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Solazyme Develops Vehicle-Ready Algae Biofuel

The algae biofuels sector got a shot in the arm this Tuesday when South San Francisco’s Solazyme (SZYM) began making its biofuels available for motorists at four Bay Area gas stations. Solazyme’s product, called Biodiesel B20, is comprised of 20 … Continue reading

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Arizona Wins America’s Next Top Algae Biofuel Research Facility… For Now

  Arizona has just won a $15 million Department of Energy grant to establish the first ever national algae biofuel testbed in the US, which gives it at least temporary bragging rights to the #1 position as it jockeys with other states … Continue reading

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Austrian algae biofuel-production technology to debut in Brazil

The state of Pernambuco in Brazil’s northeast is going to become home to the country’s first algal biomass plant, thanks to an agreement between See Algae Technology (SAT), an Austrian developer of equipment for the commercial production of algae, and … Continue reading

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Brazil to build first algae-based biofuel plant

(AFP) – 19 hours ago  RIO DE JANEIRO — The world’s first industrial plant producing biofuels from seaweed will be built in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco in late 2013, the official in charge of the project said Thursday. … Continue reading

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Building Opportunity

Tax credits can be a powerful mechanism to help spur investment in biodiesel infrastructure while simultaneously creating much-needed opportunities for economic development and job creation. Energy legislation that aims to achieve those objectives became law in Florida in April. The … Continue reading

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NC, Ethanol-Maker See Green In Field-Grown Fuel

OXFORD, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s farm economy, already the state’s largest industry, could be nearing a milestone as policymakers and business executives take another stab at betting on ethanol. An Italian company’s Wilmington-based subsidiary is geared up to build a … Continue reading

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The Hot Zone

Thermocatalytic biofuels projects are Going South – here’s who and why In US bioenergy as a whole, most of the attention has deservedly gone to the Midwestern states – by and large, that’s where the corn and soybean production calls … Continue reading

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Middle schooler wins state award for biofuel project

By Patrick McCallister For Hometown News ORMOND BEACH – Ormond Beach Middle School’s David Truilo, 12, is too young to drive, but he already knows what he wants to fill up his gas tank with when he is able to … Continue reading

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US States start to Battle it out to Win the Eye of the Algae Industry

Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a pair of bills recognizing so-called “algaculture” following passage in the Arizona state legislature that will see the Grand Canyon State encourage and support the algae industry. Arizona is the second American state, after … Continue reading

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Picking up Pennies in Parking Lots: the algae biofuels angle

En route to zillions in algae? First, you have to get the water out of the algae or the algae out of the water. Making Algenol’s ethanol-secreting microalgae a technology worth a special accommodation. Which Florida finally granted. Last year, … Continue reading

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