New Mexico will draft statewide plan to become a leader in the U.S. biofuel industry

Japan’s aviation industry receives green boost through production of jet fuel from algae

New Zealand has opened the world’s largest demonstration project for converting wastewater algae to biocrude

OriginOil revealed on Wednesday a breakthrough technology for wastewater treatment facilities that utilizes a type of surface-mounted algae

Solazyme, Inc. has been selected by the United States Department of Defense to provide what it claims to be the world’s first 100 percent algae-derived jet fuel for testing and certification next year

Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil production company and a leader in algal biotechnology, has signed a contract with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to research, develop and demonstrate commercial-scale production of algae-based advanced biofuel for the US Navy.

A $2.74-million research grant was won by Algal Fuels Consortium (AFC) for developing microalgal mass cultivation systems to generate biomass from captured CO2 emissions. The grant for AFC, which came from the Australian Department of Resources Energy and Tourism’s

An algae-based renewable oil model for productivity will be shown by technology developer OriginOil at the National Algae Association’s quarterly conference on September 18 in Houston. The industry’s first ever comprehensive algae productivity model will be presented by the

Aurora Biofuels recently announced their success in optimizing algae that can double CO2 consumption and fuel production at the same time. Using tools developed through knowledge from molecular biology and biochemistry, the company’s scientists have optimized particular algae strains

Ohio-based Algaeventure Systems, which develops technology and systems for algal production of lipids and biomass, will be working with San Diego, California-based General Atomics (GA) for research into alternative jet-fuel applications.

OriginOil, Inc. is leading a consortium that includes the Idaho National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DOE), two top US universities and materials technology firm Media & Process Technology in bidding for a grant under the Recovery Act for funding algae biofuels production.

LiveFuels, Inc. has announced the start of operations at a pilot factory to accelerate their algae-to-biofuels project. Pilot operations have commenced at the company’s test facility in Brownsville, Texas consisting of 45 acres of open saltwater ponds. The facility will be used