“Biofuels, biomass, wind and solar rely primarily on farm, ranch, and forest lands, the potential for renewable energy development resides predominantly in our Nation’s rural regions,” Vilsack said. “Certainly, renewable energy is an important source of jobs and economic growth in rural communities across the country, while biofuels and biomass offer exciting new opportunities for entrepreneurs and, in particular, for American agricultural producers. Our nation’s future depends on out-innovating, out-investing, out-educating, and out-building our competitors in an increasingly integrated and competitive world economy.”

One of the many energy-related components of the Farm Bill that is up for reauthorization is the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program, which is a grant program that supports the education of government and private entities that operate fleets, other interested entities and members of the public about the benefits of biodiesel. The American Soybean Association submitted written testimony to the hearing calling for the reauthorization of the program.

“The Biodiesel Education Program plays a vital role in helping expand marketplace acceptance and use of biodiesel as a low-carbon, renewable diesel replacement fuel,” said ASA President Steve Wellman. “It supports technical outreach efforts to engine manufacturers, truckers, and fuel marketers that will eventually allow the use of higher biodiesel blends in conventional diesel applications. The education program serves to expand and increase market penetration, thus promoting growth for the entire industry. This translates into higher production, more jobs, and more economic value, especially in rural communities.”

In his comments, Wellman also addressed the economic impact of the biodiesel industry, which he said is especially strong in rural areas. The industry supported more than 39,000 jobs in 2011 and generated more than $1.7 billion in income while creating more than $3 billion in gross domestic product, he said. Regarding rural development, Wellman pointed out that most of the 170 biodiesel plants in operation in the U.S. are located in rural areas and that the majority of biodiesel feedstock production originates in rural areas as well.

In addition to supporting the reauthorization of the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program, the ASA is also advocated for the Biobased Market Program. “The Biobased Market Program continues and expands the federal biobased procurement program and voluntary labeling program,” Wellman said. “This is an effective and important program for promoting the emerging biobased industry, which has significant potential to enhance agricultural markets, displace foreign petroleum and fossil fuels, and contribute new green jobs to the economy.”

SOURCE: BIODIESEL MAGAZINE

After years of existing largely as an environmentalist’s fantasy, commercial production of biofuels for the world civil aviation industry is slowly becoming a fact, with production starting up across three continents.

The leading contenders for biofuel feedstocks are jatropha and camelina, both of which have their fervent supporters. While currently neither is capable of production at a price approaching that of Jet A1 civil aviation fuel derived from hydrocarbons, research and extensive investment are nevertheless investigating the possibilities.

While little is certain in the emerging picture, it is increasingly clear that despite the United States being one of the leading producers currently of renewable energy in the form of ethanol, that the United States nevertheless will be an also-ran in these developments.

In January 2010 Qatar Airways revealed plans to work with Airbus and other Qatari state entities to draw up “a detailed engineering and implementation plan for economically viable and sustainable biofuel production.” At an event marking the launch of the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform consortium, airline chief Akbar al Baker hailed its European project partner as “more proactive than Boeing in experimenting with alternative fuels.”

Fast forward to this March, when a European consortium of Airbus, Romanian state-owned airline Tarom, Honeywell’s UOP and CCE (Camelina Company España) announced plans to establish a bio-fuel production center in Romania to manufacture civil aviation fuel, using camelina as a feedstock.

Farther east, last month China National Petroleum Corp. announced that it had delivered 15 tons of jatropha oil to help Air China operate the country’s maiden biofuel-powered test flight, tentatively scheduled for later this year. According to a posting on its website, CNPC, Asia’s largest oil producer, is proving that it has the ability to produce biofuel from non-grain feedstocks to clean up the environment.

On Monday, Mozambique’s Agencia Informacao Mocambique news agency announced that Sun Biofuels Mozambique, a subsidiary of U.K.-based Sun Biofuels, has exported the first batch of 30 tons of jatropha oil produced from its fields in the central Mozambican province of Manica to Germany’s Lufthansa airline.

The biggest single impetus to the development of biofuels for civil aviation occurred on 8 June, when the international standards certifying body ASTM International announced its approval of its BIO SPK Fuel Standard, to be made official later in the year, allowing the use of hydro-treated renewable jet (HRJ) Jet A-1 fuel in commercial aviation.

