SECOND-generation biofuels based on sugar cane present a sustainable solution to the world’s energy needs, a leading expert claimed last weekend. Speaking at the Green Power Forum at the Radisson St Helens Hotel in Dublin, Anders Fredriksson of leading Swedish biofuel company Sekab warned delegates that dwindling oil reserves would allow for only one litre [...]

BOZEMAN — Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Montana State University and Utah State University a three-year, $900,000 grant to study the oil produced by algae, which could be a renewable source of biodiesel. The two universities will split the money more or less down the middle, said Brent Peyton, a professor of chemical [...]

SEATTLE (AP) — Could the next green fuel be pea-green pond scum? Supporters think algae could someday be turned into cheap fuel for automobiles and airplanes, and are betting heavily with infusions of venture capital money and intensive research. About $180 million in venture capital money has been raised for algae research, with more than [...]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – October 27, 2008 – Northington Energy LLC, one of the nation’s leaders in promoting renewable fuels, announced today the successful completion of the first phase in production testing at its new facility in Wartburg, Tenn. The eight-acre, 7,500-square-foot biodiesel plant is designed to convert soybean and algae oil into biodiesel, a biodegradable [...]

SEATTLE, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The 2008 Algae Biomass Summit opened Thursday to a capacity audience of more than 600 algae producers, scientists, investors and policy-makers from more than a dozen countries. These experts gathered to accelerate the development of algae-based solutions to global energy, environmental, and economic issues.  Keynote speaker and pre-eminent clean technology [...]