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Spain’s “Radio Nacional de España” interviews Mr Augusto Rodríguez-Villa, President of AlgaEnergy, at its experimentation plant PTEM
Spain's "Radio Nacional de España" interviews Mr Augusto Rodríguez-Villa, President of AlgaEnergy, at its experimentation plant PTEM, for the program "España Directo" presented by Mamen Asencio.LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW (in Spanish)
AlgaEnergy has participated in the Conference “Algae: Uses and applications”, organized by the Spanish Aquaculture Observatory Foundation (OESA) and the Spanish Federation of Journalists (FAPE)
Seaweed farming has undergone significant development in recent years. Its uses are employed in various sectors, from nutrition to cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry. Among the applications most promising, emphasizes the production of biofuels from microalgae. This...
Iberdrola has closed 2011 with an economic impact in Andalusia of €170 million and confirms that its investee company, AlgaEnergy, is carrying out important initiatives in the Andalusian region
AlgaEnergy leads the CO2Algaefix project and will build an industrial plant for microalgae production adjacent to the combined cycle plant of IBERDROLA in Arcos de la Frontera, which will take more than 200 tons of CO2 per year. The project aims to "develop industrial...
Members of the CENIT VIDA project consortium visit AlgaEnergy’s pilot plant (PTEM)
Members of the CENIT VIDA project consortium (Iberdrola Ingeniería & Construcción, CT Ingenieros, Aqualia and the Architecture Studio Cervera&Pioz), visit AlgaEnergy's pilot plant (PTEM) to learn about the technologies used for microalgae production in order...
Research on the efficient production of biodiesel from microalgae
The Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has launched the proyect "Energreen" for the development of microalgae with three aims: to improve the microalgae's productivity related to oil, to become economically viable and to be...
AlgaEnergy has joined the Scientific Committee of IBERCAT
AlgaEnergy, through its R&D Director, Dr. Bernardo Llamas, has joined the Scientific Committee of IBERCAT, an initiative taken by renowned researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and led by Dr. J.L. García Fierro, aimed at providing...
President Obama highlights the potential of microalgae and its interest for the energy security and the economy of the USA
"We could replace up to 17% of the oil we import from transportation with this fuel that we can grow right here in the United States and that means greater energy security, lower costs, more jobs and a stronger economy".SEE VIDEO
Microalgae for CO2 capture
The CO2ALGAEFIX project: "CO2 capture and bio-fixation through microalgae cultivation" is led by the company AlgaEnergy and it counts on the following partners: Exeleria S.L., Iberdrola Generación S.A., Andalusian Energy Agency (Junta de Andalucia), Madrid Biocluster,...
The aircraft of the future: no windows and no CO2 emissions
An alternative to food crops could be the biofuels from microalgae. A Spanish consortium, composed of AlgaEnergy, the Ministry of Development, CSIC, AENA and Iberia, has opened a pilot plant for the reasearch and production of microalgae in the Barajas Airport...
A delegation from the Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil), headed by Dr. María Lúcia Caliuri, visits AlgaEnergy’s PTEM
The Advanced Center for Environmental Research of Brazil (nPA) to which this delegation belongs, develops technological research on various fronts, in particular, environmental sanitation, water resources and, among others, environmental information systems. It has...