Turning algae into a ubiquitous, affordable and low-emission transportation fuel remains an ambitious goal for now. However, Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), the La Jolla, California, synthetic biology startup, and...
Diesel fuel refined from algae oils could transform how we power everything from automobiles to jet planes. The stuff is not only energy-rich—it also emits significantly fewer greenhouse gases than most...
Scientists from Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI) and ExxonMobil have developed a strain of algae able to convert carbon into a record amount of energy-rich fat, which can then be processed into biodiesel.
First of all, what is biofuel? Well, essentially biofuel is a renewable fuel for transport made from biomass – such as wheat straw, sugar beet or even algae – which can be used as an alternative to petrol or...
Developing the European energy system to reduce carbon emissions is an important topic across the continent – and nowhere more so than in the European Union’s (EU) policy-making hub of Brussels, Belgium.
We sat down with ExxonMobil’s vice president of research and development (R&D), Dr Vijay Swarup, to ask him where the company is focusing global R&D efforts on our mission to solve the dual challenge.