Cellana appoints Michael J. Kamdar as President
San Diego, CA and Kailua-Kona, HI-based Cellana, Inc., has announced the appointment of Michael J. Kamdar as president of Cellana. Kamdar will be primarily responsible for commercialization…
PNNL study shows 25 billion gallon algae fuel potential in U.S.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), in Richland, WA has just released a new analysis that shows land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion…
Sapphire hires Dr. Matthew Croughan as new CTO
Sapphire Energy, Inc. has announced that Dr. Matthew Croughan will join the company as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Croughan is a world renowned engineer and researcher in industrial bioprocessing…
SGI’s signs new algae research agreement with ExxonMobil
Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), a privately held company dedicated to developing genomic-driven solutions to address global challenges, has announced a new co-funded research agreement with ExxonMobil…
Heliae partners into health and beauty industry
Arizona-based algae technology company Heliae, and The Clarecastle Group, have announced entering into a strategic partnership to bring novel algae-based products to the health and beauty industry…
BAL becomes a contract research organization
Bio Architecture Lab (BAL), a Berkeley, CA-based biotechnology company with a development focus in renewable chemicals and fuels, has announced that they will be leveraging BAL’s deep expertise…
Algenuity launches Algem labscale photobioreactor
Algenuity, a UK-based algal biotech company, is launching the Algem labscale photobioreactor for algae and cyanobacteria research in Europe and the Middle East. The photobioreactor uses advanced lighting…
OriginOil teams with CWT for water cleanup
OriginOil, Inc. has named Clean Water Technology (CWT) to manufacture commercial-scale equipment for its new performance-based water cleanup program…
NAABB announces program, speakers for 3rd conference
The consortium composing the National Alliance For Advanced Biofuels and Bio-Products has announced the final program for their 3rd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts…
Algae tax bill passed 50-0 by Iowa Senate
A bill that classifies real estate used for the production of algae as agricultural for property tax purposes was approved on a 50-0 vote by the Iowa Senate on Tuesday…
Solazyme Reports First Quarter 2013 Results
Solazyme, Inc. has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Total revenue for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 was $6.7 million compared with $13.6 million in the first quarter…
Garden State Adopts OriginOil Technology for Astaxanthin
OriginOil, Inc. and Garden State bioEnterprises, LLC (GS bioE), an emerging technology provider to the wholesale commercial algae production industry, have announced that GS bioE has adopted…
Solazyme and AkzoNobel cut deal for surfactants and coatings
Solazyme, Inc. and AkzoNobel, a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals, have entered into an agreement targeting the development of advanced tailored…
Health Enhancement Products partners with AzCATI and ATP3
Health Enhancement Products, Inc. (HEPI), a Michigan-based company that investigates and licenses high-value bioactive molecules derived from algae for the benefit of human and animal health…
Chile encouraging small-scale brown algae farming
A program intended to develop small-scale aquaculture of brown algae, or kelp, using hanging rope cultivation, is being launched in Chile’s Coquimbo region by the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific…
Japanese sewage plant extracting algal oil for fuel
The Japan News reports that in Miyagino Ward, Sendai, a project has started at a sewage treatment facility to extract a biofuel ingredient from wastewater using algae. This first of its kind project in Japan…
AACT extends algae pact with lumber company
Big Fork (Montana) Eagle reports that Algae Aqua-Culture Technology, of Whitefish, Montana, has signed a 10-year lease extension, as well as operating and supply agreements with F. H. Stoltze Land & Lumber…
ABO webinar on saltwater resources and commercial algae production
The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) will be hosting a webinar May 9, 2013 at 2pm ET on the impacts on water resources that may come with the expansion of the algae industry…
Florida legislation threatening Algenol’s expansion in state
Tim Engstrom reports in Gannett’s news-press.com that a bill to repeal Florida’s Renewable Fuel Standard passed in the current legislative session and sent to Gov. Rick Scott for signing is…
