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Proactive Investors: Algae.Tec obtains greater access to U.S. market with OTC-QX listing

Proactive Investors reports: Algae.Tec (ASX: AEB) has increased its investor reach with a listing on the United States’ third highest traded market, the OTC-QX.

The OTC-QX platform provides Algae.Tec convenient access to the U.S. market at a time when the company, which was one of the best performing IPO’s in 2011, is looking at securing country-wide agreements in the U.S., Australia and Brazil for its algae-to-biofuels technology.

OTC-QX is one of three OTC Markets Group platforms which in total trade over 10,000 securities with an aggregate market capitalisation exceeding US$10 trillion.

It is the world’s largest electronic marketplace for broker-dealers to trade over-the-counter stocks. More than US$144 billion in total volume of securities were traded on the OTC platform in 2010.

The company will trade its American Depositary Receipts under the ticker ALGXY.

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Investor Central: Algae.Tec Limited Joins OTCQX

Investor Central reports:  OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) the financial information and technology services company that provides the world’s largest electronic marketplace for broker-dealers to trade unlisted stocks, announced that Algae.Tec Limited (OTCQX:ALGXY; ASX: AEB), a renewable energy company, has chosen to have its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) traded on the highest tier of the OTC market, OTCQX®.

Algae.Tec began trading today on the OTC market’s prestigious tier, OTCQX International. Investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the Company on www.otcmarkets.com.

“We are pleased to welcome Algae.Tec to OTCQX,” said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of OTC Markets Group. “The OTCQX platform offers investor-focused companies a winning combination of quality control, transparency, and broader visibility to U.S. investors.”

INTL Trading, Inc. will serve as Algae.Tec’s Principal American Liaison (“PAL”) on OTCQX, responsible for providing guidance on OTCQX requirements.

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Bradenton Herald: OTCQX welcomes Algae.Tec Limited

Bradenton Herald reports: Algae.Tec began trading today on the OTC market’s prestigious tier, OTCQX International. Investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the Company on www.otcmarkets.com

“We are pleased to welcome Algae.Tec to OTCQX,” said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of OTC Markets Group. “The OTCQX platform offers investor-focused companies a winning combination of quality control, transparency, and broader visibility to U.S. investors.”

INTL Trading, Inc. will serve as Algae.Tec’s Principal American Liaison (“PAL”) on OTCQX, responsible for providing guidance on OTCQX requirements.

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Statesman.com: Algae.Tec Limited Joins OTCQX

Statesman.com reports: OTC Markets Group Inc.(OTCQX: OTCM) the financial information and technology services company that provides the world’s largest electronic marketplace for broker-dealers to trade unlisted stocks, announced that Algae.Tec Limited(OTCQX: ALGXY; ASX: AEB), a renewable energy company, has chosen to have its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) traded on the highest tier of the OTC market, OTCQX®.

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Daily Markets: Algae.Tec Limited Joins OTCQX

Daily Markets report: Algae.Tec began trading today on the OTC market’s prestigious tier, OTCQX International.

“We are pleased to welcome Algae.Tec to OTCQX,” said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of OTC Markets Group. “The OTCQX platform offers investor-focused companies a winning combination of quality control, transparency, and broader visibility to U.S. investors.”

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TheBioEnergySite: EU Steps up to Renewable Commitment

TheBioEnergySite Reports: New EU strategies intended to shift the European economy towards greater and more sustainable use of renewable resources have been welcomed by the industry. The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has announced the first completed commercial certification of the Manildra Group, Australia.

Through its subsidiary Shoalhaven Starches Pty Ltd, the Manildra Group produces bioethanol from starchy wastewater generated by their wheat-processing facility.

The certification, conducted by NCS International, serves to prove sustainable biofuels may be efficiently and economically produced at a large scale while adhering to ambitious social and environmental standards.

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EcoGeneration: $1 billion of Federal Funding for energy efficient manufacturing

EcoGeneration reports:

The Clean Technology Investment Programswill provide grants to help manufacturers buy new plants and equipment to cut energy costs and/or reduces carbon pollution.

The $800 million Clean Technology Investment Program and the $200 million Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program are a part of the Government’s Clean Energy Future package of bills.

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Commodity Online: Global spending in renewable energy rise 40% in 2011

Commodity Online reports: PwC noted in its annual analysis of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions in the sector shows that deal values worldwide in 2011 totalled $53.5 billion, up 40 percent from 2010 rates. According to PwC, in 2011 one in every three transactions last year involved solar and the overall value for that sector rose 56 percent to $15.8 billion. Renewable power is rising as a useful alternative to traditional power sources, from the EU and the Third World, and those looking to understand the shapes of the 21st century’s rising energy needs should pay increasing attention, and, if they want their investment profits in an ever more uncertain world, do their homework.

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Sydney Morning Herald: Algae

Sydney Morning Herald: ”Airlines and shipping companies are investigating a switch to algae oil, and smart clean tech money is pouring into the nascent technology.”

“The prize is huge: scientists say under optimum conditions, commercial algae farms can produce 55,000 to 110,000 litres of oil per hectare, compared with just 3930 litres of ethanol biofuel per hectare grown with crops such as maize.”

