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Algae Latest News
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Biodiesel Plant Opened in Argentina ARGENTINA - Oil Fox has opened the first algae biodiesel plant north east of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Green Star Cancels Auction US - Green Star Products is in the final stages of negotiations to build the world's largest algae bioreactor.
Monday, August 23, 2010
New Chlorophyll Could be Source of Biofuel AUSTRALIA - Scientists have found a new type of chlorophyll that could lead to new sources of bioenergy.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thailand Aiming to Become Aviation Hub THAILAND - Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency Department, a government unit of Thailand established to develop policies and deliberate on various energy projects, has declared that...
Friday, August 13, 2010
Production of Biodiesel Feasible Within 15 Years NETHERLANDS - Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Ghana Widening Scope for Biofuel Production GHANA - Ghana has been keen in looking at cultivating the non-food crop Jatropha to produce biofuel. A number of foreign companies have acquired very large tracts of land and are growing Jatropha...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
OriginOil Announces Revenue from First Customer US - OriginOil, recently notified MBD Energy Limited that it is ready to ship a Quantum Fracturing System, the first unit in a multi-phase commercialisation programme.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Bio Aviation Fuel to Take Off in Queensland AUSTRALIA - Queensland Minister for Primary Industries Tim Mulherin has invited the aviation industry to contribute to the State Government’s vision of a new biofuels industry in Queensland.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
ExxonMobil-Synthetic Genomics Test Algae Biofuels US - ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics have opened a greenhouse facility for the next level of research and testing in their algae biofuels programme.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Nova Scotia Unveils Major Biofuel Research Project CANADA - Canadians could soon see renewable fuels produced on a large scale from algae grown in Nova Scotia.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
New Chief Technology Officer for OriginOil US - Algae to biodiesel company, OriginOil, has appointed Dr Brian Goodall as the company’s Chief Technology Officer.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
DOE: $24 Million for Algal Biofuels Research US - The US Department of Energy announced on 28 June the investment of up to $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialisation of algae-based biofuels.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Ethanol Producing Alga Units to Save Local Forests KENYA - A firm is set to start building algae growing units to come up with raw materials for production of ethanol as clean fuel in the country.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Award for OriginOil US - OriginOil has been selected as a winner of the Biofuels Digest "2010 Transformative Technology 30” awards.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Algae Biofuel Pilot Plant for Rhode Island US - Rhode Island company Tomorrow BioFuels LLC plans to open a pilot biofuel production plant in Cranston.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Microbe Power for Green Hydrogen Fuel US - Scientists at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have been hard at work harnessing the power of microbes as an attractive source of clean energy.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Boeing and Chinese Officials in Biofuel Initiatives CHINA - Boeing and PetroChina, together with representatives of the Chinese energy sector and the global aviation industry, are to look at setting up a sustainable aviation biofuels industry...
Monday, May 10, 2010
Kiwi Clean Tech Company in Demand BLENHEIM, NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation announced today that it will collaborate, as a co-funding partner, with the United States Gas Technology Institute (GTI)...
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Breakthrough in Layered-Growth Invention US – OriginOil has announced a breakthrough direct-solar growth design that uses growth layers to harness the sun’s energy more effectively than existing pond systems, while greatly reducing...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Pressure-Cooking Algae Into a Better Biofuel US - Heating and squishing microalgae in a pressure-cooker can fast-forward the crude-oil-making process from millennia to minutes.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Algae to Capture Gases from Cement Plant CANADA - Canadian company Pond Biofuels is using the gases emitted from a cement works to cultivate algae and capture CO2.
Monday, April 12, 2010
ARIES Biodiesel System for Naval Base US - The first ARIES biodiesel production system has been delivered to Naval Base Ventura County.
Friday, April 09, 2010
Biofuels Researcher Wins Eisenhower Fellowship AUSTRALIA - A University of Queensland researcher has met with US political and business leaders to fast-track biofuel development after winning a top international fellowship.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Southampton Joins Global Algae Biofuels Race UK - Researchers from the University of Southampton have been selected by the Carbon Trust to join a 'UK dream team' of top scientists to find world-beating formula for algae biofuel.
Measuring Pollutant Formation from Algae Biofuels US - Some Colorado State University engineers are stepping back from the scramble to find renewable alternatives to oil and asking a pivotal question: Is algae as a biodiesel truly more environmental...

