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Biodiesel from Algae / CO2 Sequestration > Using Algae to Capture Carbon and Produce Biodiesel and Food - A2BE Carbon Capture is developing bio-secure, scalable, climate adaptive, and highly cost-effective technology for producing valuable fuel and food from CO2 using algal photosynthesis and bio-harvesting in a system they call Algae@Work. (PESWiki; May 23, 2008)

Turning algae into ethanol, and gold (http://media.cleantech.com/2961/algal-biofuels-algenol-ethanol-solazyme-sonora-mexico) - Algenol Biofuels licensed deal for an $850 million project with a way to inexpensively bring third-generation biofuels to industrial scale with a seawater-based process that can generate up to a billion gallons of algal ethanol per year from a facility in Mexico. (CleanTech; June 11, 2008)

Biotech pros press algae into biodiesel production (http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9964587-54.html?tag=cd.blog) - Aurora Biofuel (http://www.aurorabiofuels.com/), started by University of California at Berkeley students, has a process that it says can create biodiesel at yields that are 125 times higher and have 50 percent lower costs than today's production methods.

Origin Oil (http://www.originoil.com/) - OriginOil’s patent-pending, breakthrough technology can provide the world with an endless supply of cost-competitive and environment-friendly oil to displace petroleum.

Sapphire Energy turns algae into 'green crude' for fuel (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-greencrude29-2008may29,0,1053218.story?track=ntothtml) - Sapphire Energy (http://www.sapphireenergy.com/) uses algae, sunlight, carbon dioxide and non-potable water to make "green crude" that it contends is chemically equivalent to the light, sweet crude oil. They call it "the world's first renewable gasoline". (Los Angeles Times; May 29, 2008)

Maui to Get Algae Facility for Biodiesel (http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/15/maui-to-get-algae-facility-for-biodiesel/) - Recognizing the potential for algae as an energy crop, a Hawaiian conglomerate has come together to pursue the joint development of a commercial-scale microalgae facility on Maui to produce lipid oil for conversion to biodiesel and other products, such as animal feed. (CleanTechnica; July 15, 2008)

Scum Power (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121432266999600187.html?mod=googlenews_wsj) - Today, the cheapest algae production costs $5,000 per ton, says F. Blaine Metting, a researcher at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy facility in Richland, Wash. Still, he believes that if the crude oil stays at its current lofty price, algae-based oil could be competitively priced in five years if engineers and scientists can improve algae productivity per acre. (Video (http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid452319854/bctid1631265651)) (Wall Street Journal; June 30, 2008)