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50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: Special Voter’s Report on Algae – company updates

PetroAlgae is making fuel and proteins out of lemna (duckweed) in Fellsmere, and is nearing completion of a vertically integrated, scaleable, licensable 5-6,000 gallon per acre microcrop production system. A first master licensee has been announced for China, Taiwan and part of Japan. More on petroalgae at biofuelsdigest.com.
Sapphire Energy said the pace of algae commercialization [...]

50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: Special Voter’s Report on Algae

Algae, algae, algae.
Open up an industry magazine or a website, and there doesn’t seem to be an end to the hope, the hype, and the coverage.
What’s the big deal?
The background
Microalgae is a fast-growing organism that is highly efficient in converting sunlight, CO2 and micronutrients found in water into simple sugars. So efficient, that it stores [...]

Biofuels Digest job portal: POET, Synthetic Genomics, the Donald Danforth Plant Center, Phycal, Valero, Areva, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sriya Innovation, Sirona Fuel and KL Energy hiring

The Biofuels Digest job portal is current featuring positions with: POET, Synthetic Genomics, the Donald Danforth Plant Center, Phycal, Valero, Areva, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sriya Innovation, Sirona Fuel and KL Energy, among others – openings in SD, MN, WA, CT, CA, NY, GA, KS, CO, PA, NE, IA, TX, OK and WI among other US [...]

Synthetic Genomics: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile

Synthetic Genomics
Based in: California
2008-09 rank: 19

Business: Synthetic biology and algal fuel developer.
Model: R&D partner
Past milestones:
ExxonMobil, the last of the oil majors to commit to a major investment in biofuels, announced that its Research and Engineering unit will invest $300 million into in-house algae research, and up to an additional $300 million in La [...]

Indian Oil becomes fifth oil major, first NOC, to join algal fuels race; signs with PetroAlgae

In India, Indian Oil Company became the fifth oil major and first national oil company (NOC) to decisively enter the algal fuel race, signing a MOU to enter into an agreement with PetroAlgae to license micro-crop technology for the large-scale production of renewable fuels.
The announcement is also the first between an oil major and an [...]

Biofuels Heaven or Hell: Hot technologies, deep-pocketed investors and stable feedstock outlook brings promise after tough times

Generally recognized “hot technologies”, deep-pocketed investors, and a plentiful supply of raw material at stable prices: a recipe for growth in almost any industrial sector, but something felt to be elusive in the biofuels sector — with a general feeling that solar and battery technologies had received more attention, investors were hard to find and [...]

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “We are now in a world 100% dependent on scientific innovation.”

J Craig Venter, CEO of Synthetic Genomics: “We are now in a world 100% dependent on scientific innovation. Innovation is the key driver for success, especially in challenging economic times. In my area of genomic science innovation comes from pondering the greatest societal issues and seeking new ways to apply this science to help solve [...]

San Diego, CARB officials kick off 2009 Algal Biomass Summit

In California, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and CleanTECH San Diego CEO Lisa Bicker participated in the kick-off of the Algae Biomass Summit 2009 yesterday afternoon.
According to CleanTECH, since the 2007 launch of the mayor’s Cleantech Initiative including Sapphire Energy, General Atomics, SAIC, Biolight Harvesting [...]

“Benjamins for Biofuels”: Part I: Who’s getting money now, and how

Today, Biofuels Digest debuts the first article in a series on where the industry is obtaining financing this year — one year after the seizure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, triggered the global financial meltdown.
In part I of the series, we will look at creative financing sources being [...]

LA Times profiles San Diego algae bloom – $16 million in new payroll from algae-related jobs

In California, the LA Times published an extensive feature on the explosion of algal fuel research in San Diego, concluding that “the firms and organizations conducting algae research employ nearly 300 people with more than $16 million in payroll and bring $33 million annually into the local economy.”
San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders added “It’s a [...]