Biomass Productivity Technology Advancement Towards a Commercially Viable, Integrated Algal Biomass Production Award Number: DE-EE0006315 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 03/26/2014 Location(s): CA Office(s): Golden ...
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Biomass Productivity Technology Advancement Towards a Commercially Viable, Integrated Algal Biomass Production
Award Number: DE-EE0006315
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 03/26/2014
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Sapphire Energy (Sapphire) to increase intrinsic algal biomass yield using genetically engineered (GE) and non-GE approaches, improve outdoor cultivation practices, develop harvest and extraction technologies to further reduce costs, and implement process improvements to efficiently integrate the algae-to-oil pipeline. DOE funding would be used for laboratory research and development and outdoor field cultivation and implementation activities.
DOE made a previous NEPA determination (GFO-0006315-001 CXA9 8/27/2013) for process and data validation activities including further defining the technology readiness level of the overall process. This NEPA determination applies to all phases of the award which includes laboratory research and development and computer based activities at six locations and outdoor field testing at one site in New Mexico.