BUFFALO, N.Y. – Harvesting biofuel from algae is effective, but not yet practical. A University at Buffalo-led research project – funded by a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy grant – is tackling ...

Autotrophic, if not automatic, for the people. Phillips 66 hopes it can usher in a new generation of fuels by working with Sapphire Energy Inc. to convert algae into "green" crude oil, the ...

San Antonio-based refiner Valero Energy Corp. has signed a development agreement with a Florida company that, if successful, could result in commercial-scale production of fuels derived from algae.

That could be the motto of the University of Tulsa's growing research program aimed at turning various strains of algae into fuels that can power cars and trucks in the not-so-distant future. Members ...

NORFOLK, Va. -- The scientists from Old Dominion University stood on the roof of the local sewage plant and smiled. "Look at the color," said Margaret Mulholland, pointing to emerald-green slime ...

The Pentagon announced today that it has chosen San Francisco-based biofuel company Solazyme to supply the Navy with jet fuel made entirely of algae derivatives. This isn’t the first time it has ...

FACTORYVILLE, Pa. — At Lackawanna Trail Elementary Center, 20 teams of sixth graders turned algae into fuel and even made a machine that collects garbage from the ocean.

Solazyme is one of the most successful companies working on algae, along with generously-funded Sapphire Energy. While most of its competitors struggle to scale, it already has a contract with the U.S ...

OTTOBRUN, Germany (Reuters) - As airlines struggle to find cleaner ways to power jets and with an industry-wide meeting on CO2 emissions just months away, scientists are busy growing algae in vast ...