Oct
3
Algae Is In the Starting Blocks Making Crude Oil
October 3, 2012 | 1 Comment
Wheat, rice, corn – those are the major food crops cultivated over millions of acres worldwide. The products that are made from these range from simple staple food for people and animals to exotic pharmaceuticals and fuel products measured in billions of gallons. Can algae compete? Sapphire Energy and its Green Crude Farm located near […]
Aug
28
Green Crude Demonstration From Sapphire Energy Begins
August 28, 2012 | 5 Comments
Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based green crude oil production, today announced the first phase of its Green Crude Farm, the world’s first commercial demonstration algae-to-energy facility, is now operational. The algae farm will grow to 300 acres, about a mile by ½ mile using 56 metric tons of CO2 a […]
May
31
A Big Industrial Move For CO2 to Algae
May 31, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Linde Group is currently the leading supplier of CO2 in the U.S., providing CO2 for processes like dry-cleaning, welding gases and cooling food products. Linde is an industry leader that employs about 48,000 people and earned nearly $18 billion in the gases and engineering sector in 2010. Linde has announced a partnership with Sapphire […]
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