Mexico’s BioFields pours in $65 million to commercialize next-gen algae-to-fuels venture In Florida, Algenol, a pioneer in turning CO2 emissions into fuels, announced that it has closed on a new $25 million investment from BioFields, a Mexican business group devoted to the development of renewable and clean energy projects. This new investment follows a previous […]
Reliance Industries taps Algenol, completes algae production system; producing algae from CO2 recycled from industrial processes; could later demonstrate the fuels production capabilities of Algenol’s advanced fuel producing algae and systems. In India, Algenol and Reliance Industries have successfully deployed India’s first Algenol algae production platform. The demonstration module is located near the Reliance Jamnagar […]
In Florida, Tim Zenk has joined Algenol as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Zenk recently left Sapphire Energy, where he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Algenol looks forward to Zenk’s many years of experience in business development, fundraising, government affairs, public policy, marketing and communications. The company now employs just under 200 […]
EPA certifies its fuels reduce GHG’s by 69% In Florida, Algenol announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved fuels made from Algenol’s process as an advanced biofuel, meeting the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction requirements under the Renewable Fuels Standard. Fuels produced from Algenol are now eligible for a Renewable Identification Number under the […]
Company description: Algenol is a global, industrial biotechnology company that is commercializing its patented algae technology platform for production of ethanol and other biofuels. Algenol’s patented technology enables the production of the four most important fuels (ethanol, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) for around $1.30 per gallon each using proprietary algae, sunlight, carbon dioxide and saltwater at […]
LanzaTech took the #1 spot in the 2014-15“50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings, published today in The Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily. It was first year at the top for LanzaTech, which came in 2nd in last years’ poll. GranBio (#2), Algenol (#3), Novozymes (#4), Solazyme (#5), DuPont (#6), POET-DSM (#7), Beta Renewables […]
Here are the photo votes received for Algenol in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy, Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials. More on photo voting in this years’ rankings process, here. Above: Photo Vote of the week for 9/8/14
Re-ups investment in Algenol and Algae.Tec, while dropping Aurora Algae, say sources — resulting in shake-ups at Aurora. When it comes to algae, Reliance Industries has been anything but loud in touting its interest in and investments in algae energy R&D. Back in early 2010, a lot of data began to accumulate suggesting that Reliance […]
In Florida, Algenol’s computers have allegedly been attacked by cyber-terrorists 39 million times in the past four months, with the expectation of industrial sabotage to steal the company’s secrets. Many of the attacks are coming from China, where industrial espionage via the internet has targeted solar companies, nuclear and steal plants. Some of the cyber-attacks […]
This is the official Transformative Technologies 2014 nominee page for Algenol, nominated in the “Plant or integrated biorefinery” category for its Ft. Myers, FL project. Voting Rules All voting is exclusively via social media this year. To vote, simply click on the Tweet, Like or Share link in on this page. Each tweet, like or share […]
