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Solazyme looking at using algal oil for non-fuel purposes?
Solazyme, another algal biofuel startup, made the top 10. The South San Francisco company has figured out a way to grow algae without sunlight by using natural algae that thrives in the dark, as well as engineering its own strains. The company expects to commercialize its algal oil first as an ingredient in cosmetics, such as anti-wrinkle products - Read More
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Tests on Solazyme algae biodiesel shows superior performance
(May 2008) In California, tests on Soladiesel from Solazyme were conducted by the Southwest Research Institute concluded that algae-based biodiesel has superior performance under cold weather conditions than biodiesel derived from other feedstocks.
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Solazyme's algal oil passes tests for jet fuel
Solazyme — the mavericks who make their algal oil in the dark—have produced a jet fuel that passes the ASTM's standards for "aviation turbine fuel," otherwise known as jet fuel. This makes it the first such bio-kerosene from algae, being earnestly sought by the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) and Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (better known as DARPA) as well as the U.S. Air Force. - Read More
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