News Coverage
Blooming Biofuel: How Algae Could Provide the Solution
Jeffrey Decker, Renewable Energy WorldThe distant sparkle of algae is coming into focus. Interest is growing exponentially and a handful of companies are planning the leap from research to commercial production of algae-based fuels.
Continental receives positive results from 737 biofuel test
Puget Sound Business JournalContinental Airlines Inc. says its recent bioblend fuel test using a Boeing 737-800 yielded a 1.1 percent increase in fuel efficiency over traditional jet fuel.
In addition, emissions were estimated to be reduced by 60 percent to 80 percent compared to traditional jet fuel, according to the Houston-based airline.
Continental says biofuel did well in flight test
ReutersContinental Airlines said a blend of biologically derived fuel and jet fuel performed slightly better than jet fuel alone during a test flight by the world’s fifth-largest airline.
Is the Future of Biofuels in Algae?
Jamie Donovan and Ned Stowe, Renewable Energy WorldAlgae has emerged as a promising feedstock for future biofuels due to its high energy content, energy yield per acre, fast growth and ability to grow in water of varying quality. Algae’s potential, at least in theory, is remarkable.
Update on Sapphire Energy’s algae-to-green crude process
Jim Lane , Biofuels DigestIn California, new process details emerged from Sapphire Energy, the algae developer which ranked #2 in last December’s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy list published in Biofuels Digest.
NM research powers up biofuels industry
Kevin Robinson-Avila, New Mexico Business WeeklyNew Mexico-based laboratories and universities are front and center in the race to power ground and air vehicles with biofuels.
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Algae is one of nature’s most prolific and efficient photosynthetic organisms.”
Jim Lane , Biofuels DigestCJ Warner, president of Sapphire Energy, in Senate testimony: “Algae is one of nature’s most prolific and efficient photosynthetic organisms."
Sapphire Energy President Recognizes OriginOil as Prominent Algal Fuel Company at Senate Subcommittee Hearing
Biofuels JournalOriginOil, Inc. (OTCBB:OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced that its breakthrough technology was recognized in testimony provided before the Senate Subcommittee on Environment and Public Works on May 19, 2009.
More innovations from Sapphire Energy
Erik Groen, E-Energy MarketIn line with priorities and urgency echoed by President Obama in signing the Stimulus Plan, Sapphire is set to be the first to bring a true, green “drop-in” replacement fuel to bear for air and land transportation, meaning there is no need to alter the current petroleum infrastructure.
Start-Up Promises 1 Billion Gallons of Algal Fuel By 2025
Dave Demerjian , WiredA California company is promising to deliver one billion gallons of algal biofuel a year by 2025, an aggressive goal for technology still in its infancy.
