Algae – times and needs have changed
The Department of Energy has spent $2.5 billion on algae research, but to date nothing has been commercialized. Why? Because their mission is to develop technologies. It’s not their problem…
Algae fertilizer in development by ODU and NP
Nutrients PLUS (NP), a company headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Old Dominion University (ODU), in Norfolk, Virginia, have applied for a patent on recent discoveries they’ve made related to the use…
National algae testbed kicks off at ASU
Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3) members from across the U.S. gathered at the Arizona State University Polytechnic campus April 15-18 for their national kickoff meetings…
Sandia targets algae pond monitoring, diagnostics
Because of the way algae is grown and produced in most algal ponds, they are prone to attack by fungi, rotifers, viruses or other predators. Consequently, algal pond collapse…
Finnish algae company looking to Brazil and Middle East
Ductor, a Finnish biotechnology company specializing in innovative algae technologies, is currently participating in an export promotions trip to Brazil. The business delegation is led by Jan Vapaavuori…
Gaining community support for biomass projects
Questions are increasingly raised concerning the various environmental, economic, and social issues that surround biomass production and use. But with continuous research and dedication to the…
Cornell research stresses that algae LCA is situation specific
FIS.com reports that a Cornell University team has used the Monte Carlo approach to quantify the role of uncertainty associated with process parameters in life cycle analysis (LCA) of algae-to-biofuel…
U.S. Steel Canada Testing Pond Biofuels Technology
Max Paris reports for CBC News that U.S. Steel Canada is partnering with Union Gas and Pond Biofuels to test an innovative system that pulls carbon dioxide directly out of its power station’s…
AIM Interview: Incitor’s Jacob Berman and Troy Lapsys
There is a new process that algae producers can use in the conversion stage to help increase their capacity and add to the bottom line, says Incitor’s VP of Business Development Jacob Berman…
Aurora Algae’s Matt Caspari On Growing Algae in Australia
Recently Aurora Algae announced the successful completion of requirements for a two million dollar (AUD) Low Emissions Energy Development (LEED) grant, which has been used to advance…
ASU to Lead National Algae Testbed
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected the Arizona State University led Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3) for a $15M award for its Advancements in Sustainable Algal Production opportunity…
Israel’s Univerve Working to Commercialize Algae
A new company from Tel Aviv, Israel, called Univerve is working to turn algae into a clean third-generation renewable fuel. Ohad Zuckerman, the CEO and co-founder of Univerve in 2009, is devising a systems…
Processing Brine with Spirulina at AlgaeArt
AlgaeArt is a startup firm in Israel dedicated to the culture of Spirulina. Its novelty lies in combining Spirulina production with the treatment and management of brines from inland desalination…
DoT Algal Fuel Test Results Show Potential
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the U.S. Department of Transportation has released its analysis of a test conducted with algae-based biofuel on one of its large commercial-size vessels. This research…
Texas AgriLife Feeding Algae to Steers
A Texas AgriLife Research scientist, Dr. Tryon Wickersham, and graduate student, Merritt Drewery, have been conducting feeding trials of algae leftover products (after oil extraction, in powdered form)…
Alganomics Upgrades Power Sources with Solar and Wind
Alganomics, LLC, the Southport, North Carolina-based producer of algae for biomass, has installed a photovoltaic solar system to offset energy used during the process of culturing algae for biofuel…
AIM Interview: Susan Kunz, BioVantage CEO
Susan M. Kunz, President and Chief Executive Officer of BioVantage, describes herself in part as a “startup addict,” this being her fourth company built from the ground up…
NAA Assesses Progress and Goals for 2012
Many thanks to Harvel, Georg Fischer, Visipak, Yokogawa, YSL, Creative Lightings, Bailiff Enterprises and TSL Ventures for their generous donations of equipment for testing and benchmarking purposes…
AIM interview: Fluid Imaging Technologies’ CEO Kent Peterson
Kent Peterson, founder and CEO of Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc., has, for the past ten years, watched the algae industry develop through a microscope. His Yarmouth, Maine-based firm builds and markets…