“Algae are the base of all life and must be the future”

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San Francisco Chronicle: Algae.Tec Congratulates The Manildra Group

San Francisco Chronicle reports: Algae.Tec congratulates its strategic partner the Manildra Group on being awarded the world’s first commercial certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB). The RSB has developed a Global Sustainability Standard and Certification System for biofuel production. The RSB Certification System is approved by the European Commission, as proof of compliance with the Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC).

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Algae.Tec congratulates strategic partner The Manildra Group on international biofuels certification

Perth, Western Australia/Atlanta, Georgia – 15 February 2012 – Algae.Tec Limited (ASX:AEB, FWB:GZA:GR, ALGXY:US) an advanced algae to biofuels company with a high-yield enclosed algae growth and harvesting system today congratulates its strategic partner the Manildra Group on being awarded the world’s first commercial certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB). [Read more...]

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Domestic Fuel: Manildra Group (Algae.Tec strategic partner) awarded global biofuels certification

Algae.Tec strategic partner the Manildra Group has been awarded the world’s first commercial certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB).

The RSB has developed a Global Sustainability Standard and Certification System for biofuel production. The RSB Certification System is approved by the European Commission, as proof of compliance with the Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC). See full story here

 

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NewNet: Algae.Tec executive named on advisory board for new Australian research centre

NewNet reports:

Roger Stroud, executive chairman of Australian biofuel developer Algae.Tec has been appointed as a member of the advisory board for the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute at Curtin University in Perth.

The centre was formally launched last week by Australia’s Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson.

Ferguson said, ‘Advanced biofuels have a wide range of applications, in everything from aviation and shipping to electricity generation. Australia is well placed to capitalise on the opportunities on offer and facilities like these at Curtin University will help us do that.’

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American Banking News: Algae.Tec Successfully Completes $5m Capital Raising With Patersons Securities

American Banking News reports: Algae.Tec Ltd is pleased to announce that the AUD$5,000,000 (USD$5,354,086.97) Placement through Patersons Securities Limited has been successfully completed.

Algae.Tec Executive Chairman, Roger Stroud, said the Company was extremely pleased with the capital raising.

“This again demonstrates that sophisticated investors are aligned with the need for alternative transport fuel technologies such as the Algae.Tec enclosed algae to biofuels solution,” said Stroud.

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Biofuels Journal: Algae.Tec Raises $5 Million in Funding Round

Biofuels Journal report: Algae.Tec Ltd is pleased to announce that the AUD$5,000,000 (USD$5,354,086.97) placement through Patersons Securities Limited has been successfully completed.

As previously stated, this capital raising will be utilised to fund the fast-tracking of commercial projects recently announced.

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Daily Markets: Algae.Tec Successfully Completes $5m Capital Raising With Patersons Securities

Daily Markets Report: Algae.Tec Ltd (ASX:AEB, FWB:GZA:GR, ALGXY:US) (‘Algae.Tec’) is pleased to announce that the AUD$5,000,000 (USD$5,354,086.97) Placement through Patersons Securities Limited has been successfully completed.

As previously stated, this capital raising will be utilised to fund the fast-tracking of commercial projects recently announced.

Algae.Tec Executive Chairman, Roger Stroud, said the Company was extremely pleased with the capital raising.

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Canberra Times: US forces give the nod to biofuels

Canberra Times reports:

Don’t laugh! The United States military is dead serious about being able to fly its combat and cargo planes on jet fuel derived from algae and plants, and to power many of its warships on biodiesel from used cooking oil and non-food-grade animal fats.

The home-grown biofuel program, which has been under way for several years, is part of a broader strategy to increase US military fuel security and reduce reliance on foreign oil by raising energy efficiency levels in the armed forces and finding cost-effective alternatives to fuel refined from oil.

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Proactive Investors: Algae.Tec: Standard and Poors initiates Factual Stock Report coverage

Proactive Investors report: Algae.Tec (ASX: AEB) has become the subject of Factual Stock Report coverage by New York financial services firm Standard and Poors.

“The S&P coverage will extend our reach to a wide range of investor audiences in the USA and internationally providing weekly updates on pricing, trading volume, recent developments, a financial review, key operating information, industry and peer comparisons, and institutional holdings analysis,” executive chairman Roger Stroud said.

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Algae.Tec Announces S&P research upgrade

Perth, Western Australia/Atlanta, Georgia –  31 January 2012 – Algae.Tec Ltd (ASX:AEB, FWB:GZA:GR, ALGXY:US) (‘Algae.Tec’) is pleased to announce that Standard and Poors (S&P), the New York based financial services company known for their financial research and analysis have, in conjunction with Algae.Tec, upgraded the status of Algae.Tec’s American Depository Receipt program (ADR), the USA share trading platform. [Read more...]

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Biodiesel Magazine: Algae.Tec in commercial phase

Biodiesel Magazine reports:

According to Algae.Tec CEO Peter Hatfull, the cumulative impact of these announcements means that his company is making the transition from a development-stage company to a commercial entity.  “We’ve reached a completely new level,” he told Biodiesel Magazine. “We are getting external validation of our technology and building commercial plants. It means that within two to two-and-a-half years we will have significant revenue coming in, and that, of course, is the basis for share price increases,” he said. “This is a game changer for Algae.Tec.”

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