A Look Back…a Look Forward
As we head into a new year it’s always interesting—and enlightening—to reflect on the events of the past year and what they mean for the algae industry. Let’s take a look back. Many of you will remember that 2011 began with a discouraging report that claimed…
Algae in San Diego
KPBS takes a look at some of the lab activity and scale-up work being done at UCSD, Sapphire Energy, and other leading algae research centers in San Diego…
Sapphire Announces Algal Chloroplast Genome Development
Sapphire Energy, Inc., has announced that Nucleic Acids Research Journal has published its white paper, “An Exogenous Chloroplast Genome for Complex Sequence Manipulation in Algae.” As the site of…
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…
More Highlights from ABS
Day two of the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit was highlighted by discussions about the technological advances that will be bringing innovative algae-based products and fuels into everyday life…
Sapphire Chosen as a Clean Tech “Game Changer of the Year”
Sapphire Energy, Inc. has been chosen as a 2011 “Game Changer of the Year” in Clean Technology. Award presenters Grow-California chose Sapphire for its impact on California’s green industry…
AIM Interview: UC San Diego’s Dr. Stephen Mayfield
Professor Stephen Mayfield is someone you should probably know about if you want to keep up with the key players in San Diego’s burgeoning renewable energies sector. Algae geneticist extraordinaire…
Touring Sapphire
KRWG News, along with city, county and business leaders in Las Cruces, NM, learn more about how local green innovators Sapphire Energy—and their pioneering work on algae biofuel production—can bring jobs…
USDA on Algae
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explains to a Sapphire Energy employee at a town hall meeting some of the reasons behind the recently announced agreement between the USDA, DOE and the Navy to increase their mutual support…
Sapphire Teams With Monsanto
In a move to set the stage for Sapphire Energy’s commercial scale development, as well as to facilitate their mass agriculture deployment, the San Diego-based “Green Crude” company has entered into…
Sapphire Makes WSJ “Next Big Thing” List
Algae-based fuel company Sapphire Energy has been chosen as one of the top 10 venture-backed clean tech companies by the Wall Street Journal. Unveiling its second annual “Next Big Thing,” the Wall Street…
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…
Sapphire Adds Dr. Xun Wang
Sapphire Energy has announced it has expanded its executive roster with the addition of Dr. Xun Wang. In the newly created position of Vice President of Research and Development, Dr. Wang will be responsible…
Fluid Imaging Gearing up in Algal Biofuels Market
Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc., of Yarmouth, Maine, has announced recent sales of its FlowCAM® imaging particle analysis system to ExxonMobil, Synthetic Genomics, Inc., Sapphire Energy…
Sapphire Energy
Sapphire is leading the new industrial category of Green Crude production, profoundly altering the petrochemical landscape for the better…
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: Algae Genetic Engineer Dr. Stephen Mayfield Part 2
We continue with the conclusion of our interview with Dr. Stephen Mayfield…Do you have a concern about genetic engineering? Is there a dark side that you think has a valid risk…
A.I.M. Interview: Algae Genetic Engineer Dr. Stephen Mayfield
If moving genes around on a chromosome is your idea of a good time, meet Dr. Stephen Mayfield, Director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology. A PhD geneticist from UC Berkeley…
Green Crude
Las Cruces is a hot bed of algae activity. As KRWG’s Jared Andersen reports, employees at the Sapphire Energy research facility work 7 days a week in an attempt to create, “green crude”…
