-pronged benefit of using algae to absorb some carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The greenhouse gas is a fuel for algae, grown on unused land near power plants that in turn can be used to make biodiesel or other products.
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Kansas City Business Journal
Burns & McDonnell, the Kansas City engineering firm, is working to cultivate emerging green technology that uses algae to stem pollution and create fuel.
Robert Healy, a senior manager with the firm, promotes nationwide the two-pronged benefit of using algae to absorb some carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The greenhouse gas is a fuel for algae, grown on unused land near power plants that in turn can be used to make biodiesel or other products.
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Key to making Algae Fuels Financially Feasible is for Algae Farms to Get Paid Two Waysl
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Found something interesting in this article which gives the latest updates on PetroAlgae in Melbourne, Australia
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The key to making it financially feasible is for algae farms to get paid two ways, John Benneman said. First, farms should get paid for getting rid of unwanted products that algae will eat, like wastewater and carbon dioxide. Second, farms can then harvest and sell the oil. Within the next five years, algae farms could be getting paid for taking over wastewater treatment, Benneman said.
Tennant hopes to create a similar model. The United States could soon commit to greenhouse gas legislation that will make it expensive to pollute by carbon dioxide. Power plants will have to pay to pollute. Since algae eats carbon dioxide, Tennant hopes he can locate algae farms near power plants, and get paid to take their carbon dioxide problem off their hands.
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Found something interesting in this article which gives the latest updates on PetroAlgae in Melbourne, Australia
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The key to making it financially feasible is for algae farms to get paid two ways, John Benneman said. First, farms should get paid for getting rid of unwanted products that algae will eat, like wastewater and carbon dioxide. Second, farms can then harvest and sell the oil. Within the next five years, algae farms could be getting paid for taking over wastewater treatment, Benneman said.
Tennant hopes to create a similar model. The United States could soon commit to greenhouse gas legislation that will make it expensive to pollute by carbon dioxide. Power plants will have to pay to pollute. Since algae eats carbon dioxide, Tennant hopes he can locate algae farms near power plants, and get paid to take their carbon dioxide problem off their hands.
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OriginOil Announces Finetuning of Helix BioReactor™ subsystems
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OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that the finetuning of the Helix BioReactor™ subsystems has yielded positive results.
In its original May 2008 patent filing for the Enhanced Algae Growth System, the company reported initial algae production metrics based on its first prototype of February 2008. Since that time, the engineering team has fine tuned the Helix BioReactor subsystems to further increase performance characteristics. These have now yielded sufficient results to begin design and layout of larger scale systems, according to the company
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OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that the finetuning of the Helix BioReactor™ subsystems has yielded positive results.
In its original May 2008 patent filing for the Enhanced Algae Growth System, the company reported initial algae production metrics based on its first prototype of February 2008. Since that time, the engineering team has fine tuned the Helix BioReactor subsystems to further increase performance characteristics. These have now yielded sufficient results to begin design and layout of larger scale systems, according to the company
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Algae to Be Showcased at National Algae Association Conference October 23-24 in Houston
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For more than 20 years, Algae biofuels projects have been primarily focused on biodiesel production. “In recent years, the algae industry has evolved in size, scope, technologies and applications to produce several different types of fuels for transport and power generation,” notes Will Thurmond, Chairman of Research and Development for the National Algae Association and author of the 685 page Biodiesel 2020 study. “There are dozens of new algae projects and applications emerging to produce biodiesel, ethanol, commercial jet fuel, renewable diesel, biogasoline, biomass for power generation and hydrogen fuels,” said Thurmond.
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Algae are the fastest-growing plants in the world. Compared to 1st generation feedstocks, algae holds enormous potential to provide a high-yield, non-arable land use, non-food, non-rainforest source of fuels. Like other plants, Algae use photo-synthesis to harness sunlight and carbon dioxide in order to capture energy stored inside the cell as lipids (the source for oil) and starches/carbohydrates.
“Many of the National Algae Association’s members are now starting to create ethanol from starch-rich algae strains. Other NAA members are utilizing waste streams from municipal water authorities to grow algae. In addition there is a great deal of interest to capture carbon from the smokestacks of a power plant, and use the carbon to produce algae for low-emissions biofuels for transport - a double benefit for environmental pollution,” said Thurmond. “The petroleum, defense, and aviation industries are increasingly investing in converting algae into bio-oil (also called bio-crude, or syncrude) that can either be sold directly to petrol refineries, or to aviation companies to be processed into JP8 jet fuels.”
Barry Cohen, founder of the National Algae Association Industry, notes, “the US commercial aviation industry spends upwards of $1.6 billion a month on jet fuel. Due to these rising demands and concerns, the NAA is witnessing an increasing number of members and projects from petroleum, defense, and aviation industries to reduce commercial aviation fuel costs and to support of US government and defense efforts for energy independence,” said Cohen.
The National Algae Association will host its third event from October 23-24 near Houston to showcase many of its members’ projects, including algae to: biodiesel, ethanol, aviation fuel, renewable diesel, biocrude, hydrogen, and bio-gasoline from algae. Several companies, including Sapphire Energy, Origin Oil, and representatives from the biofuels, aviation and petroleum industries will present their leading-edge algae technologies and projects at the NAA’s next event.
For more information on this event, or to become a member of the NAA visit: http://www.nationalalgaeassociation.com.
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Barry Cohen, 936-321-1125
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For more than 20 years, Algae biofuels projects have been primarily focused on biodiesel production. “In recent years, the algae industry has evolved in size, scope, technologies and applications to produce several different types of fuels for transport and power generation,” notes Will Thurmond, Chairman of Research and Development for the National Algae Association and author of the 685 page Biodiesel 2020 study. “There are dozens of new algae projects and applications emerging to produce biodiesel, ethanol, commercial jet fuel, renewable diesel, biogasoline, biomass for power generation and hydrogen fuels,” said Thurmond.
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Algae are the fastest-growing plants in the world. Compared to 1st generation feedstocks, algae holds enormous potential to provide a high-yield, non-arable land use, non-food, non-rainforest source of fuels. Like other plants, Algae use photo-synthesis to harness sunlight and carbon dioxide in order to capture energy stored inside the cell as lipids (the source for oil) and starches/carbohydrates.
“Many of the National Algae Association’s members are now starting to create ethanol from starch-rich algae strains. Other NAA members are utilizing waste streams from municipal water authorities to grow algae. In addition there is a great deal of interest to capture carbon from the smokestacks of a power plant, and use the carbon to produce algae for low-emissions biofuels for transport - a double benefit for environmental pollution,” said Thurmond. “The petroleum, defense, and aviation industries are increasingly investing in converting algae into bio-oil (also called bio-crude, or syncrude) that can either be sold directly to petrol refineries, or to aviation companies to be processed into JP8 jet fuels.”
Barry Cohen, founder of the National Algae Association Industry, notes, “the US commercial aviation industry spends upwards of $1.6 billion a month on jet fuel. Due to these rising demands and concerns, the NAA is witnessing an increasing number of members and projects from petroleum, defense, and aviation industries to reduce commercial aviation fuel costs and to support of US government and defense efforts for energy independence,” said Cohen.
