In California, OriginOil announced that its algae harvesting process reduces bacterial concentrations by as much as 99%. This could extend the shelf life of liquid algae concentrate from hours to days, addressing a key problem standing in the way of the multi-billion dollar algae industry. The results were achieved in lab tests under an independent […]
In California, OriginOil has announced that its algae harvesting process reduces bacterial concentrations by up to 99%, although this was achieved in a laboratory. Also, the life of algae was extended up to 12 days. Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginOil, said, “Our End-to-End Production Model shows that you need a lot of acreage to afford […]
In California and France, OriginOil announced that its Algae Appliance was spotlighted as a key process in the recent grand opening of an urban algae showcase near Paris. Featured were the algae growth systems developed by Ennesys, supported by OriginOil’s Algae Appliance in the harvesting phase. Over two hundred attendees from the European construction industry […]
In Florida, with just four days of voting left in the Hot 50 and Hot 30 rankings, OriginOil took the lead in Hot 50 Twitter voting, while Genomatica took the lead for the Hot 30. This year, 10 percent of the overall rankings will be apportioned to Twitter votes – and dozens of companies have […]
In California, OriginOil announced that it has received its first international patent for its algae harvesting technology from the Australian patent office. The invention, titled “Systems, apparatus and methods of obtaining intracellular products and cellular mass and debris from algae and derivative products and process of use thereof,” was issued as patent number 2010239380 in […]
In California, OriginOil reported that its Japanese research partner has received government funding for an ambitious algae biofuels program to provide renewable fuels and help eliminate radioactive materials. Dr. Takaaki Maekawa, President of the Research Institute of Tsukuba Bio-tech (RITB), has confirmed receiving grant approval from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) to […]
In France, OriginOil is getting ready to test its urban-sized algae harvester, the Model 4 Algae Appliance, at the La Défense complex near Paris in collaboration with Ennesys, a local wastewater-to-energy company.
In California, OriginOil, in a note to supporters and shareholders, said that the company’s platform technology, which separates solids from liquids in a single pass, without the use of chemicals, has multiple market implications. The company identified: the Algae Market, projected to grow to $1.6 billion by 2015; the Produced Water Market, with a potential […]
In California, OriginOil announced the selection of Clean Water Technology, to manufacture the company’s systems for processing up to 1 barrel of petroleum-contaminated “frac flowback” water per minute, or up to 60,000 gallons per day. To shorten time to market, CWT plans to adapt the shells of its own wastewater treatment units already on hand. […]
In California, OriginOil has filed two patents for its technology processing solids into solution; the technology is expected to find immediate application in oil and gasfield wastewater cleanup and going forward, markets in industrial wastewater and remediation of toxic chemicals. Recent third party testing has shown that the Company’s patent-pending process, originally developed for algae […]
