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A quest for CO2 and O2 optimal management with biofuel from algae

November 20, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - New partnership between Linde, Algenol Biofuels looks to develop technologies that work with Algenol’s algae and photobioreactors. Full Story »

New funds to help cleantech pipeline flow

November 19, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Six new funds look for investments, as UK tidal energy company wraps up a nearly $45 million round. Details of this, plus we spot 29 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Great River, Inbicon to pair CHP, ethanol in N. Dakota?

November 18, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Industrial symbiosis could increase the efficiency of Great River's power plant from 32 percent to more than 60 percent, companies say. Full Story »

Inbicon sells out of cellulosic ethanol before demo plant's opening

November 18, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - The subsidiary of DONG Energy is using enzymes from Novozymes and Danisco for the 5.4 million-liter-per-year facility that opened today in Denmark. Full Story »

ZeaChem to ‘shake down’ as it starts construction on first biorefinery

November 18, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Coming online in 2010, the facility is expected to have the capacity to generate 250,000 gallons per year of advanced biofuels and bio-based chemicals. Full Story »

New algae research promises steady streams of hydrogen

November 12, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - University of Tennessee study isolates the inner machinery of photosynthesis in order to create large amounts of fuel using less energy and time. Full Story »

Diversified Energy prepares gasification tech for fabrication

November 11, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Arizona-based company puts its algae business on the back burner as it concentrates on its gasifier and biofuels research. Full Story »

Palm-oil genome research to increase yields?

November 9, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Orion Genomic and Malaysian group study two species of the next-gen biofuel feedstock to find ways of increasing production and protecting from disease. Full Story »

Too early to dismiss jatropha?

November 9, 2009 - Exclusive - SG Biofuels CEO Kirk Haney says science and genetics hold the key to unlocking the full potential of the next-generation biofuel feedstock.

Marvel mutants

November 6, 2009 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
“We’ve developed mutants that produce hydrogen.”
— Ben Hankamer, director of the Solar Biofuels Consortium, on engineered super algae that could produce large quantities of hydrogen (Full story »)
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