The National Algae Association will host its third event from October 23-24 near Houston to showcase many of its members’ projects, including algae to: biodiesel, ethanol, aviation fuel, renewable diesel, biocrude, hydrogen, and bio-gasoline from algae. Several companies, including Sapphire Energy, Origin Oil, and representatives from the biofuels, aviation and petroleum industries will present their leading-edge algae technologies and projects at the NAA’s next event.
For more information on this event, or to become a member of the NAA visit: http://www.nationalalgaeassociation.com.
Contact:
National Algae Association
Barry Cohen, 936-321-1125
info(at)nationalalgaeassociation.com
www.nationalalgaeassociation.com
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Algae Biodiesel Space Getting Hotter
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This month (Sep 2008) algae as a fuel source made the news several times. Last week, Sapphire Energy announced it received $100 million to help reach its goal of making commercial amounts of algae fuel in three to five years. Investors included Bill Gates investment company, Cascade Investment, LLC. In June Sapphire received $50 million from investors.
At the beginning of the month, Arizona State University (ASU) announced its partnership with Heliae Development, LLC and Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to develop a kerosene-based jet fuel derived from algae. Last year ASU researched using algae as jet fuel, in conjunction with UOP, a Honeywell company.
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This month (Sep 2008) algae as a fuel source made the news several times. Last week, Sapphire Energy announced it received $100 million to help reach its goal of making commercial amounts of algae fuel in three to five years. Investors included Bill Gates investment company, Cascade Investment, LLC. In June Sapphire received $50 million from investors.
At the beginning of the month, Arizona State University (ASU) announced its partnership with Heliae Development, LLC and Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to develop a kerosene-based jet fuel derived from algae. Last year ASU researched using algae as jet fuel, in conjunction with UOP, a Honeywell company.
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Algae Farmers Starts Making Biodiesel!
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Jes Sprouse quit his job to follow his dream. He became an algae farmer.
Sprouse, 35, grows the emerald slime in a 1-acre pond in eastern Prince George County, Virginia. Sprouse's vision might sound wacky at first, but he has the support of some of the state's top scientists and political leaders. Now, the 1-acre pond produces just a few ounces of diesel a day. But Sprouse and Hatcher believe algae can eventually produce 3,000 to 5,000 gallons per acre per year.
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Jes Sprouse quit his job to follow his dream. He became an algae farmer.
Sprouse, 35, grows the emerald slime in a 1-acre pond in eastern Prince George County, Virginia. Sprouse's vision might sound wacky at first, but he has the support of some of the state's top scientists and political leaders. Now, the 1-acre pond produces just a few ounces of diesel a day. But Sprouse and Hatcher believe algae can eventually produce 3,000 to 5,000 gallons per acre per year.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
GM Algae for Fuel
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Genetically manipulating algae for fuel
Genetic manipulation of algae, one of the hottest avenues, is rife with both possibility and controversy. Engineered strains could be highly efficient and tailored to produce specific substances. But like other genetically modified (GM) species, if they aren’t contained, they pose a threat to their surroundings.
“You could destroy a whole ecosystem,” says David Bayless, a researcher at Ohio University. But GM strains are at risk from natural algae as well, and companies working with engineered algae have incentive to keep them in enclosed tanks. “If you’re going to all the trouble of genetically engineering an organism, you don’t want a competing strain to come in there and take over,” says Bayless. “So I don’t see much of an option other than closed systems.
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Genetically manipulating algae for fuel
Genetic manipulation of algae, one of the hottest avenues, is rife with both possibility and controversy. Engineered strains could be highly efficient and tailored to produce specific substances. But like other genetically modified (GM) species, if they aren’t contained, they pose a threat to their surroundings.
“You could destroy a whole ecosystem,” says David Bayless, a researcher at Ohio University. But GM strains are at risk from natural algae as well, and companies working with engineered algae have incentive to keep them in enclosed tanks. “If you’re going to all the trouble of genetically engineering an organism, you don’t want a competing strain to come in there and take over,” says Bayless. “So I don’t see much of an option other than closed systems.
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Cyanobacteria genes make hydrogen and ethanol
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Scientists searching for the best hydrogen-producing bacteria to become a new energy source have sequenced the genome of one particularly promising type of blue-green algae. This organism performs two operations at once – it produces both hydrogen and ethanol, and one particular chromosome identified in it could turn out to be extremely important for producing biofuels. But to harness its hydrogen and ethanol-producing capabilities requires knowing lots more about this organism’s biology.
This particular type of cyanobacteria has two cycles – during the day the cells perform photosynthesis, and during the night they switch gears to process nitrogen. They’ve found one key component, a linear chromosome, that the researchers believe is critical to the algae’s ability to perform this complicated switching maneuver. Linear chromosomes are extremely rare in bacteria, because usually they are almost exclusively found in more complex creatures, like plants and animals.
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Scientists searching for the best hydrogen-producing bacteria to become a new energy source have sequenced the genome of one particularly promising type of blue-green algae. This organism performs two operations at once – it produces both hydrogen and ethanol, and one particular chromosome identified in it could turn out to be extremely important for producing biofuels. But to harness its hydrogen and ethanol-producing capabilities requires knowing lots more about this organism’s biology.
This particular type of cyanobacteria has two cycles – during the day the cells perform photosynthesis, and during the night they switch gears to process nitrogen. They’ve found one key component, a linear chromosome, that the researchers believe is critical to the algae’s ability to perform this complicated switching maneuver. Linear chromosomes are extremely rare in bacteria, because usually they are almost exclusively found in more complex creatures, like plants and animals.
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Shell Says Algae Fuel to be Viable Only by 2015
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Graeme Sweeney, Shell’s head of future fuels, is under no illusions about the imminent commercial viability of oil from algae.
“The timetable for achieving that is about 2015 or so for significant production,” he says. “We are looking at five to 10 years or so.”
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Graeme Sweeney, Shell’s head of future fuels, is under no illusions about the imminent commercial viability of oil from algae.
“The timetable for achieving that is about 2015 or so for significant production,” he says. “We are looking at five to 10 years or so.”
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Algenol hires Schlicht, Denman; to build Mexico facility
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Florida-based Algenol Biofuels Inc. announced Sept. 15 the appointment of two new employees. Greg Schlicht has been named senior vice president of business development and general counsel, while Dax Denman will serve as senior program manger.
Founded in 2006, Algenol has developed a technology using algae to produce ethanol. The technology, trademarked as Direct to Ethanol, produces industrial-scale low cost ethanol using algae, sunlight, carbon dioxide and seawater. Each algae cell used in the process is like a tiny ethanol factory. Sugar is produced through photosynthesis and immediately converted into ethanol. The algae grow in 500 gallon sealed containers. Ethanol produced by the algae evaporates into the head space of the container and is then collected and purified.
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Florida-based Algenol Biofuels Inc. announced Sept. 15 the appointment of two new employees. Greg Schlicht has been named senior vice president of business development and general counsel, while Dax Denman will serve as senior program manger.
Founded in 2006, Algenol has developed a technology using algae to produce ethanol. The technology, trademarked as Direct to Ethanol, produces industrial-scale low cost ethanol using algae, sunlight, carbon dioxide and seawater. Each algae cell used in the process is like a tiny ethanol factory. Sugar is produced through photosynthesis and immediately converted into ethanol. The algae grow in 500 gallon sealed containers. Ethanol produced by the algae evaporates into the head space of the container and is then collected and purified.
