PACE Tests OriginOil Recovery Process
OriginOil, Inc.’s announcement last week that its algae harvesting technology has found a new, and potentially major, application in the oil and gas world – recovering hydrocarbons from oil well ‘frac flowback’ water…
Sapphire CEO Clarifies Departure
Amid the speculation of why Jason Pyle left Sapphire Energy, seemingly just before their major launch into pre-commercial operations, Bruce Bigelow’s interview with the former CEO in Xconomy explains why…
Algae to Fish Feed Pilot Project in Iowa
Dave Dreeszen writes in the Sioux City (Iowa) Journal about a local pilot project that focuses on turning manure and other nutrient-rich waste into algae to feed fish and power engines, aiming to diversify…
Aquaflow Signs Deal with CRI Catalyst
Auckland, NZ-based algal biomass-to-fuels company Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation has announced that it has struck a technology cooperation agreement with advanced catalysts specialists CRI Catalyst…
Jason Pyle to Leave Sapphire Energy Operations
Sapphire Energy, Inc., has announced that Dr. Jason Pyle will step down as chief executive officer effective immediately. He will remain a member of the Sapphire Energy board of directors. Dr. Pyle, a respected…
OriginOil Technology May Aid Oil and Gas Industry
OriginOil, Inc. has announced that their Algae Appliance, developed for algae harvesting, may also help clean up the water produced in oil well water flooding and hydraulic fracturing. Using a lab prototype of their…
Algenol Back on Track for Florida Expansion
After an uncertain month, as the state of Florida began deciding how to regulate and environmentally oversee their nascent algae agricultural industry, the focus of all the attention – Fort Meyers-based Algenol…
DOE Reaches Out to Bioenergy Students
The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled Educational Opportunities in Bioenergy on Monday, April 23, from 2:00–3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. During the webinar, experts from DOE’s National…
Senate Leader Visits Alltech Algae
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell visited Alltech Algae in Winchester, Ky. on April 12. The $200 million facility, opened in March 2011, is actively pursuing algae’s applications as a fishmeal…
NASA Invites Media to Tour OMEGA System
Reporters are being invited to attend a one-hour guided tour of NASA’s Offshore Membrane Enclosure for Growing Algae (OMEGA) system from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. PDT, Tuesday, April 17, 2012…
New Algal Research Journal to Launch
A new scientific journal for the algal industry, Algal Research, is being launched in May, 2012, by Elsevier, an international provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services…
Algae2BioFuel Venture Developing in California
Regus Advisors Inc., a private global investment banking firm, has completed an agreement to provide its professional advisory services to Algae International Group Inc. (AIGI) for the development of their first…
FIT Launches Scholarship Program
Yarmouth, Maine-based laboratory instrumentation manufacturer Fluid Imaging Technologies has launched a scholarship program offering students up to $1,000.00 per year for up to four consecutive years…
OriginOil Appoints Steve Glovsky to Board
OriginOil, Inc. has announced the appointment of technology, finance, and media strategist, Steve Glovsky to its board of directors. With this appointment, the Company increased its board seats from three to…
Algae Biotech Company Wins UW Entrepreneur Competition
Mark Wilcox reports in the Wyoming Business Report that a doctoral candidate at the University of Wyoming led his team to first place in the John P. Ellbogen $30K Entrepreneurship Competition at the University of…
NAA Changes Workshop Date to May 8
The National Algae Association (NAA) Commercial Algae Production Technologies and Networking Workshop has been changed to May 8, rather than May 1, as announced earlier. The workshop is still being…
VBI Assembles Draft Genome of Nannochloropsis Gaditana
Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA, have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists in a project that aims to discover the best…
DOE Announces Up to $15M for Biomass-Based Fuel Supplements
The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $15 million available to demonstrate biomass-based oil supplements that can be blended with petroleum, helping the United States to reduce foreign oil use…
Arizona Passes Algaculture Bill
Arizona Governor Janice Brewer has signed HB 2225, a bill Rep. Matt Heinz, D-Tucson sponsored, which adds algaculture, the growth and harvest of algae, to the definition of agricultural state trust lands…
