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Forget biodiesel, algae could produce hydrogen

Nov 18th 2009 11:02AM - 26 Comments

Gephyrocapsa oceanica - Wikimedia Commons In recent years, algae has gotten a fair bit of attention for its potential use as a feedstock for producing biodiesel. While the net carbon output of algae sourced liquid fuels could be a huge boon to ...

Algae Commercialization Forum starts tomorrow in Texas

Oct 22nd 2008 6:38PM - 2 Comments

Algae and second-generation biofuels hold a lot of promise to getting the U.S. off of petroleum-based fuels. This certainly isn't a secret to anyone - if you need some background, you can check out our coverage of the Jan Kreider's talk at the recent ...

Algae based biofuel company expanding

Dec 17th 2006 5:55PM - 0 Comments

PetroSun, a Phoenix, Arizona based company, has announced that it has filed the paperwork to become a fully reporting company. The company expects its stock to be sold in the first quarter of 2007. The company is expecting to branch out further into ...

Using micro algae for jet fuel

Jan 3rd 2007 11:49AM - 0 Comments

Ethanol and biodiesel both have great characteristics for vehicle transport, but what do you use if you want a renewable jet fuel? Biodiesel does not have the extremely low temperature performance for high altitude flight and ethanol is not dense ...

Dow and Algenol producing ethanol from algae and saltwater

Jun 30th 2009 5:44PM - 13 Comments

When the subject of algae comes up in relation to biofuels, it's usually concerning biodiesel. That's because algae are very high in oil content. However, one of the main reasons for interest in algae is that it grows fast and consumes a significant ...

Matching the right algae to right factory exhaust

Aug 31st 2006 11:09AM - 1 Comment

AlgaTech Technologies, with partner GreenFuel Technologies Corp., are looking at algae as another producer of biofuel. While the idea is not new, the two companies are also focusing on one of algae's growth factors: carbon dioxide. Algae, as simple ...

First stage of Nevada algae biodiesel completed successfully

Jan 28th 2009 11:09AM - 21 Comments

One of the most promising biofuel feedstocks in recent years has been algae. Algae is high in oil content, potentially providing much higher yields of fuel than any other current crop - as much as 100 times more than soy, for example. Researchers at ...

Another effort to use algae as source for alternative fuel

Oct 14th 2006 9:37AM - 1 Comment

Algae is growing in Arizona and being used to absorb carbon dioxide at an electrical generating plant. If the future holds true to the plant's potential, then algae could be converted to fuel and replace up to one-third of the natural gas needed to ...

Boeing likes algae as a source for new biofuels

Apr 27th 2007 9:46AM - 8 Comments

Following up on the announcement from Virgin Fuels earlier in the week of their intention to work with Boeing to demonstrate biofuel in a 747-400. Now comes further information that Boeing considers algae as the best prospect as a source for ...

Shell Oil to grow biofuels from marine algae

Dec 12th 2007 5:24PM - 13 Comments

Shell Oil formed a joint venture with HR Biopetroleum called Cellana and they plan to produce biofuels from marine algae. Shell, which owns a majority stake in the venture, will start production of a demonstration facility on the Kona coast of ...

Pilot commercial algae to biofuel plant announced in Israel

Jun 19th 2008 5:53PM - 10 Comments

Inventure Chemical and Seambiotic have announced a joint venture to create a pilot commercial plant which will use algae to produce an array of chemicals and biofuels. The plant uses CO2 as feedstock for the algae. Inventure Chemicals comes into the ...

Solazyme succeeds at creating jet fuel from algae

Sep 11th 2008 10:17AM - 2 Comments

Bio-powered flight is not the exclusive dream of San Francisco startup Solazyme. There have bee recent bio-flight advancements from Virgin Airlines, which flew from London to Amsterdam using biofuel in February, and the BioJet I. But Solazyme ...

What's greener than a Prius? The Algaeus, a Prius with algae fuel in the tank

Sep 6th 2009 6:40PM - 5 Comments

Remember Sapphire Energy, the company that uses algae to generate renewable gasoline? They's partnered up with "Fuel" director Josh Tickell for a 10-day, cross-country tour from San Francisco to New York City using a Prius that will burn some ...

Allied Minds and UW partner up in algae biofuel company AXI

Aug 13th 2008 2:58PM - 3 Comments

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a "novel technology" that uses "commercially advantageous" strains of algae to make biofuels. While work on algae and biofuels is taking place around the world, UW might be on to something ...

Solazyme will drive algae biodiesel-fueled car at Sundance

Jan 23rd 2008 4:27PM - 4 Comments

At the Sundance film festival this week, Solazyme is promoting its scalable process that makes biodiesel from algae by driving a car through the busy streets of Park City, Utah. The Mercedes is fueled by Soladiesel, the Solazyme biodiesel that is ...

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