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The oil giant is quitting an area of research it has long held up as part of a clean "energy future." Reading time 3 minutes It’s the end of an algal era: Exxon is backing out of a biofuel effort that ...

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders today joined UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, local scientists and industry leaders to announce their support for a regional partnership designed to develop ...

New research using real-world data casts doubt on the energy efficiency of diesel alternatives that come from phytoplankton. Biofuels made from algae have had their time in the sun, with years of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A new grant from the National Science Foundation will allow University researchers to further ...

Martek Biosciences, a company that has been working on growing algae for conversion into microbial oils and biofuels, has inked a $10 million deal with energy leader BP for the joint development of ...

Well-known but still young biofuel company Sapphire Energy has more than doubled its funding to more than $100 million for its “green crude,” a fuel it says will mimic the best characteristics of the ...

The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) is a consortium of government laboratories, universities and private industry headed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The ...

When it comes to biofuels, ethanol from corn gets all the press, but redirecting the photosynthetic process to produce hydrogen or hydrocarbons is another potential source of biofuels. Plants, ...

In a major move forward for algae-based biofuel, US feedstock producer Cellana has inked a multi-year deal for commercial-scale quantities. Finnish company Neste Oil, one of the world's biggest ...

Biofuels made from algae are gaining attention as a domestic source of renewable fuel. However, with current technologies, scaling up production of algal biofuels to meet even 5 percent of U.S.