VG Energy launching commercial product for palm and algae oil production based on Metabolic Disruption Technology
25 June 2012
VG Energy, a majority-owned subsidiary of Viral Genetics, is launching its first commercial product: LipidMax, a lipid enhancement compound based on VG’s Metabolic Disruption Technology (MDT) for use in the production of oils from algae and other plants or plant-like organisms. VG is currently verifying the chemical activity in industrial scale batches of LipidMax.
VG Energy compounds manipulate the metabolic functions of oil plant cells causing them to increase the storage of fats—rather than converting them to sugar for fuel—and therefore increasing the yield of refinable oil. VG researchers say that the MDT approach increases the yields of oils stored and/or secreted by algal cells by 300%. The technology also has the ability to increase oil storage in seeds for increased production of edible oils. (Earlier post.)
The VG Energy compound is “technology agnostic” and can be used in all known methods of algae production, and all known feedstocks, according to the company. VG Energy says it is launching LipidMax in response to unsolicited demand for MDT compounds from algae oil producers after it announced testing results during the preceding year.
Separately, VG Energy also reports that LipidMax has shown in an initial internal study to potentially increase the amount of extracted palm oil when applied to raw palm fruit. The enormous market for palm oil growers is heavily concentrated in Southeast Asia and this has led the Company to commence the formation of an operating subsidiary to be called VG Energy (Asia) Sdn Bhd.
Its objectives are to explore the possible applications of LipidMax in the palm oil industry and act as the distribution arm for VG Energy, Inc. The global palm oil industry delivered more than 160 million metric tons of product last year, at $895/ton representing more than $140 billion annually.
The product release testing is predominantly focused on verifying that the chemical activity of industrial-scale batches of LipidMax from the manufacturers identified by VG Energy is comparable to the smaller, laboratory-sized batches used in testing.
Once product release testing is complete, VG Energy will order larger quantities from its final manufacturer(s) and begin to deliver samples to prospective buyers for their own field-testing which it anticipates will lead to commercial orders thereafter.
VG Energy’s impetus to begin contract manufacture of the LipidMax product is the direct result of demand from industry and research institutes after review of the results of both internal and external studies showing LipidMax’s ability to substantially increase the amount of lipids from algae, seeds, yeast and potential future markets in other edible oils such as palm oil.
Earlier this month, VG Energy entered into an agreement with UniQuest Pty. Ltd., the commercialization arm of the University of Queensland, Australia, to optimize the use of Metabolic Disruption Technology (“MDT”) compounds in algae lipid production. (Earlier post.)
"VG is currently verifying the chemical activity in industrial scale batches of LipidMax."
" VG researchers say that the MDT approach increases the yields of oils stored and/or secreted by algal cells by 300%."
Maybe we can farm out the US Senate Republics to crush these wanton efforts at progress.
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