Further success on algae biofuel
MARLBOROUGH, NZ - Two further major breakthroughs have been achieved by Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, which has been working on world-leading technology to convert wild algae to b...

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...

PetroSun Algae Farm to Begin Operation Next Month
AUSTRALIA - The nation’s first commercial-scale, open-pond algae farm to produce oil as a biodiesel feedstock will begin operating near South Padre Island, Texas, on April 1.

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...

Biotechnology Can Tap Potential Hidden By Energy Crisis
UK - Fibre is the future and fungus holds the key. That's the opinion of Dr Pearse Lyons, President of Biotechnology business, Alltech.

Centia™ Biofuels Process Produces Bio-gasoline Similar to Traditional Unleaded Gasoline
ARIZONA - Diversified Energy Corporation announced today that the Centia™ process, during a recent demonstration, produced a bio-gasoline fuel very similar to traditional unleaded...

A promising oil alternative: Algae energy
US - With petroleum reserves dwindling, the search is on to replace gasoline with a cleaner, greener alternative. Though much eco-talk has centered on ethanol from corn and biodiesel...

Microscopic alternative to biofuels
UK - Oil from algae, the microscopic plants that produce a green covering on the surfaces of ponds and neglected outdoor swimming pools, may soon be filling diesel pumps.

Govt to fund Murray oil feedstock project
AUSTRALIA - A project aimed at producing oil feedstock from saline River Murray water has attracted funding from the South Australian Government under the Premier's Science Research...

Algae the future for fuel?
IRELAND - Now they believe they can make your 4x4 and tractor go on seaweed, writes Eddie Cunningham

Shell seeks to make diesel fuel from algae
HAWAII - Royal Dutch Shell plc and HR Biopetroleum have announced they are to construct of a pilot facility in Hawaii to grow marine algae and produce vegetable oil for conversion into...