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US Energy Dept Lab Partnerig with Chevron
(Dec 2007) Energy Department lab announced in late October that it was partnering with Chevron Corp., the second- largest U.S. oil company, in the hunt for better strains of algae. - Read More
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Sandia Labs, Live Fuels in JV
(Apr 2007) Sandia also signed a memorandum of understanding with a biofuels firm called LiveFuels Incorporated, Menlo Park, California, to examine the large-scale production of algal biodiesel. The laboratory will help develop the technologies to enable the creation of algal refineries. Because scalability is key to the effort’s success, Simmons notes that Sandia is using its in-house modeling and engineering tools to help design these new processes. - Read More
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PetroSun JV in Arizona for Algae Fuel
(Feb 2008) In Arizona, PetroSun BioFuels Refining recently signed a joint venture to develop and operate a 30 Mgy algae biodiesel facility in Coolidge. Construction is projected to commence in the third quarter of this year. Late last fall, PetroSun announced a letter of intent to supply 54 million gallons of algal oil to a new 54 Mgy Bio-Alternatives biodiesel plant in south Louisiana. The initial delivery to Bio-Alternatives refinery will be in the third quarter of 2008.
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Texas Company Awaiting Tests on Algae Fuel
In Texas, US Sustainable Energy is awaiting lab results from a test of biocrude production using 20 pounds of algae as a feedstock. The company recently ran its initial test of 20 pounds of 5% oil-content algae feedstock with 40 percent water content, and resulted in an ignitable oil product.
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DoE, Chevron Research for Algae Fuel
The US Department of Energy recently partnered with Chevron in a research effort to develop higher-yield strains of micro algae. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working on a project with Honeywell, General Electric and the University of North Dakota.
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Minnesota Algae Fuel Funding
(Feb 2008) In Minnesota, Xcel Energy has pledged $150,000 to assist in funding an algae-to-biodiesel research project sponsored by the University and the Metropolitan Council. The grant is a follow-on to more than $4.5 million given to five other University of Minnesota projects from the Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund.
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Algae from Sewage in Virginia
In Virginia, researchers at Old Dominion University have successfully piloted a project to produce biodiesel feedstock by growing algae at municipal sewage treatment plants. The researchers hope that these algae production techniques could lead to reduced emissions of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon dioxide into the air and surrounding bodies of water. The pilot project is producing up to 70,000 gallons of biodiesel per year.
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Texas Emerging Technology Fund for Algae Research
The Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) awarded $4 million Texas A&M’s Texas AgriLife Research unit, and General Atomics, for research into algae based biofuels to support domestic and military fuel needs. The project will include the development of algae strains and methods for algae production. (Feb 2008)
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Oregon power plant turns algae into oil
A facility that produces power by burning coal in Oregon intends to turn the carbon emissions into bio-fuel with the help of algae. - Read More
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