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Alganomics receives grant from North Caroina Green Business Fund for wastewater biofuels project
In North Carolina, Biofuels Digest contributor Jim Brumm published a report in Star News Online regarding a grant issued by the North Carolina Green Business Fund to Alganomics, to support its efforts to commercialize algae bioproducts.
The company, which received $59,000, also received a Green Business Fund grant last year and also has received support from [...]
Algal Biomass Organization identifies four key Congressional bills
In Washington, the Algal Biomass Organization conducted a policy briefing based on surveys of more than 400 algae industry leaders, scientists, entrepreneurs and end users. The trade group identified the following key pieces of legislation for support, including:
1. Renewable Fuels Promotion Act of 2009 (S. 1250). Sponsored by Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), this bill would [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Algae commercially grown in the ocean on specialized platforms could reduce the high costs.”
Manning Feraci, NBB’s Vice President of Federal Affairs: “The biodiesel tax incentive is working. Since its enactment in 2004, U.S. biodiesel production has reached commercial scale, and the nation has realized the job creation, environmental and energy security benefits that come with the expanded production and use of biodiesel. Biodiesel use is consistent with a [...]
Algenol, Linde Group partner to optimize CO2, oxygen in algal fuel production
In Florida, Algenol Biofuels and the international gases and engineering giant The Linde Group have inked a joint development project to develop cost-efficient technologies that capture, store, transport and supply CO2 for Algenol’s proprietary process for the production of third-generation (3G) biofuels out of carbon dioxide, salt water and algae, as well as remove oxygen [...]
International Algae Congress, themed “Performance and potential of phototrophic aquaculture,” looks at microcrops upstream and downstream
In Germany, the International Algae Congress, themed “Performance and potential of phototrophic aquaculture,” will take place December 1-2 at the Hotel Hafen in Hamburg, Germany. Session topics include: Microcrops – biomass & biofuel; Production & productivity; Processing & down streaming – separation, drying, extraction, high value & by products; Material balances, and Integrated systems.
Registration details [...]
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 [...]
Aurora Biofuels: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile
50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: Aurora Biofuels www.aurorabiofuels.com
Based in: California
2008-09 Ranking: #30
Business: Aurora burst onto the scene in June 2008 with the announcement that it had raised $20 million in series A financing from Oak Investment Partners, Noventi and Gabriel Venture Partners. Gabriel and Noventi had participated in a seed stage round. Aurora plans to [...]
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 [...]
MBD Energy to open expanded algal R&D facility in Australia
In Australia, BusinessGreen is reporting that MBD Energy will re-open an expanded 1.25 acre algal biofuels R&D facility in Townsville, Queensland next week. The Australian algal fuels industry has caught the attention of the federal opposition Liberal Party.
Opposition environmental spokesman Greg Hunt said “we were very cautious about algal energy, but we are now beginning [...]
Research team produces steady supply of hydrogen from algae coupled with platinum catalyst
In Tennessee, a team of researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found that photosynthesis – the process by which plants regenerate using energy from the sun – may function as that clean, sustainable source of hydrogen.
The team, led by Barry Bruce, a professor of biochemistry and cellular and [...]
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The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy - Sponsored by Core Informatics
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1. Coskata
2. Sapphire Energy
3. Virent Energy Systems
4. POET
5. Range Fuels
6. Solazyme
7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
9. DuPont Danisco
10. UOP
11. ZeaChem
12. Aquaflow Bionomic
13. Bluefire Ethanol
14. Novozymes
15. Qteros
16. Petrobras
17. Cobalt Biofuels
18. Iogen
19. Synthetic Genomics
20. Abengoa Bioenergy
21. KL Energy
22. Ineos
23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
25. LS9
26. Raven Biofuels
27. Gevo
28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
46. Propel Fuels
47. GEM Biofuels
48. Lake Erie Biofuels
49. Cavitation Technologies
50. Lotus/Jaguar – Omnivore -
