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Table 3 (continued)
Companies
Region
Technology (Process)
Feedstock
Primary product
PetroSun
USA
Open pond and closed reactor
Algae biomass
Biofuels
Piedmont Biofuels Coop
USA
Algae burning/transesterifi cation
Algae
Biodiesel
Plankton Power
N/A
N/A
Algae
Biodiesel
Sapphire Energy
USA
Convert sunlight and CO 2 to renewable
carbon-neutral alternatives to conventional
fossil fuel
Genetically modifi ed
cyanobacteria, blue-green algae
Bio-crude oil
Seambiotic
Israel
Microalgal cultures in open ponds using fl ue
gases like CO 2 and nitrogen from a nearby
coal plant as feedstock
Algae cultivation
Food, fi ne chemicals,
and biofuels
Shell Oil
USA
Algae transesterifi cation
Algae
Biodiesel
Solazyme, Inc.
USA
Algae grown in dark in large tanks where
they are fed sugar to supercharge their growth
Algae
Oil, biofuels, and green
chemicals
Solena
USA
Patent plasma technology to gasify algae and
other organic substance with high energy
outputs
Algae
Biofuel
Solix Biofuels
USA
CO 2 produced during beer production used
for the growth of algae
Algae
Biofuel
Storm Fisher Biogas
USA
Algae transesterifi cation
Algae
Biodiesel
Sustainable Green
Technologies, Inc.
USA
Microbe
Biomass waste/algae
Biodiesel
Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
USA
Algal cultivation
Algae
Algal fuel
TransAlgae Ltd.
Israel
Algae strains research
Algae
Biofuels
VG Energy Inc.
USA
Manipulating the metabolic functions of
algae cells
Algae
Refi nable oil and fuels
XL Renewables
USA
Thin-walled polyethylene tubing (Algae
Biotape)
Algae
Protein, carbohydrates, ethanol,
and biodiesel
 
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