Founded Year
2006Stage
Asset Sale | AssetsPurchasedTotal Raised
$426.18MAbout Sapphire Energy
Sapphire Energy is a manufacturer in algae-based green crude oil production, Green Crude. Sapphire's products and processes are made from photosynthetic microorganisms (algae and cyanobacteria), using sunlight and CO2 as feedstock; are not dependent on food crops or valuable farmland; do not use potable water; do not result in biodiesel or ethanol; enhance and replace petroleum-based products; are compatible with existing infrastructure; and are low carbon, renewable and scalable.
Sapphire Energy Headquarter Location
9363 Towne Centre Drive
San Diego, California, 92121,
United States
858-768-4700
Latest Sapphire Energy News
Aug 23, 2017
August 23, 2017 | Jim Lane Back in 2014, Sapphire Energy and the US Department of Energy embarked on a project to advance Sapphire’s (then) biomass production technologies across three priority areas to meet a target of 2,500 gallons of oil per acre per year by 2018. Productivity is directly related to the economics of algal biofuels production. By improving average productivity, cost of fuel production is greatly decreased. The three priority areas were: improving Algal Biomass Productivity; improving Pre-Processing Technologies; and integration of Algal Biomass Unit Operations. The project outcome was very positive. Sapphire indeed achieved annual average productivity of 12 g/m2/day, producing equivalent of 3031 gal/acre/year of HTT product, over one year in 127m2 raceways in Las Cruces, NM. Sapphire Energy’s Craig Behnke gave these illuminating slides on the Sapphire/DOE project at the DOE Project Peer Review meetings in Washington, DC. Prev1 of 21 Next
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Sapphire Energy Patents
Sapphire Energy has filed 32 patents.
The 3 most popular patent topics include:
- Analgesics
- Anticonvulsants
- Clusters of differentiation
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9/10/2008 | 7/4/2017 | Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, Insecticides, Organophosphate insecticides, Renewable energy, Nitriles | Grant | |
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Related Topics | Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, Insecticides, Organophosphate insecticides, Renewable energy, Nitriles | ||||
Status | Grant |