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Algae Biomass Summit 2008 - Vinod Khosla to Keynote
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Seattle, Sep 18, 2008 - The 2008 Algae Biomass Summit announced that Vinod Khosla, a nationally recognized clean technology investor and Managing Partner of Khosla Ventures will be the keynote speaker at the event, which takes place October 22-24 in Seattle. The Algae Biomass Summit, sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and The Byrne Company, is the official conference of the Algal Biomass Organization (ABO). The event is designed to highlight scientific advances and encourage knowledge sharing to accelerate the development of algae-based solutions to global energy, environmental, and economic issues.
Khosla was selected to speak at the Algae Biomass Summit due to his extensive experience in funding and advocating for clean technology companies. His venture company Khosla Ventures has invested millions in clean technology start-ups in sectors including next generation fuels (Gevo, KiOR, Amyris, LS9), fuel-efficiency technologies (Transonic Combustion, Ecomotors), solar technology (Ausra), carbon sequestration (Calera) and in other sectors.
"Vinod is one of the pre-eminent visionaries in clean technology," said Darrin Morgan, ABO Co-Chairman and the Director of Business Analysis, Environmental Strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "His passion to see these new technologies succeed is surpassed only by his deep financial commitments."
Khosla's success has been recognized nationally as he was listed on Vanity Fair's 2008 Sphere of Influence List and ranked in Forbes 400. Prior to starting his company, Khosla was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a partner with Kleiner Perkins Kaufield and Byers.
In addition to announcing Khosla's participation, the ABO also posted the conference agenda, which features dozens of presentations from national and international technologists, producers, scientists, investors, and policy-makers. During the course of the event, these leaders and the hundreds of attendees will discuss issues of critical importance to the emerging algae industry, including the commercial viability of algae production, current government and private initiatives, evolving technologies, processing concepts, and venture and project finance.
About the ABO
The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and advocate for the development of commercially-viable transportation and power generation fuels as well as other non-energy applications for algae biomass. Its membership is comprised of people, companies and organizations across the value chain. More information about ABO, including its leadership, membership, costs, benefits and members and their affiliations, is available at the website: www.algalbiomass.org
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Seattle, Sep 18, 2008 - The 2008 Algae Biomass Summit announced that Vinod Khosla, a nationally recognized clean technology investor and Managing Partner of Khosla Ventures will be the keynote speaker at the event, which takes place October 22-24 in Seattle. The Algae Biomass Summit, sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and The Byrne Company, is the official conference of the Algal Biomass Organization (ABO). The event is designed to highlight scientific advances and encourage knowledge sharing to accelerate the development of algae-based solutions to global energy, environmental, and economic issues.
Khosla was selected to speak at the Algae Biomass Summit due to his extensive experience in funding and advocating for clean technology companies. His venture company Khosla Ventures has invested millions in clean technology start-ups in sectors including next generation fuels (Gevo, KiOR, Amyris, LS9), fuel-efficiency technologies (Transonic Combustion, Ecomotors), solar technology (Ausra), carbon sequestration (Calera) and in other sectors.
"Vinod is one of the pre-eminent visionaries in clean technology," said Darrin Morgan, ABO Co-Chairman and the Director of Business Analysis, Environmental Strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "His passion to see these new technologies succeed is surpassed only by his deep financial commitments."
Khosla's success has been recognized nationally as he was listed on Vanity Fair's 2008 Sphere of Influence List and ranked in Forbes 400. Prior to starting his company, Khosla was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a partner with Kleiner Perkins Kaufield and Byers.
In addition to announcing Khosla's participation, the ABO also posted the conference agenda, which features dozens of presentations from national and international technologists, producers, scientists, investors, and policy-makers. During the course of the event, these leaders and the hundreds of attendees will discuss issues of critical importance to the emerging algae industry, including the commercial viability of algae production, current government and private initiatives, evolving technologies, processing concepts, and venture and project finance.
About the ABO
The Algal Biomass Organization (ABO) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and advocate for the development of commercially-viable transportation and power generation fuels as well as other non-energy applications for algae biomass. Its membership is comprised of people, companies and organizations across the value chain. More information about ABO, including its leadership, membership, costs, benefits and members and their affiliations, is available at the website: www.algalbiomass.org
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Algae X : Patented Tech to Develop High Yielding Algae Strains
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The recent creation of AXI, LLC is an alliance between Allied Minds, Inc. a seed investment company and the University of Washington. The alliance came about because of Professor Rose Ann Cattolico PhD, an algae-to-fuel expert. Professor Cattolico has been on the faculty and conducting algae research since 1975. Her research includes, chloroplast genome architecture and gene function in non-chlorophy b containing algae and functional genetic diversity within stramenopile population. Professor Cattolico has discovered a unique patented technology, she calls Algae X.
The technology will be utilized in the development and creation of various algae species targeted to high yield per acre and high levels of usable alternative oil for heating and fuel. All algae is not equal in terms of creating an alternative to fossil fuels or reliance on foreign oil supplies. Algae X meets the threshold criteria and goes one better. It appears to have no adverse effect on food supply economics and it does not increase green house gas emissions.
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The recent creation of AXI, LLC is an alliance between Allied Minds, Inc. a seed investment company and the University of Washington. The alliance came about because of Professor Rose Ann Cattolico PhD, an algae-to-fuel expert. Professor Cattolico has been on the faculty and conducting algae research since 1975. Her research includes, chloroplast genome architecture and gene function in non-chlorophy b containing algae and functional genetic diversity within stramenopile population. Professor Cattolico has discovered a unique patented technology, she calls Algae X.
The technology will be utilized in the development and creation of various algae species targeted to high yield per acre and high levels of usable alternative oil for heating and fuel. All algae is not equal in terms of creating an alternative to fossil fuels or reliance on foreign oil supplies. Algae X meets the threshold criteria and goes one better. It appears to have no adverse effect on food supply economics and it does not increase green house gas emissions.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
GreenFuel Tech for Oil from Algae not Viable Until Oil Price of 800$ per Barrel
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A Research Paper that Says GreenFuel Method to produce Oil from Algae will Work Only at Oil @ $800 per barrel
This is a paper by a researcher Krassan Dimitrov which essentially says algal oil methods, as proposed by the industry pioneer GreenFuel Technologies of the USA, simply is not cost-effective.
This report shows that GreenFuel’s method will not be economically feasible, even if the company achieves spectacular progress in development of its technology. Fundamental thermodynamic constrains make it impossible for such approach to be commercially viable for fuel prices below $800/bbl, even if flawless technological implementation is assumed. Since other technologies offer alternative options at substantially lower costs, GreenFuel’s approach cannot be expected to have a significant place in our future energy supply or carbon mitigation strategy.
Full report here (PDF) - written in Mar 2007
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A Research Paper that Says GreenFuel Method to produce Oil from Algae will Work Only at Oil @ $800 per barrel
This is a paper by a researcher Krassan Dimitrov which essentially says algal oil methods, as proposed by the industry pioneer GreenFuel Technologies of the USA, simply is not cost-effective.
