Astaxanthin Drives Cyanotech to Record Profits
Kailua Kona, Hawaii-based Cyanotech Corporation, a world leader in microalgae-based, high-value nutrition and health products, has announced that for fiscal year 2012 compared to fiscal year 2011…
UW Professor Wins $750K to Develop Algal Butanol
Jennifer Reed, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, has received a five-year, $750,000 “Early-career” award from the U.S. Department of Energy…
AIM Interview: DAO Energy’s David Dubyne
In 2008 David DuByne helped start and run an algae biodiesel company, Dao Energy, LLC, in Chengdu city of Sichuan Province, in western China. Their concept was to use low cost labor…
Sapphire Announces $144 Million Series C Funding
Sapphire Energy has announced it has secured the final tranche of a $144 million Series C investment funding. The Series C backers include Arrowpoint Partners, Monsanto, and other undisclosed investors…
New $35M DOE/USDA Funding Announced for Biomass R&D
As President Obama went to Ohio State University on March 22 to discuss the Administration’s all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for American energy, the White House simultaneously announced up to $35 million…
Algae.Tec Begins Trading ADRs on the OTCQX
Algae to biofuels technology company Algae.Tec Ltd. has announced its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) is now trading on the highest tier of the OTC market, OTCQX®…
Solazyme Reports 4th Quarter and FY2011 Results
Solazyme, Inc. has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and recent key corporate highlights. Total revenue for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011…
Sweden’s Simris Alg and the Dark Horse Factor
Dr. Fredrika Gullfot, a biotechnologist and great fan of bio-based and sustainable technologies, had been following the algae field for about five years, and was very excited about its development globally…
GPRE Outlines Algae Plans on Q1 Call
Executives of Green Plains Renewable Energy, the vertically-integrated ethanol producer based in Omaha, Nebraska, discussed first quarter 2011 financial results and current developments on their recent earnings conference call…
Aurora Algae Advances to Commercial Scale
Aurora Algae is making the transition from an R&D-based algal startup to a commercial operation with a diversified line of products now available for sale. Exploiting the nature of…
Algae Producer Martek to be Acquired by DSM
Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, and Martek Biosciences Corporation have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which DSM…
Thawer Ashcroft Crowne Alliance with Algepower
Thawer Ashcroft Crowne & Co. recently announced a financial backing agreement with Algepower, Inc. in the form of offering investment collateral to the backend structure of Algepower’s business plan…
Are Algae Genes Nature or Patentable?
The U.S. Justice Department filed a friend of the court brief on October 29th challenging patents held by Myriad Genetics and the University of Utah Research Foundation on two genes…
Techno-Economic Modeling: An Invaluable Tool for Invention and Investment
Techno-economic modeling is that well-established process, which when developed in concert with technology, ensures that market-driven prices can…
Consumers Becoming Savvy About Algae Oil
The flood of scientific evidence on omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid/docosahexaenoic acid (EPA/DHA) has significantly buoyed the credibility of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) as vital…
DOE Announces $24 Million for Algal Biofuels Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the investment of up to $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialization of algae-based biofuels. The selections will support the…
DOE Announces Three New Funding Opportunities
The Department of Energy has announced three new programs to provide financial assistance for developers of biofuels and clean energy solutions. 1. $11 Million for Biofuels Technology Development. This program…
Understanding the USDA, Part 2
Since growing up on a South Dakota dairy farm, Dallas Tonsager has accumulated over 35 years of agricultural, business, cooperative and financial experience through his work as a farmer, businessman, and community, state and national leader. In May of 2009…
USDA Invests in Sustainable Energy
Chris Cassidy’s responsibility is to represent funding offerings through USDA Rural Development programs such as the Farm Bill, Rural Energy for America, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as well as other government-sponsored renewable…