Currently these biofuels are “drop ins,” and must be blended in a 50-50 mixture with Jet A-1 fuel derived from traditional fossil fuel kerosene.

The biggest single independent meant at present to a wide scale production of jet biofuel is its inordinate cost. Biojet fuel delivered last year to the U.S. armed forces for evaluation cost more than $70 a gallon to produce, a price which obviously makes it at present supremely uncompetitive with fuel derived from traditional hydrocarbon sources. Supporters of biofuel production argue that processing costs will decrease in direct proportion to rising volumes of production.

Both Brazil and the United States have viable biofuel production in the form of ethanol, in the case of Brazil derived from sugar cane, in the United States, produced from corn.

Ironically it is the very success of this production in the United States that will limit the near term growth of an alternative renewable fuels industry, because the ethanol lobby has ensured the farmers not only receive significant subsidies, but crop insurance as well, neither of which is available to other farmers wishing to dabble in the production of biofuel from camelina or other assorted feedstocks. These limitations exist despite the fact that the U.S. is the world leader in camelina research.

What is clear at this juncture however is the fact that renewable biojet fuels have been certified, and furthermore, that production is beginning, albeit at on a limited scale with relatively high production costs.

As noted earlier in this article, a critical momentum is building on three continents to advance production of biofuels, and when major players such as Airbus become involved, the viability of such projects is no longer in question, only the timeline. Last but not least, an additional benefit of biofuels in a world concerned about global warming and emissions of greenhouse gases is that biofuels reduce carbon emissions by jet aircraft by up to 80 percent.

The technology is in place, the product has been certified, and at the end of the day, one is talking about an agricultural product which, depending on where it is sown, can produce one or even two harvests a year.

While discussion rages about the production of biofuels in poorer nations having the possibility of diverting land needed for food production, in terms of energies impact on the environment, biofuels are certainly more benign than other more traditional forms of energy as evidenced in the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, or more recently, in the March nuclear debacle in Japan.

Written by John Daly Wednesday, 27 July 2011.

Biofuels are clean, green, and… for the moment, expensive. By. John C.K. Daly of OilPrice.com.

Brazil, the world’s No. 2 soyoil exporter, may sell only 1.50 million tonnes of soyoil overseas in the 2011 calendar year, down from 1.56 million tonnes in 2010, Oil World forecasts.

This is despite an estimated rise in Brazil’s 2011 soyoil production to 7.13 million tonnes from 6.93 million tonnes in 2010 as the country is on course for a record soybean crop, Oil World said.

Brazil’s 2011 biodiesel output is also expected to rise to 2.40 million tonnes from 2.11 million tonnes in 2010 and only 1.41 million tonnes in 2009, Oil World forecast. Soyoil is heavily used as a biodiesel feedstock in Brazil.

The picture is similar in Argentina, the No. 1 global soyoil exporter, where 2011 biodiesel output is also forecast by Oil World to rise to 2.3 million tonnes from 1.81 million tonnes last year.

But Argentina’s 2011 soyoil exports are still forecast to rise to 5.20 million tonnes from 4.94 million tonnes last year, it added.(Reporting by Michael Hogan; Editing by Anthony Barker).REUTERS.

Biodiesel is going to outer space. Well, not exactly but the jatropha plant will be part of the shuttle Atlantis’ last mission to space launching this July. Assistant Professor Wagner Vendrame, who works in the department of horticulture at the University of Florida’s research center in Homestead, Florida, will send the experiment to look at the effect of low gravity on the growth of the jatropha cells, a plant being researched for its viability to make biodiesel.

According to an article in The Gainsville Sun, Vendrame has sent similar experiments on previous shuttle flights. Vendrame hopes the experiments will result in the activation of dormant genes that could lead to increased oil content in the plant or bring out other factors that will improve biofuel production.

There are dozens of projects worldwide involving jatropha. Today, jatropha-based biodiesel has been successfully used in renewable jet fuel blends. However, it is still not grown in any significant quantities in the United States.