This report shows that GreenFuel’s method will not be economically feasible, even if the company achieves spectacular progress in development of its technology. Fundamental thermodynamic constrains make it impossible for such approach to be commercially viable for fuel prices below $800/bbl, even if flawless technological implementation is assumed. Since other technologies offer alternative options at substantially lower costs, GreenFuel’s approach cannot be expected to have a significant place in our future energy supply or carbon mitigation strategy.
Full report here (PDF) - written in Mar 2007
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Beyond Gasoline - Next Gen Biofuels
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In this interesting article, Popular Mechanics crunches the numbers on alternative fuels for the real world. Here's the list:
1. Cellulosic ethanol (biological method and gasification method)
2. Algal biodiesel
3. Green gasoline
4. Biobutanol
5. Designer hydrocarbons
6. Fourth gen fuels
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In this interesting article, Popular Mechanics crunches the numbers on alternative fuels for the real world. Here's the list:
1. Cellulosic ethanol (biological method and gasification method)
2. Algal biodiesel
3. Green gasoline
4. Biobutanol
5. Designer hydrocarbons
6. Fourth gen fuels
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Solazyme Algae Aviation Fuel Passes Key ASTM Tests for Jet Fuel
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There are a number of companies trying to produce a biofuel alternative to petroleum-based aviation fuels, and a number of airlines have made biofuel test flights using various mixtures of biofuels, but none are yet available in commercial quantities. Another milemarker has been passed on the road to greener aviation (and for the moment let’s overlook the bigger question of whether aviation could ever really be green) Algae-innovator Solazyme has announced that its bio-kerosene has passed the ASTM’s requirements for “Aviation Turbine Fuel”.
Solazyme says that its microbial-derived jet fuel has passed the eleven “most challenging specifications needed to meet the ASTM D1655 standard for Aviation Turbine Fuel.” Areas tested include density, thermal oxidative stability, flashpoint, freezing point, distillation and viscosity.
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There are a number of companies trying to produce a biofuel alternative to petroleum-based aviation fuels, and a number of airlines have made biofuel test flights using various mixtures of biofuels, but none are yet available in commercial quantities. Another milemarker has been passed on the road to greener aviation (and for the moment let’s overlook the bigger question of whether aviation could ever really be green) Algae-innovator Solazyme has announced that its bio-kerosene has passed the ASTM’s requirements for “Aviation Turbine Fuel”.
Solazyme says that its microbial-derived jet fuel has passed the eleven “most challenging specifications needed to meet the ASTM D1655 standard for Aviation Turbine Fuel.” Areas tested include density, thermal oxidative stability, flashpoint, freezing point, distillation and viscosity.
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Algenol Enters The Algae Biofuel Race With Process Economics Advantage
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The USA-based firm Algenol has struck a deal with Mexico-based BioFields to grow and process algae in a manner that cost effectively produces ethanol - directly from the culture. This is quite different from the usual algal biofuel processes that use algae to produce biological oil which, after extraction from the algal cells, is used as feedstock for liquid fuel production: often biodiesel. If, as claimed by Algenol, ethanol can be extracted directly from the algal culture media, we suppose that the process may be drastically less capital and energy intensive than competitive algal biofuel processes. No need to pull out biomass, squeeze it dry on a belt press, and extract the oils in still a third processing step.
"Algenol plans to make 100 million gallons of ethanol, about the average annual capacity of one traditional US distillery, in Mexico's Sonoran Desert by the end of the 2009. By the end of 2012, it plans to increase that to 1 billion gallons -- more than 10 percent of current ethanol capacity in the United States, the world's top ethanol producer."
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The USA-based firm Algenol has struck a deal with Mexico-based BioFields to grow and process algae in a manner that cost effectively produces ethanol - directly from the culture. This is quite different from the usual algal biofuel processes that use algae to produce biological oil which, after extraction from the algal cells, is used as feedstock for liquid fuel production: often biodiesel. If, as claimed by Algenol, ethanol can be extracted directly from the algal culture media, we suppose that the process may be drastically less capital and energy intensive than competitive algal biofuel processes. No need to pull out biomass, squeeze it dry on a belt press, and extract the oils in still a third processing step.
"Algenol plans to make 100 million gallons of ethanol, about the average annual capacity of one traditional US distillery, in Mexico's Sonoran Desert by the end of the 2009. By the end of 2012, it plans to increase that to 1 billion gallons -- more than 10 percent of current ethanol capacity in the United States, the world's top ethanol producer."
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Green Star Creates Breakthrough Micronutrient that Boosts Algae Growth
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One of the companies working on making algal fuels viable is Green Star, and they just announced the creation of a new micronutrient that can help boost algae daily growth rate by 34% and "increase the total biomass quantity in a harvest algae growth cycle by well over 100%."
The UABC testing has shown that 1:10,000 nutrient dilution rates were very productive (i.e. one gallon of MMB mixed with 10,000 gallons of water). Even at 1:20,000 dilution levels, the MMB was still effective. " Green Star will make available 12-oz sample bottles to all universities [either at no cost or with $50 shipping fees], research institutes and commercial facilities for testing on their specific strains of algae."
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One of the companies working on making algal fuels viable is Green Star, and they just announced the creation of a new micronutrient that can help boost algae daily growth rate by 34% and "increase the total biomass quantity in a harvest algae growth cycle by well over 100%."
The UABC testing has shown that 1:10,000 nutrient dilution rates were very productive (i.e. one gallon of MMB mixed with 10,000 gallons of water). Even at 1:20,000 dilution levels, the MMB was still effective. " Green Star will make available 12-oz sample bottles to all universities [either at no cost or with $50 shipping fees], research institutes and commercial facilities for testing on their specific strains of algae."
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Chevron Backs Solazyme to Develop Algal Biodiesel Technology
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The number 2 oil producer in the USA, Chevron, has signed an agreement with San Francisco based startup Solazyme to develop and test an industrial process for deriving biodiesel from algae. The Solazyme process is reported to solve one of the major obstacles to industrial production of biodiesel from algae. Algae usually rely on photosynthesis for energy to consume CO2 and produce oils. Biodiesel can be harvested from the algae, which can be composed of up to 50% oily matter. But getting sunlight to the algae in industrial-scale processes is difficult.
So how does Solazyme solve the problem? By growing a special strain of algae in the dark.
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The number 2 oil producer in the USA, Chevron, has signed an agreement with San Francisco based startup Solazyme to develop and test an industrial process for deriving biodiesel from algae. The Solazyme process is reported to solve one of the major obstacles to industrial production of biodiesel from algae. Algae usually rely on photosynthesis for energy to consume CO2 and produce oils. Biodiesel can be harvested from the algae, which can be composed of up to 50% oily matter. But getting sunlight to the algae in industrial-scale processes is difficult.
So how does Solazyme solve the problem? By growing a special strain of algae in the dark.
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CARS - Carbon Algae Recycling System, using Algae
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Here's another article on CARS. Nothing much new here, but interesting all the same:
"Welcome CARS, the humorous abbreviation for a Carbon Algae Recycling System, being developed by the Alberta Research Council and nine other research corporations, which kills all those birds with one stone. (sorry, inappropriate metaphor) It reminds us of the dénouement of the Cat in the Hat, were he picks everything up and makes everything right.
The exhaust CO2 is diverted from the exhaust gases and pumped into the tailing ponds, where micro-algae eat it all up, along with the heavy metals and leftover hydrocarbons. Result? algae that are harvested and turned into biofuels.
