Marine AlGae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC): Combining biofuel and high-value bioproducts to meet the RFS Award Number: DE-EE0007091 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.15 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 03/18/2016 Location(s): NC Office(s): ...
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March 18, 2016
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Marine AlGae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC): Combining biofuel and high-value bioproducts to meet the RFS
Award Number: DE-EE0007091
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.15
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 03/18/2016
Location(s): NC
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Duke University to use the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium’s (MAGIC) fully integrated platform technology for the production of biofuels and high-value nutritional bioproducts to demonstrate a combined co-product value >$1,000/metric ton while yielding a biofuel intermediate that demonstrably meets or exceeds the renewable fuel standards for advanced biofuels, has an energy return on investments >3, and would sell for <$5/gallon of gas equivalent. Phase 1 was completed to validate existing data and to develop technical metrics for project progress. A NEPA review was completed (GFO-0007091-001; CX A9 on 9/8/2015) for Phase 1. Phase 2 would use the platform technology to produce, process, and validate algae-based products by direct comparison to the performance of established products at industry-standard demonstration scale. In addition to the biofuel product, three specified bioproducts would be targeted for the nutrition of fish, poultry, pigs, and humans. All of these activities would be performed by a team of partners, across multiple locations in the US and one site in Norway. This NEPA review is for Phase 2.