For over a decade, Viridos was the centerpiece of Exxon Mobil’s heavily advertised push to develop climate-friendly biofuels from algae. The oil major slashed its support for the company last year.

That also means that the other natural places to cultivate algae are power stations. The algae can absorb as much as 75 percent of the exhaust gas, claims U.S. firm GreenFuel Technologies, using its ...

A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to produce ...

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Massive Sargassum blooms sweeping across the Caribbean and Atlantic are fueled by a powerful nutrient partnership: phosphorus ...

An algae farm outdoor growth facility at General Atomics in San Diego. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) One by one, Big Oil firms have touted their investments in algae biofuels as ...

That slippery green scum beneath the family cabin dock could soon help fuel your car. That, at least, is the hope of federal, state and local government officials, as well as energy experts who ...

HOUSTON -- One man's pond scum is another man's ticket to energy independence. Just ask attendees of a conference Friday in The Woodlands that focused on the potential of algae in making renewable ...

(Editor’s note: When entrepreneur Rich Hilt told VentureBeat that his Menlo Park, Calif. company, LiveFuels, is developing algae as an alternative fuel, we asked him to explain. Here’s his piece.) ...

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 ...