Last Chance! Exhibit Booths for the 2015 Algae Biomass Summit

  2015 Algae Biomass Summit Dear Riley,   Hard to believe we’re just a few short weeks away from the 2015 Algae Biomass Summit! The event is coming together great; more than 150 presentations and posters, dozens of exhibitors and hundreds of registered attendees from across the value chain will attend. Simply put, this remains THE …

Algae Strategy with the DOE

Today the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office is hosting a workshop at Arizona State University to strategize how to bring algae-based fuels into commercial production as quickly as possible. ABO will be attending the workshop and looks forward to discussing how far the industry has come in just the past few years and what …

USDA Funding for Advanced Biofuels Projects

On Monday the United Stated Department of Agriculture announced the availability of $181 million in loan guarantees to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or retrofit existing facilities with appropriate technology to develop advanced biofuels. Algae-related projects have qualified for this type of financing in the past, and ABO member companies should carefully examine this program. In 2011, …

USDA Funding for Advanced Biofuels Projects

On Monday the United Stated Department of Agriculture announced the availability of $181 million in loan guarantees to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or retrofit existing facilities with appropriate technology to develop advanced biofuels. Algae-related projects have qualified for this type of financing in the past, and ABO member companies should carefully examine this program. In 2011, …

Algae Biomass Organization Encourages Carbon Capture and Reuse (CCR) in addition to Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) as Approved Strategy for Compliance with New Emissions Rules for Power Plants

Washington, DC (September 20, 2013) – The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) today encouraged the EPA to include  carbon capture and reuse (CCR) as an approved strategy for compliance under its New Source Performance Standard, a draft version of which was released today. The EPA’s draft, which places a heavy emphasis on geologic carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) …