Algae Biofuel Industry Plans Conflict with Several Studies and Issues

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) reveals findings from a study they recently conducted, estimating the U.S. has the capacity to support the production of up to 25 billion gallons of algae biofuel per year — one twelfth of the entire country’s fuel needs.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/24/algae-biofuel-industry-plans-conflict-with-several-studies-and-issues/

ExxonMobil Renews Partnership With Synthetic Genomics Inc. for Algae Biofuel Project

Irving, TX – based multinational oil and gas corporation, ExxonMobil, announced a new co-funding agreement with California-based Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), which shifts SGI’s focus to research on the development of enhanced types of algae instead of settling for more convenient but possibly less efficient options.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/21/exxonmobil-renews-partnership-with-synthetic-genomics-inc-for-algae-biofuel-project/

Super algae: A new source of biofuel from the University of Texas

The debate over the feasibility of biofuels may be coming to an end. Researchers at the University of Texas have found a way to produce nanocellulose – a primary component in many kinds of biofuels – from algae. The discovery could allow for biofuels – as well as a multitude of other materials – to be harvested from the algae, rendering the complaints about growing the raw components for biofuels moot.

http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/08/super-algae-a-new-source-of-biofuel-from-the-university-of-texas/