Recently, OriginOil notified MBD Energy that it is ready to ship a Quantum Fracturing System, designed to maximize algae CO2 absorption with minimal energy, to MBD Energy’s research and development facility at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. The company’s Single-Step Extraction™ System, designed to efficiently separate algae oil from its biomass, will be the next deliverable and will trigger another payment under the purchase order.
In May, the parties agreed on a multi-phase commercialization program under which OriginOil will supply MBD Energy with its algae-to-oil technology platform in progressively larger installations. Subject to the success of the initial test phase, MBD will purchase significantly larger systems to serve its power station projects in Australia, beginning with a one-hectare pilot plant at Tarong Power Station in South Eastern Queensland, and expanding to full production sites at all three of MBD’s power station projects in Australia.
According to MBD Energy, each of its power station projects has the potential to grow to 80-hectare commercial plants, each capable of producing 11 million liters of oil for plastics and transport fuel, and 25,000 tonnes of drought‐proof animal feed annually. MBD Energy estimates that the projects will eventually consume more than half of each power station’s flue-gas emissions.
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OriginOil thinks that the big driver for algae today is carbon storage. Big energy, mining and industrial groups must reduce their CO2 emission and algae can hlep them do this at very low expense. Algae costs millions not billions, and that is very attractive right now. CO2 generators’ involvement seems to be the most feasible way of building massive algae developments!
OriginOil and MBD Energy are among the top speakers addressing the 3rd Algae World Asia, 19-20 October in Singapore where they will share on carbon capture solution using algae.
For more information about 3rd Algae World Asia, 19-20 October – Singapore, send your enquiry to leelin@cmtsp.com.sg
Dr. Rupert Craggs is a Principal Scientist and Manager of the Aquatic Pollution Group at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in Hamilton, New Zealand. Dr. Craggs has worked in the area of microalgal wastewater treatment and beneficial use of wastewater grown algal biomass for 20 years. Dr. Craggs has specialized in resource (energy, nutrients and water) recovery from wastewater using enhanced pond-based treatment systems.
Dr Benemann has a B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Biochemistry, both from the University of California Berkeley; postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, U.C. San Diego; then rejoined U.C. Berkeley, in the Department of Civil Engineering.
Jian XU, Professor, Group Leader of Functional Genomics Group, Director of BioEnergy Genome Center, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (http://www.qibebt.ac.cn/; http://www.bioenergychina.org/).
Tom Beer, D.Sc., Ph.D. leads the Transport Technologies & Sustainable Fuels Stream of the Energy Transformed Flagship of CSIRO (the Australian Government’s Research Agency)and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy.
Dr Jean-Paul Schwitzguébel, French and Swiss citizen, is a plant and microbial biochemist, with Master in Biology from the University of Geneva, and PhD from the Department of Biochemistry (University of Geneva) on the intracellular compartmentation and regulation of carbon and energy metabolism in Neurospora crassa.
Matt Peak joined Prize Capital to serve as Director of Technology Ventures, leading its prize creation and investment initiative in partnership with the World Bank Global Environment Facility (GEF), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the X PRIZE Foundation.
David Pyrce is Executive Vice President of Kent BioEnergy and is responsible for business development and commercial strategy.
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Dr Jos B. Peeters is Founder and Managing Partner of Capricorn Venture Partners NV, a Belgian based pan-European manager of venture capital funds seeking to invest in technology-based growth companies. Whilst raising a Capricorn Health-tech Fund Capricorn Venture Partners is currently investing out of its Capricorn Cleantech Fund, which focuses on innovative growth companies in Europe that own or develop breakthrough technologies in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency, water, renewable resources and biorefineries, clean air, CO2 reduction and climate change, green chemistry and advanced materials, etc.
Dr. John Benemann has worked in the area of microalgae mass cultivation, for wastewater treatment, specialty food and feed production, biofuels and greenhouse gas abatement, for over 30 years. Among others, he was founder, along with Dr. Joseph Weissman, of SeaAg, Inc., a Florida clam aquaculture company that mass cultured microalgae for raising seed clams.
Carel Callenbach lived in different countries since childhood which resulted in speaking 7 different languages fluently. After studying Tropical Agricultural Technology and finishing his MSc Agricultural Economics / Marketing and Marketing Research at Wageningen University (1993 -The Netherlands) Carel began his professional career in The Netherlands at the Van Hall Institute Leeuwarden as lector Marketing Management and Marketing Research. He was chairman of the Counsel for Agricultural Business administration and Logistics and still is member of the External Counsel of Advice of Van Hall Institute. At the same time he was member of the International Exam Board Committee Greenwich University (London).
Morgan Cabigliera is the President, CEO & co-founder of Algenics SAS. Prior to founding Algenics, Morgan worked for 8 years as a consultant in the setting up and business development of biotech companies in various bio incubators. Morgan’s responsabilities included overseeing all the strategic partnerships and financing of biotech startups from the seed to the first financing round.
Alexander Piek studied Food Technology at the University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg, Germany. After finishing his Diploma thesis about algae extraction at the IGV Institute in Potsdam, Germany in 2003 he worked as scientific assistant in Phototrophic Biotechnology at the University of Applied Sciences Lausitz, Germany.
Dr Bernard Kudla has a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Genetics from Orsay Paris-Sud University.
Dr. Bryan Willson is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU) and has worked for over 25 years to develop large scale solutions for global energy needs. He is also co-founder and Chief Technology Strategist of Solix Biofuels (
Mark Michiels is managing director at Proviron and is today responsible for innovations.
Marc Van Aken has a background in high technology companies, both early and later stage. In the 90s, he was involved in the start-up of Internet Service Provider UUNET in the Benelux, where he held a number of roles in marketing, sales and general management. Later he moved on to become VP Strategic Marketing for UUNET in EMEA.
Ami Ben-Amotz is presently Emeritus Professor of Marine Phycology at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Haifa, Israel.
Olivier Lépine, is currently Chief Operating Officer for AlgoSource Technologies, an engineering companies dedicated to microalgae process development and integration. The company provides integrated consultancy services for microalgae production projects from the recycling of industrial effluent up to biomass biorefining.
