Comments on: CHEAT SHEET: Heavy Hitters in Algae Fuel Deals

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:50:53 +0000

Correction, that is $2.5 billion on algae research and nothing to show for it.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:49:14 +0000

$2.5 miilion spent on algae research to date and not one algae rsearcher has anything to show for it.

By: The Algae Fuel Backlash: Here Come the Skeptics

The Algae Fuel Backlash: Here Come the Skeptics — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:59:41 +0000

[...] the flurry of venture-capital deals, big oil company investments, and attention from politicians on startups creating biofuels from algae, it might seem like the world has fallen in love with the technology to power vehicles with pond [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:47:33 +0000

There is so much hype about this pond-scum fuel. the fact of the matter is, companies are capitilizing on Obama’s program to create more “green jobs”. This type of technology is far-fetched and with the oil prices declining, biofuels would have their work cut out for them.

By: Rep. Ed Markey Checks Out Aurora’s Algae Fuel

Rep. Ed Markey Checks Out Aurora’s Algae Fuel — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:02:02 +0000

[...] the large oil firms, including both ExxonMobil and BP, have started to take algae fuel seriously (Exxon with one of the biggest algae fuel deals yet, including more than $600 million for an algae biofuels development program with Craig [...]

By: LiveFuels: A More Gruesome Way to Make Algae Fuel

LiveFuels: A More Gruesome Way to Make Algae Fuel — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:52:37 +0000

[...] and development. As a startup in this early stage with a ticking clock and competition from well-funded heavy hitters like Algenol Biofuels, Synthetic Genomics and Sapphire Energy — LiveFuels is definitely a [...]

By: BP Ups Algae Fuel Stakes, Pledges $10M for Martek Deal

BP Ups Algae Fuel Stakes, Pledges $10M for Martek Deal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:50:35 +0000

[...] deal comes as just the latest in a string of algae and biofuel plays by heavy hitters in the legacy energy industry. As we’ve written before, oil companies have been placing a growing pile of chips on algae [...]

By: How Good Is Algae Fuel At Fighting Climate Change? Totally Depends

How Good Is Algae Fuel At Fighting Climate Change? Totally Depends — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:01:30 +0000

[...] idea of using algae to produce fuel for vehicles has been the blockbuster topic of the summer. Major deals have recently been done by heavyweights like Exxon, and Synthetic Genomics, Sapphire Energy and Bill Gates’ Cascade Investments, and [...]

By: Max

Max — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:12:14 +0000

Have these deals been substantiated (i.e. is there a paper trail) or are they just included in press releases (which tend to be speculation much of the time).

By: What to read on the GigaOM network

What to read on the GigaOM network — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:11:49 +0000

[...] Staff | Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | 10:11 AM PT | 0 comments Cheat sheet: Heavy hitters in algae fuel deal (Earth2Tech) 4 open-source mind-mapping apps to keep you focused (OStatic) 10 things to think about [...]

By: Heavy hitters in algae fuel |

Heavy hitters in algae fuel | — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:21:13 +0000

[...] details the big money going into algae biofuel R&D, including from oil companies and the US government. Yeah, there’s been some busts here, but [...]

By: Sustainability alerts 15 July « 3E Intelligence

Sustainability alerts 15 July « 3E Intelligence — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:49:21 +0000

[...] invests in biofuels (algaeà (FT). See also Earth2Tech (Heavy hitters in algae fuel deals) and Science News (Algae: biofuel of the [...]