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Qteros vs Joule Unlimited: Who's the Best?

Qteros vs Joule Unlimited: Who's the Best?

September 4, 2011 |

Background: This is an Elite Eight (quarter-final), Eastern Regional match-up between #4 seed Qteros and #7 seed Joule Unlimited, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances […]

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Solazyme vs OriginOil: Who's the Best?

Solazyme vs OriginOil: Who's the Best?

September 4, 2011 |

Background: This is an Elite Eight (quarter-final), Western Regional match-up between #1 seed Solazyme and #11 seed OriginOil, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to […]

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LS9 vs Novozymes: Who's the Best?

LS9 vs Novozymes: Who's the Best?

September 4, 2011 |

Background: This is an Elite Eight (quarter-final), International Regional match-up between #2 seed LS9 and #7 seed Novozymes, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to […]

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Gevo vs Terrabon: Who's the Best?

Gevo vs Terrabon: Who's the Best?

September 4, 2011 |

Background: This is an Elite Eight (quarter-final), Central Regional match-up between #1 seed Gevo and #6 seed Terrabon, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to the […]

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Cobalt, Joule in last minute Transformative Technologies surge

Cobalt, Joule in last minute Transformative Technologies surge

September 2, 2011 |

As the final hour nears for Transformative Technologies third-round voting, Cobalt Technologies and Joule Unlimited have been surging in last-minute voting. Cobalt is making a bid for a come-from-behind upset over the renowned technologies of Solazyme, and Joule is surging in an attempt to pull away from Mascoma in a battle for East Coast synthetic […]

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We of the Never-Never: Gumption, and the story of microalgal ventures

We of the Never-Never: Gumption, and the story of microalgal ventures

September 1, 2011 |

Three companies, operating in Outback Australia, personify promise and hardiness in the microalgae corner of industrial biotech The birth, life and death of a global micro-algae industry has been written so many times that it must seem to many readers like a microscopic version of Buddhist reincarnation, the lifecycle of the phoenix, or out-takes from […]

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Choosing the Right Microalgal Photobioreactor Design

Choosing the Right Microalgal Photobioreactor Design

September 1, 2011 |

By Fadhil M. Salih, ClearValue Companies Microalgae are Earth’s first forms of life and first forms of food for subsequent species. They now hold the potential to become the planet’s next major source of energy and a vital part of the solutions to climate change and dependence on fossil fuels. Microalgae are a superior biofuel […]

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Solazyme, Joule Unlimited named World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers

Solazyme, Joule Unlimited named World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers

September 1, 2011 |

In California and Massachusetts, Solazyme and Joule Unlimited Technologies have been named to the World Economic Forum’s 2012 class of Technology Pioneers. Technology Pioneer candidates undergo a rigorous selection process and are evaluated by more than 50 global experts in the fields of technology, academics, journalism and venture capital. Selected companies must demonstrate visionary leadership, […]

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Separation at the heart of algae industry challenge

Separation at the heart of algae industry challenge

September 1, 2011 |

By Hoyt Thomas, CEO, OpenAlgae If the entire algae industry isn’t suffering from a case of separation anxiety, it should be.  Investors, CEOs, scientists.  Dealing with the separation issue is perhaps the biggest obstacle we face.  But that’s not what you’ll read on most algae companies’ websites. Whether the cause is ever-increasing fossil fuel costs, […]

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Copersucar sees doubling of Brazilian ethanol capacity by 2016

Copersucar sees doubling of Brazilian ethanol capacity by 2016

September 1, 2011 |

In Brazil, the country’s largest sugarcane cooperative Copersucar says that national ethanol production could double by 2016 by expanding cane area, bringing mills up to full capacity, modernizing some and adding a few others. Investments in technology and a favorable tax program would also help mills to reach these goals.

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