Many believe jatropha will be a good feedstock for biodiesel because it has a high oil content compared to other crops. Vendrame also hopes that his research can help make jatropha a viable alternative crop for Florida citrus growers who have faced crop setbacks due to disease.DOMESTIC FUEL.

The U.S. agribusinesses have joined Brazilian companies that are expanding facilities in a bet the government will double to 10 percent the amount of biofuel that must be blended into petroleum-based diesel, driving up demand overnight.

With oil above $100 a barrel, President Dilma Rousseff is looking for alternative fuels to fill trucks’ tanks and keep a lid on inflation. Expanding production would also boost the economy of Brazil’s impoverished center-west region, where most of the industry is based. The risk is the country will be awash in unneeded biofuel, said Roberto Rodriguez Labastida, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

“There’s far more biodiesel refineries online than are necessary,” Rodriguez Labastida said from the research group’s office in London. “I wouldn’t say it’s smart to invest” in any more facilities to process soybeans into fuel.

Brazil demands that diesel sold at the pump contain 5 percent biofuel. It’s the third-largest market by capacity after the U.S. and Germany. Executives at four refiners said they expect the government to double that to 10 percent within three years, giving Brazil the world’s highest biodiesel blending rate.

Edison Lobao, Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy, is considering a higher blend rate as long as there’s enough vegetable-oil that can be processed into fuel, according to a statement posted on the ministry’s website May 4. He did not say how much it may be increased.

A Cargill spokesman declined to discuss the company’s biodiesel plans. ADM and Bunge Ltd. (BG), another U.S. agribusiness approved to build in Brazil, did not respond to inquiries.

Europe, U.S. Overcapacity

Overcapacity is also an issue in Europe, where plants are operating at about 40 percent of potential, and in the U.S., which according to some measurements is running at about 24 percent, according to Claus Keller, senior analyst of Ratzeburg, Germany-based biofuel consulting company F.O. Licht.

Doubling the concentration would rocket demand for the fuel and would cut imports of petroleum-based diesel, easing Brazil’s balance of trade.

“Brazil is bound to increase the biodiesel blend to 7 percent in the next 5 months,” said Paulo Jose Fuga, a manager at Fuga Couros SA. The Marau, Brazil-based leather maker and meat processor is spending 22 million reais ($13.6 million) on a biodiesel plant that will process as much as 108 million liters (29 million gallons) a year beginning in February. He forecast the requirement reaching 10 percent by 2014.

21 Projects

The Fuga project is one of 21 in Brazil, either new plants or expansions of existing ones, that received permits in the last year to begin construction from fuel regulator Agencia Nacional do Petroleo, Gas Natural e Biocombustiveis.

Developers include Decatur, Illinois-based Archer-Daniels- Midland’s local unit, ADM do Brazil Ltda.; Minneapolis-based Cargill; and Bunge, based in White Plains, New York. Together they are set to add slightly more than 2.2 billion liters of annual capacity, increasing the production base by about 38 percent, according to the regulator.

New biodiesel units in Brazil cost about $0.25 a liter to build, according to data compiled by London-based New Energy Finance. Rodriguez Labastida estimates that refiners are investing more than $560 million to boost their capacity, based on construction permits they have received.

Refiners, which make the fuel by treating vegetable oils or animal fats with alcohol in a chemical reaction, say they need more capacity to keep pace with rising demand for the standard diesel with which it’s mixed.

Rising Consumption

Even without the blending increase, national consumption of the fuel is expected to rise by 6 percent a year over the next decade, according to a Ministry of Mines and Energy projection.

The producers are overly optimistic about their sales outlook because national output capacity is growing faster than demand, according to F.O. Licht’s Keller.

There’s “already strong competition for volumes,” in the government’s quarterly auctions for the fuel, he said. “That’s only going to increase as more plants start operations.”

Only biodiesel projects with access to cheap raw materials, like soybean and animal fats, or “at minimum, ownership over a seed crushing plant,” make economic sense, Keller said. “I’d only build a project if I had access to the feedstock for the next 10 years.”

More Refineries

There are about 60 biodiesel refineries selling fuel in Brazil with production capacity of 5.9 billion liters a year, according to fuel regulator ANP. That’s up from 47 at the start of 2010.