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Here's another article on CARS. Nothing much new here, but interesting all the same:
"Welcome CARS, the humorous abbreviation for a Carbon Algae Recycling System, being developed by the Alberta Research Council and nine other research corporations, which kills all those birds with one stone. (sorry, inappropriate metaphor) It reminds us of the dénouement of the Cat in the Hat, were he picks everything up and makes everything right.
The exhaust CO2 is diverted from the exhaust gases and pumped into the tailing ponds, where micro-algae eat it all up, along with the heavy metals and leftover hydrocarbons. Result? algae that are harvested and turned into biofuels.
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Solazyme Produces World’s First Algal-Based Jet Fuel
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Solazyme Produces World’s First Algal-Based Jet Fuel - Fuel Passes All Tested Specifications including the Most Critical ASTM D1655 Specifications
South San Francisco, Calif. – September 9, 2008 – Solazyme Inc. announced that it has produced the world’s first microbial-derived jet fuel. Solazyme’s algal-derived aviation fuel as analyzed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), one of the nations leading fuel analytical laboratories, passed the eleven “most challenging specifications needed to meet the ASTM D1655 standard for Aviation Turbine Fuel. The tested areas included the key measurements for density, thermal oxidative stability, flashpoint, freezing point, distillation and viscosity among others. Of the eleven tested parameters, the Solazyme aviation fuel passed the ASTM D1655 requirements for every measurement. Therefore, the Solazyme algae-based aviation kerosene has passed the biggest hurdles needed to successfully develop a commercial and military jet fuel fully consistent with existing engines and infrastructure” as stated in the SwRI report.
In the U.S. alone, 1.6 billion gallons of jet fuel are used every month resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the EU is widely expected to require airlines flying into and out of airports in the EU to participate in the Emissions Trading System beginning in 2011. As a result, the need for environmentally friendly and sustainable alternatives is growing rapidly. Solazyme’s algal-derived aviation fuel is the first step towards achieving those alternatives on a broad scale.
Solazyme is currently producing thousands of gallons of oil at scale and is the only advanced biofuels company that has produced fuels that have passed specification testing. The fuels produced in addition to jet fuel include SoladieselBDTM a FAME biodiesel and SoladieselRDTM a renewable diesel, which has the same chemical properties as petro-diesel. Like Solazyme’s aviation fuel, both SoladieselTM fuels are compatible with the existing transportation fuel infrastructure.
Solazyme implements a unique algal conversion process that allows algae to produce oil in large tanks quickly, efficiently and without sunlight. The process can employ a variety of non-food feedstocks, including cellulosic materials such as agricultural residues and high-productivity grasses including bagasse and switchgrass as well as industrial byproducts such as crude glycerol. The results are renewable oils that can be leveraged across a wide variety of industries and applications, which are nontoxic and safe.
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About Solazyme:
Solazyme, Inc. is a renewable oil production company and the leader in algal synthetic biology. Solazyme’s unique microbial conversion technology process allows algae to produce oil in standard industrial facilities quickly, efficiently and at large scale. These oils are tailored not only for advanced biofuel production, but also as replacements for fossil petroleum and plant oils in a diverse range of products running from green household cleaning supplies to cosmetics and foods. The company was founded in 2003 and has its headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.solazyme.com.
For more inforamtion contact:
Genet Garamendi, Solazyme Inc., 650-963-5228, ggaramendi@solazyme.com
Beth Starkin, Peppercom, 212-931-6108, bstarkin@peppercom.com
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Solazyme Produces World’s First Algal-Based Jet Fuel - Fuel Passes All Tested Specifications including the Most Critical ASTM D1655 Specifications
South San Francisco, Calif. – September 9, 2008 – Solazyme Inc. announced that it has produced the world’s first microbial-derived jet fuel. Solazyme’s algal-derived aviation fuel as analyzed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), one of the nations leading fuel analytical laboratories, passed the eleven “most challenging specifications needed to meet the ASTM D1655 standard for Aviation Turbine Fuel. The tested areas included the key measurements for density, thermal oxidative stability, flashpoint, freezing point, distillation and viscosity among others. Of the eleven tested parameters, the Solazyme aviation fuel passed the ASTM D1655 requirements for every measurement. Therefore, the Solazyme algae-based aviation kerosene has passed the biggest hurdles needed to successfully develop a commercial and military jet fuel fully consistent with existing engines and infrastructure” as stated in the SwRI report.
In the U.S. alone, 1.6 billion gallons of jet fuel are used every month resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the EU is widely expected to require airlines flying into and out of airports in the EU to participate in the Emissions Trading System beginning in 2011. As a result, the need for environmentally friendly and sustainable alternatives is growing rapidly. Solazyme’s algal-derived aviation fuel is the first step towards achieving those alternatives on a broad scale.
Solazyme is currently producing thousands of gallons of oil at scale and is the only advanced biofuels company that has produced fuels that have passed specification testing. The fuels produced in addition to jet fuel include SoladieselBDTM a FAME biodiesel and SoladieselRDTM a renewable diesel, which has the same chemical properties as petro-diesel. Like Solazyme’s aviation fuel, both SoladieselTM fuels are compatible with the existing transportation fuel infrastructure.
Solazyme implements a unique algal conversion process that allows algae to produce oil in large tanks quickly, efficiently and without sunlight. The process can employ a variety of non-food feedstocks, including cellulosic materials such as agricultural residues and high-productivity grasses including bagasse and switchgrass as well as industrial byproducts such as crude glycerol. The results are renewable oils that can be leveraged across a wide variety of industries and applications, which are nontoxic and safe.
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About Solazyme:
Solazyme, Inc. is a renewable oil production company and the leader in algal synthetic biology. Solazyme’s unique microbial conversion technology process allows algae to produce oil in standard industrial facilities quickly, efficiently and at large scale. These oils are tailored not only for advanced biofuel production, but also as replacements for fossil petroleum and plant oils in a diverse range of products running from green household cleaning supplies to cosmetics and foods. The company was founded in 2003 and has its headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.solazyme.com.
For more inforamtion contact:
Genet Garamendi, Solazyme Inc., 650-963-5228, ggaramendi@solazyme.com
Beth Starkin, Peppercom, 212-931-6108, bstarkin@peppercom.com
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Connect Jimmy Carter & Algae Biodiesel - The Aquatic Species Program
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Found this interesting post at TreeHugger titled "What's Jimmy Carter to do with Algae Biodiesel?":
"Through a $25 million dollar biodiesel research program, his Administration set in motion the creation of an intellectual property bank that is a foundation of today's booming algae-based biodiesel industry. The private sector payback - although many years delayed - is likely to be
...The $25 million Aquatic Species Program was set up in 1978 by the Carter Administration to investigate high-oil types of algae that could be grown for biodiesel. The project, run by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, found algae farms producing the plants in shallow ponds could supply enough biodiesel to completely replace fossil oil for transportation and home heating.
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Found this interesting post at TreeHugger titled "What's Jimmy Carter to do with Algae Biodiesel?":
"Through a $25 million dollar biodiesel research program, his Administration set in motion the creation of an intellectual property bank that is a foundation of today's booming algae-based biodiesel industry. The private sector payback - although many years delayed - is likely to be
...The $25 million Aquatic Species Program was set up in 1978 by the Carter Administration to investigate high-oil types of algae that could be grown for biodiesel. The project, run by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, found algae farms producing the plants in shallow ponds could supply enough biodiesel to completely replace fossil oil for transportation and home heating.
