Category: Press

Addition of major traditional industry leaders closes year of sweeping progress for organization advancing algae as a source of sustainable, domestically-produced commodities   MINNEAPOLIS—(January 7, 2013)—New memberships in the Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the algae industry, reflected a wider range of industries in 2012, driven by the increasing impact of algae technology as …

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Tax parity puts algae on equal footing with cellulosic feedstocks, encouraging new sources of domestic, renewable biofuels Washington, DC—January 2, 2013—As part of the bi-partisan “Fiscal Cliff” legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on January 1, 2013, algae-derived fuels are, for the first time ever, a “qualified feedstock” under …

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Department of Defense investments will improve military’s operational security and aid development of competitive, domestic sources of renewable fuels MINNEAPOLIS—(December 20, 2012)—The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, applauded the strong support for military biofuels in the  final version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) scheduled for House and …

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Findings remove key sustainability concern for wide-scale algae production and suggest potential use of up to 10 million acres of land otherwise unsuitable for agriculture SAN DIEGO, Calif. (November 26, 2012) The Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry today hailed the findings of a University of California at San Diego study that concludes, …

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MINNEAPOLIS–October 24, 2012–The Algae Biomass Organization today applauded the findings of a new National Research Council (NRC) report on the sustainability of algal fuels that definitively concluded that sustainability concerns are not a barrier to future growth. According to the NRC report released today, “The committee does not consider any one of these sustainability concerns …

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