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We noted a few days ago that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recently signed two bills granting algaculture an agricultural property tax rate and allowing it on Arizona trust land. In a recent USA Today op-ed two of the state’s algae industry experts chime in on their thoughts about this approach.

Gary Dirks, director of Arizona State University’s LightWorks initiative, and Dan Simon, president and CEO of Heliae Technology Holdings Inc. write:

“With the passage of these two Arizona bills, we will offer algae the same benefits as any other agricultural product grown in our state and enable us to build large-scale algae farming operations that will benefit Arizona citizens through high-paying jobs, increased tax base, additional investment capital and sustainable use of agricultural lands for generations to come.”

Read the entire op-ed at USA Today.

Josh Wolf attends Elk River High School in Minnesota while he figures out solutions to the world’s energy challenges. Yesterday his biodiesel and algae operations were featured by KARE 11, and it looks like he has a bright future in the renewable fuels business.

Josh is no stranger to algae, having attended last year’s Algae Biomass Summit and being named a finalist in the 2011 International Algae Competition.  The video below has the details about his approach:

One of the key advantages of using algae to make gasoline, diesel or jet fuel is that the organisms require very little land to produce meaningful quantities of oil. Continue reading Algae and Land: A Few Acres Yield A Lot of Fuel

Algae are changing our world again. They have already helped to shape our earth into the hospitable, oxygen abundant place that it is. Now they are quickly becoming a renewable source of fuel, agricultural feed, chemicals, plastics, and so much more.

Algae can do all of this because of a few unique advantages. Continue reading Algae’s Advantage

The 2013 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, scheduled for amendments in Washington, DC as early as today, presents a chance to ramp up production of military biofuels. Domestic biofuels, like those produced from algae, will make our military less dependent on steadily increasing oil prices or the production capacity of other nations. Continue reading Energy and Water, and Algae