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Quantum Fracturing Technology Patent from OriginOil
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OriginOil, Inc., of Los Angeles, recently deposited an international PCT patent application pursuant to last year's filing of United States patent application 11/829,883 with the United States Patent Office. The international application is related to OriginOil's first patent application to optimize the growth and harvesting of algae cells, according to a July 31 press release.
The application, "Algae Growth System for Oil Production," discloses OriginOil's proprietary system and industrial process whereby microalgae can be grown and harvested rapidly to extract algae oil for fuel and chemical production. This technology is branded Quantum Fracturing™.
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OriginOil, Inc., of Los Angeles, recently deposited an international PCT patent application pursuant to last year's filing of United States patent application 11/829,883 with the United States Patent Office. The international application is related to OriginOil's first patent application to optimize the growth and harvesting of algae cells, according to a July 31 press release.
The application, "Algae Growth System for Oil Production," discloses OriginOil's proprietary system and industrial process whereby microalgae can be grown and harvested rapidly to extract algae oil for fuel and chemical production. This technology is branded Quantum Fracturing™.
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Biofuel complex in Jerome, Arkansas to use algae
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The tiny southeast Arkansas town of Jerome in Drew County would be the launching pad for a $ 236 million biofuel complex that would use algae as one its raw materials, if the plans of a North Carolina developer become reality.
Site preparation has begun for the first of two biodiesel plants, each capable of producing 10 million gallons of fuel annually, said William Horton, president of The DFI Group Inc., a Raleigh-based real estate and commercial development company.
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The tiny southeast Arkansas town of Jerome in Drew County would be the launching pad for a $ 236 million biofuel complex that would use algae as one its raw materials, if the plans of a North Carolina developer become reality.
Site preparation has begun for the first of two biodiesel plants, each capable of producing 10 million gallons of fuel annually, said William Horton, president of The DFI Group Inc., a Raleigh-based real estate and commercial development company.
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US Industry steps up algae efforts
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From coast to coast, renewable energy companies are turning their attention toward the use of algae as a biodiesel feedstock, says this post at Biodiesel Magazine. Recently, a stream of announcements revealed that various research and development efforts are underway as ever-increasing feedstock prices are forcing the biodiesel industry to look for new sources of oils.
Info provided on Renewable Energy Group Inc. in Ames, Iowa, Origin Oil Inc. (and its Helix bioreactor), The University of Washington's AXI, The University of Georgia Biorefining and Carbon Cycling Program , EcoAlgae USA LLC, HR BioPetroleum
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
From coast to coast, renewable energy companies are turning their attention toward the use of algae as a biodiesel feedstock, says this post at Biodiesel Magazine. Recently, a stream of announcements revealed that various research and development efforts are underway as ever-increasing feedstock prices are forcing the biodiesel industry to look for new sources of oils.
Info provided on Renewable Energy Group Inc. in Ames, Iowa, Origin Oil Inc. (and its Helix bioreactor), The University of Washington's AXI, The University of Georgia Biorefining and Carbon Cycling Program , EcoAlgae USA LLC, HR BioPetroleum
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GM Algae the Answer?
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Genetic manipulation of algae, one of the hottest avenues, is rife with both possibility and controversy. Engineered strains could be highly efficient and tailored to produce specific substances. But like other genetically modified (GM) species, if they aren’t contained, they pose a threat to their surroundings, says this interesting article from Plenty Magazine
“You could destroy a whole ecosystem,” says David Bayless, a researcher at Ohio University. But GM strains are at risk from natural algae as well, and companies working with engineered algae have incentive to keep them in enclosed tanks. “If you’re going to all the trouble of genetically engineering an organism, you don’t want a competing strain to come in there and take over,” says Bayless. “So I don’t see much of an option other than closed systems.”
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Genetic manipulation of algae, one of the hottest avenues, is rife with both possibility and controversy. Engineered strains could be highly efficient and tailored to produce specific substances. But like other genetically modified (GM) species, if they aren’t contained, they pose a threat to their surroundings, says this interesting article from Plenty Magazine
“You could destroy a whole ecosystem,” says David Bayless, a researcher at Ohio University. But GM strains are at risk from natural algae as well, and companies working with engineered algae have incentive to keep them in enclosed tanks. “If you’re going to all the trouble of genetically engineering an organism, you don’t want a competing strain to come in there and take over,” says Bayless. “So I don’t see much of an option other than closed systems.”
Interesting article, also provides inputs on the latest from HR Biopetroleum and GreenFuel...
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Solray Energy of New Zealand Attempting to Produce Oil from Algae
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A New Zealand company has developed a means of turning algae that grow in sewage ponds into crude oil.
Solray Energy director Chris Bathurst said his company took up the challenge in about 2003 and had now patented a machine which made it economic. Mr Bathurst, whose Christchurch operation has joined forces with an engineering firm in Invercargill in the venture, said there was no shortage of algae to work with, but the challenge was to build machines that could convert large quantities of them...
Well, not a lot of details to go by, and not entirely clear what sort of machine he is talking about, is it a photobioreactor or something else...will have to await further news...
Solray is not the first NZ company to work on oil from algae, that honour of course goes to Aquaflow Bionomic
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A New Zealand company has developed a means of turning algae that grow in sewage ponds into crude oil.
Solray Energy director Chris Bathurst said his company took up the challenge in about 2003 and had now patented a machine which made it economic. Mr Bathurst, whose Christchurch operation has joined forces with an engineering firm in Invercargill in the venture, said there was no shortage of algae to work with, but the challenge was to build machines that could convert large quantities of them...
Well, not a lot of details to go by, and not entirely clear what sort of machine he is talking about, is it a photobioreactor or something else...will have to await further news...
Solray is not the first NZ company to work on oil from algae, that honour of course goes to Aquaflow Bionomic
Full report here
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Cascade Investment of Bill Gates, Arch Venture Back Biofuel Maker Sapphire Energy
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Algae-based biofuel is getting pretty big—at least as an investment. Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that San Diego-based Sapphire Energy has closed a round of venture financing from Bill Gates’s investment arm, Kirkland, WA-based Cascade Investment. Sapphire Energy, which is working on oil-producing algae, has now raised a total of $100 million, and is also backed by Arch Venture Partners, Venrock, and Wellcome Trust.
According to the WSJ, Sapphire is working towards a 10,000-barrel-a-day algae-based oil facility, and can now concentrate on production and engineering problems. Meanwhile, Gates’s involvement may signal a broader interest in alternative biofuels.
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Algae-based biofuel is getting pretty big—at least as an investment. Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that San Diego-based Sapphire Energy has closed a round of venture financing from Bill Gates’s investment arm, Kirkland, WA-based Cascade Investment. Sapphire Energy, which is working on oil-producing algae, has now raised a total of $100 million, and is also backed by Arch Venture Partners, Venrock, and Wellcome Trust.
According to the WSJ, Sapphire is working towards a 10,000-barrel-a-day algae-based oil facility, and can now concentrate on production and engineering problems. Meanwhile, Gates’s involvement may signal a broader interest in alternative biofuels.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
National Algae Association Conference Oct 23, 34 - Call for Papers
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National Algae Association Conference
October 23 -24, 2008
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS
The National Algae Association is growing at an astronomical rate. We are the first national trade association for the algae industry in the United States, and we have doubled in size just in the last three months. Due to the high cost of oil, commercializing the algae oil industry is now put on a fast track. We need to get off foreign oil and to bring back energy security to the US. Collaboration, innovation and commercialization are the motivating factors of our organization.
Due to the high demand to attend our conferences, we have changed our venue to The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center for the next quarterly National Algae Association conference, which will be held on October 23-24, 2008. The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center will be able to better accommodate us with much larger facilities for our conference and break-out sessions.
The National Algae Association announcing a Call for Presentations on the following subjects:
Group 1 - Algae Species Selection
Group 2 - Algae Production Systems
Group 3 - Algae Extraction Technologies
Group 4 - Algae Biorefining Technologies
If you are an algae researcher and you are working on innovative or breakthrough technology you would like to present to a large group of algae researchers and algae producers, you are invited to submit your presentations for review for the next National Algae Association event.
We are planning for the biggest conference to date and we need to start preparing for it now.
Submit presentations and papers to:
National Algae Association
4747 Research Forest Dr., Suite 180
The Woodlands, Texas 77381
936.321.1125
info@nationalalgaeassociation.com
www.nationalalgaeassociation.com
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News release
National Algae Association Conference
October 23 -24, 2008
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS
The National Algae Association is growing at an astronomical rate. We are the first national trade association for the algae industry in the United States, and we have doubled in size just in the last three months. Due to the high cost of oil, commercializing the algae oil industry is now put on a fast track. We need to get off foreign oil and to bring back energy security to the US. Collaboration, innovation and commercialization are the motivating factors of our organization.
Due to the high demand to attend our conferences, we have changed our venue to The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center for the next quarterly National Algae Association conference, which will be held on October 23-24, 2008. The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center will be able to better accommodate us with much larger facilities for our conference and break-out sessions.
The National Algae Association announcing a Call for Presentations on the following subjects:
Group 1 - Algae Species Selection
Group 2 - Algae Production Systems
Group 3 - Algae Extraction Technologies
Group 4 - Algae Biorefining Technologies
If you are an algae researcher and you are working on innovative or breakthrough technology you would like to present to a large group of algae researchers and algae producers, you are invited to submit your presentations for review for the next National Algae Association event.
We are planning for the biggest conference to date and we need to start preparing for it now.
Submit presentations and papers to:
National Algae Association
4747 Research Forest Dr., Suite 180
The Woodlands, Texas 77381
936.321.1125
info@nationalalgaeassociation.com
www.nationalalgaeassociation.com
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
National Algae Association Networking Forum @ Texas - Oct 23, 24 2008
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The Woodlands, Texas – The National Algae Association announces its Algae Commercialization Business Plan, Research, and Networking Forum. Existing algae oil production companies, algae researchers and algaeprenuers will present leading-edge technologies for commercialization of Algae: The New Oil on October 23-24, 2008, at The Woodlands Conference Center and Resort in The Woodlands, Texas. The NAA brings companies and researchers together to share ideas and exchange information to overcome technological hurdles to fast track commercialization of the algae oil industry.
Current high oil prices, the collapse of food-for-fuel initiatives and concerns about increased levels of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere have all created awareness of the need for alternative fuel solutions. Algae has emerged as one of the lowest cost feedstocks for the biofuels and cellulosic industries. Algae is considered to be a promising source of renewable oil which can be processed and refined into a variety of transportation fuels.
Recent breakthroughs in pond development and closed end loop systems put algae oil production companies on the leading-edge of the renewable oil industry.
When: October 23-24, 2008
Where: The Woodlands Conference Center and Resort
The Woodlands, Texas
Website: www.nationalalgaeassociation.com
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Press release
The Woodlands, Texas – The National Algae Association announces its Algae Commercialization Business Plan, Research, and Networking Forum. Existing algae oil production companies, algae researchers and algaeprenuers will present leading-edge technologies for commercialization of Algae: The New Oil on October 23-24, 2008, at The Woodlands Conference Center and Resort in The Woodlands, Texas. The NAA brings companies and researchers together to share ideas and exchange information to overcome technological hurdles to fast track commercialization of the algae oil industry.
Current high oil prices, the collapse of food-for-fuel initiatives and concerns about increased levels of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere have all created awareness of the need for alternative fuel solutions. Algae has emerged as one of the lowest cost feedstocks for the biofuels and cellulosic industries. Algae is considered to be a promising source of renewable oil which can be processed and refined into a variety of transportation fuels.
Recent breakthroughs in pond development and closed end loop systems put algae oil production companies on the leading-edge of the renewable oil industry.
When: October 23-24, 2008
Where: The Woodlands Conference Center and Resort
The Woodlands, Texas
Website: www.nationalalgaeassociation.com
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Arizona Technology Enterprises' Algae-to-fuel Work Gets $3 Million
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An Arizona State University spinoff company has secured $3 million in public and private funds to advance its technology that converts algae to jet fuel. Two ASU scientists who are developing the technology have already proven it works in the lab. Now, they are growing algae in solar tubes at ASU's Polytechnic campus to demonstrate the renewable fuel can be produced on a larger scale.
The brains behind the algae-to-jet-fuel concept are ASU professors Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld, who head ASU's Laboratory for Algae Research & Biotechnology.
Arizona Technology Enterprises negotiated a licensing agreement with a private investment group, Heliae Development, that will return fees and a share of any commercialization income to the university. Heliae, led by Frank Mars, will also invest $1.5 million in the technology. Several members of the Mars family are privately investing in the technology
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An Arizona State University spinoff company has secured $3 million in public and private funds to advance its technology that converts algae to jet fuel. Two ASU scientists who are developing the technology have already proven it works in the lab. Now, they are growing algae in solar tubes at ASU's Polytechnic campus to demonstrate the renewable fuel can be produced on a larger scale.
The brains behind the algae-to-jet-fuel concept are ASU professors Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld, who head ASU's Laboratory for Algae Research & Biotechnology.
Arizona Technology Enterprises negotiated a licensing agreement with a private investment group, Heliae Development, that will return fees and a share of any commercialization income to the university. Heliae, led by Frank Mars, will also invest $1.5 million in the technology. Several members of the Mars family are privately investing in the technology
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Florida Firm PetroAlgae Making Pioneering Efforts for Oil from Algae
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Despite high hopes and decades of research, algae fuels remain mired in unforgiving economics. PetroAlgae, based in Melbourne, hopes its technology will provide the needed breakthrough to make algae the fuel of the future, according to Fred Tennant, vice president for business development with PetroAlgae.
The company is searching for better, cheaper ways to squeeze oil out of algae while trying to squeeze the high costs out of algae farming, he explained.
PetroAlgae was created in 2006 by XL Tech Group, a 15-year-old Melbourne firm that creates companies to address specific needs in the marketplace. In this case, XL Tech saw a need for cheap oil that could be made into a biodiesel without diverting food crops. PetroAlgae, which licensed technology from Arizona State University, has grown to 91 employees with a lab and an algae farm. Tennant hopes to complete a 20-acre demonstration farm early next year.
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Despite high hopes and decades of research, algae fuels remain mired in unforgiving economics. PetroAlgae, based in Melbourne, hopes its technology will provide the needed breakthrough to make algae the fuel of the future, according to Fred Tennant, vice president for business development with PetroAlgae.
The company is searching for better, cheaper ways to squeeze oil out of algae while trying to squeeze the high costs out of algae farming, he explained.
PetroAlgae was created in 2006 by XL Tech Group, a 15-year-old Melbourne firm that creates companies to address specific needs in the marketplace. In this case, XL Tech saw a need for cheap oil that could be made into a biodiesel without diverting food crops. PetroAlgae, which licensed technology from Arizona State University, has grown to 91 employees with a lab and an algae farm. Tennant hopes to complete a 20-acre demonstration farm early next year.
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AXI Plans to Develop Algae Strains for Fuel
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Allied Minds, an investment company, has invested in the work of Rose Ann Cattolico, University of Washington biology professor, who has studied the physiology of algae for more than 30 years and sees it as a source of fuel for transportation. Allied Minds has formed a startup company called AXI.
AXI won't be in the business of making fuel. Instead, it will work with biofuel producers to develop strains of algae that produce just the right lipids, or oils, for the fuel that the producer wants to make. The methods will not employ genetic modification, Cattolico said.
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Allied Minds, an investment company, has invested in the work of Rose Ann Cattolico, University of Washington biology professor, who has studied the physiology of algae for more than 30 years and sees it as a source of fuel for transportation. Allied Minds has formed a startup company called AXI.
AXI won't be in the business of making fuel. Instead, it will work with biofuel producers to develop strains of algae that produce just the right lipids, or oils, for the fuel that the producer wants to make. The methods will not employ genetic modification, Cattolico said.
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Nature gave us oil from algae; perhaps we should try Nature's way again
Missouri Univs Partner with Coal Power Plants for Oil frm Algae
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Several Missouri universities and electric companies plan to use the carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants to grow algae for biofuel. The project at the Central Electric Power Cooperative's plants east of Jefferson City is starting out small. Only a relatively little portion of its carbon dioxide emissions will be diverted from its flues and pumped into pools of sunlit water teeming with algae.
Researchers at Lincoln University in Jefferson City already have been growing algae in labs while others at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla have been experimenting with extracting biofuels from it.
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Several Missouri universities and electric companies plan to use the carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants to grow algae for biofuel. The project at the Central Electric Power Cooperative's plants east of Jefferson City is starting out small. Only a relatively little portion of its carbon dioxide emissions will be diverted from its flues and pumped into pools of sunlit water teeming with algae.
Researchers at Lincoln University in Jefferson City already have been growing algae in labs while others at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla have been experimenting with extracting biofuels from it.
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Missouri Univs Partner with Coal Power Plants for Oil frm Algae
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Several Missouri universities and electric companies plan to use the carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants to grow algae for biofuel. The project at the Central Electric Power Cooperative's plants east of Jefferson City is starting out small. Only a relatively little portion of its carbon dioxide emissions will be diverted from its flues and pumped into pools of sunlit water teeming with algae.
Researchers at Lincoln University in Jefferson City already have been growing algae in labs while others at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla have been experimenting with extracting biofuels from it.
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Several Missouri universities and electric companies plan to use the carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants to grow algae for biofuel. The project at the Central Electric Power Cooperative's plants east of Jefferson City is starting out small. Only a relatively little portion of its carbon dioxide emissions will be diverted from its flues and pumped into pools of sunlit water teeming with algae.
Researchers at Lincoln University in Jefferson City already have been growing algae in labs while others at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla have been experimenting with extracting biofuels from it.
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Solazyme Jet fuel from algae passes first flight test
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No, not flight, not yet. But Solazyme—the mavericks who make their algal oil in the dark—have produced a jet fuel that passes the ASTM's standards for "aviation turbine fuel," otherwise known as jet fuel. This makes it the first such bio-kerosene from algae, being earnestly sought by the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) and Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (better known as DARPA) as well as the U.S. Air Force.
In addition to not freezing at high altitude as biofuels are prone to do, the testing by the Southwest Research Institute shows that it has the same flashpoint, viscosity and stability as regular Jet A. Most importantly, it has the same density—a key characteristic that other alternative fuels, such as those derived from natural gas or coal, lack.
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No, not flight, not yet. But Solazyme—the mavericks who make their algal oil in the dark—have produced a jet fuel that passes the ASTM's standards for "aviation turbine fuel," otherwise known as jet fuel. This makes it the first such bio-kerosene from algae, being earnestly sought by the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) and Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (better known as DARPA) as well as the U.S. Air Force.
In addition to not freezing at high altitude as biofuels are prone to do, the testing by the Southwest Research Institute shows that it has the same flashpoint, viscosity and stability as regular Jet A. Most importantly, it has the same density—a key characteristic that other alternative fuels, such as those derived from natural gas or coal, lack.
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OriginOil CEO Riggs Eckelberry To Address Algae World '08 in Singapore in Nov 2008
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OriginOil, Inc., a leading player in the algae to oil domain, announced that Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginOil, will be a featured speaker on November 17 at the Algae World '08 conference in Singapore. He will discuss the company's initiative to standardize algae production.
Organized by the Centre for Management Technology, which specializes in international petrochemical conferences focused on renewable energy sources, Algae World will examine the cost-efficient commercialization of algae biofuels, as well as the latest advances in cultivation, harvesting and processing. The conference will be held at the Swissotel Merchant Court Singapore.
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OriginOil, Inc., a leading player in the algae to oil domain, announced that Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginOil, will be a featured speaker on November 17 at the Algae World '08 conference in Singapore. He will discuss the company's initiative to standardize algae production.
Organized by the Centre for Management Technology, which specializes in international petrochemical conferences focused on renewable energy sources, Algae World will examine the cost-efficient commercialization of algae biofuels, as well as the latest advances in cultivation, harvesting and processing. The conference will be held at the Swissotel Merchant Court Singapore.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Algae Biofuel Summit 2008 - Sep 17-19, New Delhi, India
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Hailing from India, it was exciting for me know about the algae biofuel summit to be held in New Delhi next week. I had a brief interaction with the co-ordinator and came to know that over 300 delegates will be attending the summit which will cover a wide range of topics pertaining to algae fuels.
This is a useful conference happening in Asia, I'd urge you to check out more details at the summit web site Algae Biofuels Summit
Summary
Summit Theme: Emission to Growdiesel
Sub-theme: Algae Farming for carbon-sequestration, energy independence & sustainable development
Dates: 17 - 19 Sep, 2008
City: New Delhi, India
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Hailing from India, it was exciting for me know about the algae biofuel summit to be held in New Delhi next week. I had a brief interaction with the co-ordinator and came to know that over 300 delegates will be attending the summit which will cover a wide range of topics pertaining to algae fuels.
This is a useful conference happening in Asia, I'd urge you to check out more details at the summit web site Algae Biofuels Summit
Summary
Summit Theme: Emission to Growdiesel
Sub-theme: Algae Farming for carbon-sequestration, energy independence & sustainable development
Dates: 17 - 19 Sep, 2008
City: New Delhi, India
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