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Algae Biofuel and Chemical Producers Among Biofuels Digest’s Hottest Companies

by Carrie CoxBlog October 11, 2013October 11, 2013Comments are Disabled

Biofuels Digest released its annual Hot 50 Bioenergy and Hot 30 Biobased Chemical Companies last night and a major theme of both lists is the number of companies utilizing algae. Five companies using algae feedstocks filled the lists. Two were in the top five: Solazyme (1st) and Sapphire Energy (4th). Solazyme was also a runner up on the …

Sapphire Energy on Algae TV

by Carrie CoxBlog October 10, 2013Comments are Disabled

Another great video illustrating how algae can be transformed into everyday fuels, this time from Sapphire Energy, has us thinking we should start a series called “Algae TV.” This must-see video shows how Sapphire’s aglae-to-energy farm operates like an “above ground oil field,” growing algae on a large scale processing them into the company’s Green …

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Using Algae to Capture Greenhouse Gases

by Carrie CoxBlog October 8, 2013Comments are Disabled

Take 10 minutes of your day with these videos of algae capturing greenhouse gases from a power plant. The resulting biomass can be used to manufacture everything from fuel to feed to fertilizer. The videos, from the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), describe an ongoing demonstration of an algae-based system that recycles carbon …

Montana’s Summer of Algae

by Carrie CoxBlog October 4, 2013Comments are Disabled

Last month the 2013 Summer of Algae reached into the labs of Montana State University. Mark Allen (ABO Chairman and President) and Rocco Fiato from Accelergy Corporation along with Dr. Yuhan Sun from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese National Academy of Sciences visited the Center for Biofilm Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biological …

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Increasing Demand A Big Theme at Algae Biomass Summit

by Carrie CoxBlog October 2, 2013Comments are Disabled

The first day of the 2013 Algae Biomass Summit left a buzz in the halls about the pace of advances in demand, production and technology in the algae industry. You can monitor what’s going on and see a few pictures that attendees are posting on twitter with the hashtag #ABS13. Biofuels Digest covered exciting news from …