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ABO Welcomes Heliae’s Vice President of Operations Mike LaMont to Board of Directors

by Carrie CoxPress April 30, 2019April 5, 2021Comments are Disabled

WASHINGTON, DC (April 30, 2019) The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, today announced that Heliae Development’s Vice President of Operations Mike LaMont has joined the organization’s Board of Directors. Heliae has also become a Gold-level member of ABO. “Heliae’s groundbreaking technology and product innovation is showing that microalgae can …

Algae In the News: April 2019

by Carrie CoxNews April 29, 2019Comments are Disabled

Having trouble keeping up with all things algae? Check out some of the most interesting developments from the world of algae research, products and technology over the past few weeks! Photobioreactor: oxygen and a source of nutrition for astronauts Space Daily-Apr 27, 2019 Pond: Using Algae to Turn CO2 to Our Many Advantages Sustainable …

Algae Gets a Boost in Agriculture, Carbon Capture and Infrastructure Policy

by Carrie CoxBlog April 29, 2019April 29, 2019Comments are Disabled

The algae opportunity is attracting attention for its potential to disrupt dozens of markets. Congress is taking note too. Following the success of early technology investments by the Department of Energy and other agencies, Congress has expanded federal support for this growing industry by including algae in the 2018 Farm Bill, reforming tax credits to …

Checkerspot Raises $13M to Produce Advanced Materials from Algae

by Carrie CoxBlog April 29, 2019April 30, 2019Comments are Disabled

ABO member Checkerspot announced this month that it has closed a $13M Series A funding round that will further propel the company’s technology that uses microalgae to make high-performance materials. Checkerspot’s platform views microalgae triglycerides, or oils, as scaffolds that in combination with chemistry and fabrication can unlock a new revolution in sustainable manufacturing. Traditional …

Algae R&D Featured in Interagency Framework for Advancing the Bioeconomy

by Carrie CoxBlog March 27, 2019March 28, 2019Comments are Disabled

This month the federal Biomass Research and Development (BR&D) Board unveiled a multi-agency strategy to accelerate innovative biomass technologies for affordable biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower. Algae cultivation is prominently featured among the suite of technologies the effort is harnessing. The B&RD Board is an interagency collaborative which is co-chaired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture …