Aurora Develops New Techniques for Genetic Optimization of Algae
Aurora Algae is using a novel technique for genetic optimization to create advanced-trait algae strains for product development in the pharmaceutical, nutrition, renewable energy and animal feed markets…
MSU Researchers Develop E-photobioreactor
Plant scientists at Michigan State have become assembly line workers for the production of what they call ePBR’s—laboratory-based algae photobioreactors that mimic the outdoor environment…
Algae Saltlick Developed in Netherlands
Since September of 2010 algae have been on the list of permitted animal feed resources of the European Union. On July 15, 2011, Kelstein, the first algae farm in Friesland, Netherlands, received the formal…
A.I.M. Interview: Dr. Keith Cooksey
Although veteran research scientist at Montana State University, Dr. Keith Cooksey, describes himself modestly as a biochemist that works with microorganisms, his algal biofuel-driven discoveries from the ’80s and ’90s are still considered…
ASU Algae Researchers Link Cell Wall Degradation to CO2
A research team from the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has developed a process that reprograms photosynthetic microbes to secrete lipids, making byproduct recovery and conversion to biofuels…
A.I.M. Interview: Cal Poly’s Dr. Tryg Lundquist
As an environmental engineering professor at California Polytechnic State University, in San Luis Obispo, CA, Dr. Tryg Lundquist researches how wastewater can make algae biofuel and how algae biofuel…
A.I.M. Interview: Eldorado Biofuels’ Paul Laur
The National Alliance for Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) consortium, the 33-member collaboration of government research laboratories, university labs and private industry, recently announced achieving…
CCA Developing Powdered Algae as Jet Fuel
Recent press about the seemingly novel concept of powdered algae as a jet engine fuel has raised eyebrows in the airline industry, and among competing algae processing technologies…
Robert Vitale Reinvents the Paddlewheel
Reinventing the wheel is usually frowned upon, but in the case of the Waterwheel Factory’s development of high-tech paddlewheels for open pond raceways, it is paying off nicely in terms of better efficiencies for…
New Development in the Algae Field could lead to the ‘Holy Grail’ of Hydrogen Production
Hydrogen is often hailed as the ultimate alternative fuel but many problems from high production costs to inefficient storage methods need to be resolved first…
AIM Interview: Solazyme’s Harrison Dillon
Seven years ago two former college roommates set up shop in a Palo Alto garage, with the mission of becoming the first company to develop commercial algae-based fuel. They built their business…
AIM Interview: SRS’s Tom Czartoski
Extracting oil from algae is where the rubber meets the road in the algae production process. In this early stage of the industry, no standard process has yet been recognized as the universally accepted approach, and even such a major differential as wet…
Algae Collaboration Developing Therapeutic Proteins
Scientists from Sapphire Energy, UCSD, Scripps, and Protelica, have demonstrated the feasibility of using algae to produce commercial levels of human therapeutic proteins that are currently being…
AIM Interview: Algaeventure System’s Ross Youngs
On March 10, 2009, Algaeventure Systems, Inc. (AVS) announced a technological breakthrough for one of algae’s major road blocks, getting algae out of solution — harvest and dewatering. In the recently…
Charles Bensinger: Training the Trainers
Ramping up a new industry faces a daunting educational challenge. Where does the trained labor force come from? What is the curricula that prepares the leaders and trainers for something as…
OriginOil Extraction Process Reaches 97% Efficiency
In a long-running collaboration with an advanced research lab at California State University, Long Beach, OriginOil has optimized its Single Step Extraction process to reach the highest industry level for…
Solix Biofuels and Los Alamos National Laboratory Extract Algal Oil with Sound
Solix Biofuels, Inc., of Fort Collins, CO, an alternative energy technology company for the large-scale commercialization of microalgae-based fuels and…
