What do you get with continuous cultivation of algae and breakthrough processing technology? From Sapphire Energy you get renewable Green Crude oil. Sapphire has been among the companies leading the charge to coax algae into renewable biofuel production and today they announced a deal with Tesoro, a major refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Tesoro …
Washington, DC—March 18, 2013—Today the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, applauded President Obama’s announcement for an energy security trust that would accelerate America’s development of technologies that can deliver cleaner, domestically produced energy and fuels. “The Algae Biomass Organization supports the President’s proposal to invest in the breakthroughs …
Congratulations to Sara Volz, 17, of Colorado Springs for her grand prize in the Intel Science Talent Search. Sara’s search for algae strains that produce higher quantities of oil in her home laboratory put her ahead of some very bright young minds in the annual research competition. This isn’t the first time a young scientist’s algae research has …
Take a look at some recent findings by chemistry researchers at the University of South Florida and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. They have developed a material that could make it substantially cheaper to capture carbon dioxide from the flue gasses of a power plant or other sources. Capturing carbon dioxide from these …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 6, 2012 – A new survey of the algae industry conducted by theAlgae Biomass Organization (ABO) shows the industry expects increasing production in 2013 and price-competitiveness with fossil fuels by 2020. The survey also noted the critical role of supportive Federal policy required in order to accelerate hiring and production. The survey was …