Maersk and Navy Test Algae Fuel on Container Ship
Maersk Line’s 300-meter long Maersk Kalmar container vessel is sailing its normal route from Bremerhaven, Germany to Pipavav, India, delivering cargo to the usual ports along the way. However, during its…
AIM Interview: Heliae CEO Dan Simon—Page 2
How did your ethanol perspective play into the new strategy? When I left my previous company I had learned enough about the biofuel industry to base any decision for starting the next company on five…
AIM Interview: Heliae CEO Dan Simon
Nestled in the Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Gilbert—a quickly growing community aspiring to be a magnet for algae businesses—Heliae is beginning to emerge from the shroud of secrecy that has surrounded them…
AIM Interview: C.J. Warner and Tim Zenk—Page 2
What from your background in gas and oil applies directly to what’s going on right now at Sapphire? C.J.: Oh boy! I draw from it everyday—from project management and engineering construction…
AIM Interview: Sapphire Energy’s C.J. Warner and Tim Zenk
If it seems like there hasn’t been a lot of news lately coming from the algae industry’s largest algae-to-fuel gamble, Sapphire Energy, well, we’re happy to report that it’s not about trouble in paradise…
AIM Interview: Algaetech CEO, Syed Isa Syed Alwi
When Syed Alwi speaks about the algae industry, you get the feeling that he really has his finger on what’s going on globally. He gets around, and is a bit of a kingpin in the Asian algae world, orchestrating…
A.I.M. Interview: Cellana’s CEO Martin Sabarsky
Martin Sabarsky was promoted to President and CEO of Kona, Hawaii-based Cellana in April of 2011. He now has the challenging and, if all goes well, rewarding job of escorting Cellana…
A.I.M. Interview: OriginOil’s Paul Reep
A recent announcement from OriginOil that Paul Reep had been given the job of Senior Vice President of Technology seemed to have more going on behind it than the release suggested. While his impressive…
A.I.M. Interview: Solix BioSystems’ CEO Joel Butler
To those who have been following Fort Collins, Colorado-based Solix Biofuels, one of the major players in the short history of the algal biofuels industry, rumblings of change have been evident…
A.I.M. Interview: CEHMM’s Doug Lynn
Southeastern New Mexico’s Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management, better known as CEHMM, was established in May of 2004 as a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to reducing the impact…
A.I.M. Interview: Algenol’s CEO Paul Woods
“The conclusions from the Aquatic Species Program are not correct,” says Algenol CEO Paul Woods, taking issue with the 1980’s assessment that photobioreactors cannot be a cost effective means…
A.I.M. Interview: Ben Cloud, CEO, Phyco BioSciences
Ben Cloud had a radical idea. Coming from an agricultural background that included 17 years as president and CEO of Western Agri-Group—a diversified farming enterprise comprising 4500 acres…
A.I.M. Interview: Sapphire Energy’s CEO Dr. Jason Pyle
Dr. Jason Pyle, the high profile CEO at the even more high profile “green crude” developer, Sapphire Energy, holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Physiology, as well as an M.D., from Stanford University…
A.I.M. Interview: Gregory L. Bafalis, CEO, Aurora Algae
Since June of this year, Greg Bafalis has been CEO of Aurora Algae, formerly Aurora Biofuels, overseeing the Company’s strategy, operations, and high-level relationships…
A.I.M. Interview: Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell
Their films are kinder and gentler than, say, a Michael Moore-type assault on big beaurocracy’s shell games and bumbling ineptitude. Yet, biofueled filmmakers Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell…
A.I.M. Interview: Dr. Danny Kainer
Training a workforce for the algae production industry is going to be a Catch 22 type of situation. It will take a large community of workers with highly developed skills to build the quantity of algal product to fill the eventual pipelines….
A.I.M. Interview: CleanTECH San Diego’s Lisa Bicker
For a local market with over 30 companies, 400+ direct jobs, $56 million in direct economic activity and $108 million in total economic activity annually being generated by algal development…
Pennsylvania Pursues Alternative Fuel JV
The Raytheon Co., Accelergy Corp. of Houston, TX, and A2BE Carbon Capture LLC/Algae at Work, of Boulder, CO have formed a joint venture to develop a technology to gasify algae mixed with coal and/or coal waste into a cleaner…
AIM Interview: Senator Tom Udall
New Mexico Senator Tom Udall has on his desk a couple of objects he likes to share with young student leaders who tour the Senate offices in Washington, D.C. He says to them, “I want to show you what your future is about,” and then hands them a little solar panel…
Leveling the Playing Field for Algae
As an oilman, I’ve been talking about America’s energy future with folks for more than 30 years. And I’ve continued that conversation since I was sworn into Congress. But the more people I talked to about solutions for America’s energy future…
