K-State Researchers Use Ocean's Algae for Fuel
MANHATTAN - Research by two Kansas State University scientists could help with the large-scale cultivation and manufacturing of oil-rich algae in oceans for biofuel.

Algae Could Become Source of Biodiesel
PHOENIX - Fast growing algae could become a crop to rival soybeans and corn in the bioenergy race.

Students Work to Produce Algae-Based Biodiesel
US - Brunswick Community College students are being encouraged to think outside the box by coming up with an alternative fuel - algae-based biodiesel.

Algae Breakthrough Announced
US - Green Star Products, Inc. announced that a major breakthrough has been achieved which substantially increases the algae growth rate of certain strains of microalgae.

Renewable Energy Group Markets Biodiesel
US - According to the Farm&Ranch Guide, an Ames, Iowa, company is leading the biodiesel industry by marketing more biodiesel than anyone else in the United States.

Greenfuel Funds $13.9M for Algae Farming
US - GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a privately held company developing algae farm technologies for recycling CO₂ emissions, has closed a $13.9M venture capital round...

Biodiesel Plants Idle Due to High Soy Prices
MINNESOTA - Richard Stadheim, a fourth-generation farmer, grows crops on about 3,200 acres in Albert Lea, Minnesota, writes Jonathan Starkey.

Is Algae the Answer to Energy Woes?
US - GreenFuel Technologies is betting that algae will save the planet - and make the company filthy rich, writes David Stipp.

The Hawkeye State's First Algae-Biodiesel Plant
IOWA - While it's no surprise that the Hawkeye State is known for the copious amount of corn and soybeans being converted to ethanol and biodiesel, Iowa is now considering also being...

Algae Farm Predicted to Produce 4.4 Million Gallons of Experimental Jet Fuel
ARIZONA - Dave Demerjian writes that an Arizona energy company is betting big on algae. PetroSun Biofuels has opened a commercial algae-to-biofuels farm on the Texas Gulf Coast near...

Farming Algae for Fast-Growing Fuel Source
TEXAS - A Texas plant scientist and entrepreneur thinks the microscopic algae plant, aka pond scum, could be the next big thing in the energy sector.

Algae - a Major Source of Hydrogen Fuel
US - According to scientific researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DoE) Argonne National Laboratory, algae has the potential to be a "major hydrogen fuel source" in the fut...

Algae farms could thrive on CCS
CHICAGO - Concerns about the potential for leakage of pressurised carbon dioxide (CO₂) from proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities could be addressed by using...

Researchers look to turn algae into ethanol
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - The same group of Western Michigan University researchers working to transform grease recovered from restaurants into biodiesel for city buses now plans to research...

Innovation Series: Biofuels
US - My previous innovation piece examined solar power - a technology that's easy to love. Biofuels are a much more divisive subject, raising environmental, political, and other...