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Airbus-Backed SG Biofuels Talking to Energy Companies to Expand

SG Biofuels Inc., backed by Airbus SAS, is talking to large energy companies including state oil producers in Africa and Southeast Asia over helping to develop its technology that turns plant material into vehicle fuels. The company is speaking to … Continue reading

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Algae.Tec Plans to Raise $600 Million for Fuel Factories by 2015

Algae.Tec Ltd. (AEB), a producer of algal oils used in clean fuel, plans to raise as much as $600 million and win fuel supply deals allowing it to build as many as six factories by 2015 in Brazil, Sri Lanka, … Continue reading

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Lufthansa, Algae Tec to Build Algae-based Biofuels Plant

September 19, 2012 Lufthansa, Algae Tec to Build Algae-based Biofuels Plant German carrier Lufthansa has signed a collaboration agreement with Australian-based Algae Tec to build a large-scale algae-to-aviation biofuels production facility in Europe. The agreement forms the basis of a … Continue reading

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Australian firm in biofuels deal with Lufthansa

HAMBURG, Sept 19 | Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:55am EDT HAMBURG, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Australian biofuels company Algae.Tec said on Wednesday it had signed a collaboration agreement with German airline Lufthansa for construction of a large-scale plant to produce … Continue reading

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Algae.Tec And Lufthansa Sign Collaboration Agreement To Build Biofuel …

PERTH, Australia and ATLANTA, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Algae.Tec Limited is pleased to announce that Algae.Tec and Lufthansa have signed a Collaboration Agreement for the construction of a large-scale algae to aviation biofuels production facility. The site will be … Continue reading

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Aviation biofuels: which airlines are doing what, with whom?

Azul Airlines announces plans to test Amyris sugarcane-based jet fuel; more than 30 airlines now trialing, deploying biofuels – but who’s doing what, exactly? In Brazil, Azul Airlines announced that Amyris’s innovative renewable jet fuel sourced from Brazilian sugarcane has … Continue reading

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Algae.Tec expanding to meet commercial biofuel demands

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 by Christine Feary With major industries and companies like Lufthansa starting to see the cost and environmental benefits of advanced algae to biofuels company Algae.Tec is expanding its working centre to meet increasing commercial demand. Algae.Tec … Continue reading

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Lufthansa ends biofuel trial with US flight

FRANKFURT | Mon Jan 9, 2012 12:13pm EST FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German carrier Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) is ending the trial use of a biofuel mix for its planes because it has used up stocks of certified biofuel and no other reliable … Continue reading

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Algae.Tec and Lufthansa sign MOU to use algae as jet fuel

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 by Proactive Investors Australia biofuels company Algae.Tec (ASX:AEB) and German airline carrier Lufthansa (LHAG:DE) have agreed to evaluate algae oil produced from Algae.Tec’s bioreactors as a sustainable source of aviation fuel. A memorandum of understanding was … Continue reading

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Airlines And Biofuels: Carriers Look To Alternative Fuels For The Future

Aviation is responsible for an estimated 2 percent of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions. The industry’s rapid growth is doing nothing to decrease that figure, but airlines are nonetheless working to scale back their emissions. One tactic that’s been gaining traction: … Continue reading

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