Development of Algal Biomass Yield Improvements in an Integrated Process Award Number: DE-EE0007689 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 9/9/2016 Location(s): CA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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Development of Algal Biomass Yield Improvements in an Integrated Process
Award Number: DE-EE0007689
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 9/9/2016
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Global Algae Innovations Inc. (GAI) to facilitate development of the commercial algae biofuel industry, by improving algae cultivation and strain development. All approaches and experimental results would be passed through a Techno-Economic Analysis/Life Cycle Analysis model so that the economic viability and sustainability impacts are documented.
The proposed project activities would include operation of an algae farm for cultivation and harvesting of algae at the existing GAI facility in Lihue, HI. Analytical testing and laboratory experiments would occur at the following laboratories: GAI Kauai Algae laboratory also in Lihue, Hi, University of California- San Diego and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography both in La Jolla, CA, Texas A&M University in College Station, TX and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA. The work at these facilities would include characterization, lipid content, ash free dry weight, nutrient take-up, inoculum generation, and flow cytometry for cell sorting for the various algae. Additionally, computer modeling and paper studies would be conducted at the GAI Corporate Headquarters in El Cajon, CA and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO.