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Gridtential Energy, Inc., a developer of low-cost, high-performance energy storage technology, today announced that The Roda Group has led the company’s seed round of financing. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) March 07, 2013 Gridtential Energy, Inc., a developer of low-cost, high-performance energy storage technology, today announced that The Roda Group has led the company’s seed round of financing. Founded in 2010, Gridtential Energy has been funded in part by an award from the California...
AMSTERDAM, January 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantium announced the appointment of Jonathan Wolfson to its Supervisory Board. Jonathan Wolfson is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Solazyme. Solazyme is a leading industrial biotechnology company producing renewable oil and bioproducts from microalgae for fuels, chemicals, nutrition and personal care products. Solazyme (SZYM) is a US stock listed company at NASDAQ. Mr. Wolfson and Solazyme have received numerous awards...
LAKE LOUISE, AB, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Last chance to take advantage of the discounted conference rate - Wave Early Bird Registration now ends January 25! Come to hear keynotes from the following companies: -- Shell -- Harris & Harris -- Lockheed Martin -- Maple Leaf Foods -- Corning -- Renesola and Intelligent Energy -- Solazyme -- General Atomics -- Asahi Kasei Corporation --...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based green crude oil production, today announced the appointment of Jeff Webster as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this role, Mr. Webster brings more than 28 years of broad industry experience across biotech, renewable energy, agriculture, and oil & gas, including setting strategic direction and leading implementation of successful new business initiatives for...
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM), a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced today that Jean-Marc Rotsaert has joined the company as its Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Mr. Rotsaert will be responsible for leading Solazyme's operations, including the continued expansion of the tailored oils sales and marketing organization with a focus on the industrial and nutritional markets. "Jean-Marc is a proven leader who has a...
SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Navy's 'Great Green Fleet' initiative sets the bar high for the biofuels industry in May's issue of Energy Digital This month, Energy Digital checks in on the US Navy's ambitious initiative to deploy a fleet of warships powered by alternative fuels by 2016. Touted as one of the most effective moves to jumpstart the use of renewable energy in the US military and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, the Navy's "Great Green...
CHICAGO, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- United Continental Holdings (NYSE: UAL) announced that its subsidiary Continental Airlines today is operating the first U.S. commercial flight powered by advanced biofuels. Flight 1403, a Boeing 737-800, departs Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport at 10:30 a.m. for Chicago O'Hare International Airport, making United the first U.S. airline to fly passengers using a blend of sustainable, advanced biofuel and traditional petroleum-derived jet fuel....
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Solazyme, Inc. is helping the U.S. military move closer to powering its planes, ships, tanks and trucks on renewable fuel and has delivered of 1,500 gallons of 100% algae-based jet fuel for the U.S. Navy's testing and certification program. The U.S. Navy has previously announced the objective to operate at least 50% of its fleet on clean, renewable fuel by 2020, and the delivery fulfills a contract awarded to Solazyme by the U.S....
The National Algae Association announces the formation of regional chapters in the UK, California and Kentucky to help to advance the fast-track commercialization of the algae biofuels industry world-wide and to strengthen global support for the NAA's mission and purpose. Many leading experts on algae, including Sapphire, Solazyme, Valcent, university researchers, plant physiologists and leading algae companies believe algae will be commercialized in the next few years. "We are witnessing...
Solazyme Inc. announced that it has produced the world's first microbial-derived jet fuel. Solazyme's algal-derived aviation fuel as analyzed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), one of the nations leading fuel analytical laboratories, passed the eleven "most challenging specifications needed to meet the ASTM D1655 standard for Aviation Turbine Fuel. The tested areas included the key measurements for density, thermal oxidative stability, flashpoint, freezing point, distillation and...
