Sentences with phrase «commercial algae production»
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Ramping algae biofuels up to commercial - scale production will also be a challenge: Going from 0 to 60 million acres will require considerable research, development, and investment.
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Another company ready to make the leap into commercial scale production of algae fuel is Sapphire Energy, which operates a 2,200 acre algae farm in New Mexico where oil is harvested across 70 open ponds and refined on site.
Scientists have sequenced the genome of a green alga that has drawn commercial interest as a strong producer of quality lipids for biofuel production.
The researchers targeted Chromochloris zofingiensis, a single - celled green alga that has drawn commercial interest as one of the highest producers of the best lipids for biofuel production.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, algae's biggest drawback for commercial production is the extreme cost of harvesting the algae and removing the water.
Though not yet ready for commercial production, the Indiana - based company says that it has developed a bio-aviation fuel made from landfill waste, sorghum, algae and wood chips which it says will be cheaper to produce and perform better than current aviation fuels.