
Hybrid algae to ethanol !! 6
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to authorize the expenditure of up to $18million in cost-shared federal funding to support the final design, construction, and start-up of a
pilot-scale Direct to Ethanol® integrated biorefinery (hereafter referred to as biorefinery or
proposed project).
DOE has authorized Algenol Biofuels, Inc. (Algenol) to use a percentage of
its federal funding for pilot-scale activities ($7 million), which include:
research and development related to organism development,
developing the flexible film photobioreactor,
preliminary process engineering,
construction planning, regulatory submissions and approval, a
activities.
more http://nepa.energy.gov/documents/EA-1786F.pdf


