Sentences with phrase «scale algae production»

But large - scale algae production is not without its hurdles.

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Right now, algae - based protein faces a classic chicken and egg situation — major food companies won't introduce algal ingredients into products because there is no reliable production that can produce agricultural - scale algae in high volumes at low prices.

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.

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.

In fact, Trent said, the technology is nearly cost - competitive with land - based production methods for algae biofuels that require vast industrial - scale, open - air pond farms or in closed bioreactors.

The new method developed by the researchers is valuable both for the basic research of the photosynthesis of algae and for the research and development work of the industrial sector when producing new technologies for the large - scale production of carbon neutral biofuels.

«ShareAlgae being cultivated in a small - scale micropond at Sapphire Energy headquarters in La Jolla, California In California, a new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of cost - competitive algae biofuel production will require much more longterm research, development and demonstration.»