{"id":3158,"date":"2011-04-10T05:19:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T05:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2011-04-10T05:19:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T05:19:12","slug":"abo-honours-the-catalysts-for-the-u-s-algae-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/abo-honours-the-catalysts-for-the-u-s-algae-industry.html","title":{"rendered":"ABO honours the Catalysts for the U.S. Algae Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.algalbiomass.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Algal Biomass Organization<\/a>, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, presented its first annual Algae Industry Leadership Awards to four people in an effort to recognise and honour their critical support in accelerating the industry&#8217;s growth, facilitating private investment and reducing major barriers to the commercialization of algae-based biofuels.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Bilbray (Representative &#8211; CA)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bilbray is the co-chair of the House Algae Energy Caucus and has supported policies that would spur private investment in algae-for-energy technologies and speed the commercial deployment of algae-based biofuels. Bilbray recently introduced a bill, H.R. 1449, that would address one of the major barriers to commercialization: a lack of tax parity for algae-based biofuels. If enacted, the legislation would provide algae fuels crucial tax incentives currently afforded to other advanced biofuel feedstocks..<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Jay Inslee (Representative &#8211; WA)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inslee is also the co-chair of the House Algae Energy Caucus. Inslee has been instrumental in the support policies and H.R 1449 bill.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bill Nelson (Senator &#8211; FL)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nelson has been a leading voice in the Senate for the development and deployment of algae-based biofuels. In 2010, Nelson introduced legislation seeking to address the lack of parity for algae-based biofuels in the current tax code and in the Renewable Fuels Standard.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Rear Admiral Philip Cullom, (Director, Energy and Environmental Readiness Division, United States Navy)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Philip Cullom has been a leader in the U.S. Navy&#8217;s pursuit of a &#8220;Great Green Fleet&#8221; by 2016 and its commitment to the use of renewable fuels, including those derived from algae. In October 2010, the U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated a vessel powered by a 50-50 blend of the Navy&#8217;s traditional shipboard fuel and algae-based renewable diesel and Philip Cullom\u2019s contribution in this demonstration is immense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algal Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, presented its first annual Algae Industry Leadership Awards to four people in an effort to recognise and honour their critical support in accelerating the industry&#8217;s growth, facilitating private investment and reducing major barriers to the commercialization of algae-based biofuels. Brian Bilbray (Representative &#8211; CA) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[200],"class_list":["post-3158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae-biodiesel-usa","tag-algae-biofuels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3159,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions\/3159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}