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Sapphire Energy unveils world’s first renewable gasoline
Bryan Sims, Biomass MagazineAs ethanol and biodiesel help to allay some of the strain caused by increasing core commodity prices and imported oil nearing $140 a barrel, research conducted on biomass feedstocks such as algae continues to gain traction as a viable means for “closing the loop” on energy sustainability.
One company in particular is striving to meet this goal.
Emerald oil promises truly green fuel
New Scientist, June 04, 2008 09:00 PSTTHIS is one biofuel that lives up to its green billing in more ways than one. It’s an emerald-green crude oil, produced by photosynthesis in algae, which could fuel cars, trucks and aircraft – without consuming crops that can be used as food.
Sapphire’s green crude gets $50m cash injection
greenbangSapphire Energy has worked out a way of turning CO2 and water into oil with a little help from their friends, photosynthetic microorganisms like algae. With just three magic ingredients, Sapphire can turn out ‘green crude’, which it dubs “a renewable 91 octane gasoline that conforms to ASTM certification”.
Fuel is being made from algae right now
Robert McClure, Seattle P-IWe made an offhand remark in a post the other day that no one has been able to turn algae into fuel.
Wrong-o!
Comes now Sapphire Energy, with the slogan “Sunlight + CO2 + Sapphire = Renewable Gasoline.” They call it “clean, green, crude oil.”
Funding Roundup: Solar, Biofuels Dominate Light Week
Jennifer Kho and Ucilia Wang, Greentech MediaSan Diego-based Sapphire Energy has raised more than $50 million and has access to plenty more, according to VentureBeat. The 1-year-old company said it has developed an alga that produces a bio-based crude oil that can be processed by existing refineries.
Sapphire unveils new algae biofuel process
Giles Clark, BioFuel ReviewSapphire Energy announced last week that it has produced renewable 91 octane gasoline that conforms to ASTM certification, made from a breakthrough process that produces crude oil directly from sunlight, CO2 and photosynthetic microorganisms, beginning with algae.
The Future of Liquid Fuels?
Josh Patashnik, The New RepublicA San Diego company said Wednesday that it could turn algae into oil, producing a green-colored crude yielding ultra-clean versions of gasoline and diesel without the downsides of biofuel production.
World’s First Renewable Gasoline
Jozef Winter, EcoGeekThe title might sound impossible, but Sapphire Energy, a California-based company, has been working away to create actual gasoline from a renewable, carbon neutral source: algae.
San Diego company touts oil alternative
The PeninsulaA San Diego company said yesterday that it can turn algae into oil, producing a green-colored crude that yields ultra-clean versions of gasoline and diesel without the downsides of current biofuels production.
Sapphire Energy claim renewable gas from algae
Chris Davies, SlashGearI’m no scientist, and I’m skeptical, but if Sapphire Energy’s claim to have produced “renewable gasoline” pans out to be all its said to be – as well as being production-feasible – then this could be a partial answer to the ongoing energy crisis. Using a system called Green Crude Production, Sapphire basically take sunlight, carbon dioxide and photosynthetic microorganisms (e.g. algae) and produce synthetic 91 octane.
