Latest Biofuels and bio-energy company news
Aurora Algae's A2 product portfolio consists of a series of natural products derived from its proprietary algae platform. With the A2 product family, Aurora Algae addresses the food versus fuel argument surrounding the risks associated with redirecting farmland and crops for biofuels production to the detriment of the food supply on a global scale.
The A2 product portfolio is uniquely sustainable, scalable and flexible to address growing demand in the explosive nutrition, aquaculture, pharma... [more]
Arizona Public Service Co. (APS), Arizona's largest electricity utility, serves about 1.1 million customers in 11 of the state's 15 counties. APS has announced a request for proposal for energy generated from small renewable projects.
The energy must come from projects with capacity between two and 15 megawatts with a commercial operation date by Dec. 31, 2013, for solar and wind projects and by Dec. 31, 2014, for all other technologies.
Eligible resources include biogas, landfill gas, bio... [more]
Āina Koa Pono has been selected by Hawaiian Electric Company for a sustainable biofuels contract. Āina Koa Pono – which means “for the good of the land” in Hawaiian – unveiled plans to establish a 13,000 acre Energy Farm in the Ka‘ū District of Hawai‘i Island on farm land that has been fallow for 14 years.
By early 2013 the Ka‘ū Energy Farm will produce biofuels that will contribute to help increase energy independence, stabilize energy prices, help revitalize a fading ag... [more]
Aurora Algae, formerly Aurora Biofuels, has introduced the industry’s first photosynthetic algae-based platform for the production of sustainable, premium products in the pharmaceutical, nutritional supplement, aquaculture and fuels markets. The announcement officially marks Aurora Algae’s transition from pilot technology development into full-scale commercialization of the Company’s proprietary algae products, including high concentration eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA Omega-3 fatty acids), high-de... [more]
We have heard a lot from politicians over the last month about the economy, immigration, defence and tax. However there has been very little discussion about how we are going to deal with one of the biggest issues facing this country over the next decade. Where is our energy going to come from?
With plentiful supplies of coal in the first half of the 20th century and gas and oil from the North Sea since the 1980s, the UK has until recent times been a net exporter of energy. As a nation we hav... [more]
OriginOil, Inc. has recently launched MAX ONE, its first mobile algae extraction laboratory. A private party of investors and supporters celebrated the unveiling at the company's headquarters in Los Angeles.
The trailer-based system will visit algae producing companies in the US to demonstrate how OriginOil's Single Step Extraction™ process can help them harvest their algae efficiently and cost-effectively. The system is capable of extracting oil from algae at a rate of five gallons per minut... [more]
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