Solazyme has demonstrated successful scale-up and production of a variety of tailored oils, fuels, and chemicals based on proprietary strains of algae that metabolize a diverse array of non-food, biomass-based carbohydrates.

Algae have evolved highly efficient pathways for oil production. In fact, much of the oil we use today for fuels and chemicals originated with ancient algal blooms. Unlike other microorganisms, algae are incredibly efficient lipid producers.

Fuels

Advanced Biofuels

Solazyme is the only microbial biofuel company to produce an oil-based fuel, Soladiesel®, at industrial manufacturing scale with production capabilities currently in the tens of thousands of gallons, and plans to ramp up production for demonstration and pre-commercialization purposes.

• Soladiesel BD™ (FAME) meets ASTM D6751, EN 14214, and military specifications.
• Soladiesel RD™ (Renewable #2 Diesel) meets ASTM D975 and military specifications.
• Both Soladiesel BD™ and Soladiesel RD™ are the first algal-derived fuels to have been successfully road-tested (up to B100, unblended) for thousands of miles in a variety of unmodified vehicles.
• Soladiesel BD™ (FAME) has demonstrated better cold temperature properties than any currently available biodiesel.
• Soladiesel RD™ (Renewable #2 Diesel) has demonstrated a cetane rating of over 74 which is over 60% better than standard U.S. diesel fuel.
• Both Soladiesel BD™ and Soladiesel RD™ are fully compatible with existing infrastructure, and can be used with factory-standard diesel engines, with no modifications.
• The fuels can be used "neat," or in blends with conventional fuels.
• Solazyme has received $2 million in funding from U.S. NIST to produce a very high-quality biocrude oil.
• Solajet^TM jet fuel has passed all of the eleven essential tested specifications required to meet the ASTM D1655 (Jet-A1) standard. It is the world’s first microbially-derived jet fuel to do so.