GreenFuel Technologies

Something's fishy with China algae plant

Emma Ritch — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:42:53 -0400

With several other biofuel projects announced but not started, will PetroSun actually deliver this time?

New algae fuel alchemy gets $3M

Lee Bruno — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:44:39 -0400

Researchers from Arizona State University and University of Virginia, in separate projects, pioneer new commercial scale algae opportunities.

Solazyme joins algae elite with additional $45M

Emma Ritch — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:15:37 -0400

Company becomes latest algae-based fuel developer to rack up big money to scale its technology.

GreenFuel appoints new permanent CEO

Carli Ghelfi — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:45:50 -0400

Former Dow Chemical executive to also join company’s board of directors.

Turning algae into ethanol, and gold

Carli Ghelfi — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:27:09 -0400

No ponds, no fresh water, no harvesting, no oils. One algal biofuel company says it's found a way to convert algae directly into ethanol on the cheap.

Aurora Biofuels lands $20M in Series B

Carli Ghelfi — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:28:47 -0400

Company says its process creates biodiesel fuel with yields 125 times higher at half the cost.

Google gets into more solar

David Ehrlich — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:27:49 -0400

The search giant's philanthropic arm adds cash to a big round for BrightSource, and we spot nine other deals over the past week.

Mishaps and murmurs

Cleantech Avenger — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:52:00 -0400

Verdant Power and LDK Solar suffer setbacks, while startup claims algae oil by the truckload. It's... the Cleantech Avenger!

Let them eat algae

David Ehrlich — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:19:08 -0400

Two more companies throw their hats into the ever growing algae to biofuel ring, pushing the concept closer to reality.

Two small Canadian companies enter algae fray

Dallas Kachan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:04:11 -0400

Can these two small companies succeed when others, with algae expertise, have failed?