The average price of biodiesel in a government-organized auction in February was 2.05 reais a liter, down 11 percent from the previous auction in November, according to ANP. Soybean oil was selling for 2.14 reais a liter on April 28 in Sao Paulo, according to information compiled by Bloomberg.

Brazil imported 9 billion liters of diesel last year, according to the Secretary of External Commerce. Increasing the percentage of biodiesel in the fuel sold at retail would decrease the amount of standard diesel in drivers’ tanks and would have saved the country about $2.2 billion in the first half of 2010 on imports, according to Brazil’s biodiesel trade group Uniao Brasileira do Biodiesel.

Vegetable Oil Supplies

Keller questioned the impact of a higher blend rate on Brazil’s farmers. A 10 percent requirement may require an additional 2.4 billion liters of vegetable oil to produce, double the current level, he said.

That new blend obligation may consume as much as 69 percent of the 7.4 billion liters of soyoil that the Brazilian vegetable oil trade group Associacao Brasileira das Industrias de Oleos Vegetais predicts will be produced in the 2011 to 2012 harvest season. About 84 percent of Brazilian biodiesel was derived from soy in February, according to ANP.

That would drive up prices for soy, raising production costs for refineries, Keller said. “Some producers may not be able to deliver” their product “under those conditions.”BLOOMBERG.

Together Felda and Mission have completed ISCC certification of two of Felda’s mills and eight plantations, located in Peninsular Malaysia. Mission’s 100,000tpa plant in Kuantan was the first biodiesel facility outside of Europe to gain full ISCC certification. 

The latest agreement between Felda and Mission will see them work to extend the certification programme to more Felda facilities and plantations, Further expanding the available supply of ISCC certified biodiesel through Mission’s refineries. 

‘Mission and Felda’s certification constitute fuel supply to demonstrate compliance with German and European GHG saving targets,’ says Nathan Mahalingam, Group CEO of Mission.’ 

According to Felda’s president Dato’ Sabri Ahmad: ‘Given that Felda Global Group is pushing ahead aggressively into biofuels, ISCC provides the Group with the edge to compete in the international market. Apart from meeting many requirements for Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification, the ISCC certification also complies with the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED).’

ISCC was introduced into German law back in November 2010 and provides biofuels consumers with subsidies and tax exemptions, in addition to other rights. 

‘The Renewable Energy Directive requires a minimum of 35% saving in greenhouse gas emissions from the use of biofuels and bioliquids to qualify for the subsidies and other privileges. Using our crude palm oil to produce biofuel will result in GHG savings of 47% and 41%, respectively,’ Ahmad comments. 

‘The ISCC programme will be carried out at other Felda plantations and mills soon. The certification is important to Felda Global Group as it has identified renewable energy as a new focus area to enhance revenue by monetising by-products from palm oil,’ he continues.

SOURCE: BIOFUELS NEWS

National Biodiesel BoardThe North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit has long been known as the event of the year for the latest vehicle technologies and innovations, setting the pace and direction for the world’s economic future. What more fitting venue, then, to also highlight the fuel that will be used increasingly now and in the future to power these vehicles in a cleaner, greener, more sustainable manner: biodiesel—America’s first advanced biofuel.

The National Biodiesel Board, along with key industry partners from Ford Motor Co. and General Motors, are presenting a Biodiesel Symposium entitled “Biodiesel: Powerful Fuel, Promising Future” at the Detroit auto show on Wed., Jan. 12 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. in Cobo Center’s Michigan Hall as part of the NAIAS “Smarter Living In Michigan” Exposition.

“We are extremely pleased to have this opportunity to feature biodiesel as America’s first advanced biofuel to the global automotive industry,” said NBB CEO Joe Jobe “The U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) established realistic goals of supplementing the nation’s fuel supply with advanced biofuels which reduce lifecycle carbon by more than 50 percent. Biodiesel is the first advanced biofuel to reach commercial scale production in North America, and it reduces direct lifecycle carbon by more than 80 percent. Biodiesel is thus very well-positioned to help the nation meet its immediate and long-term advanced biofuel goals.”

Biodiesel is a low cost, domestically produced, renewable advanced biofuel that provides the RFS2 required reductions of greenhouse gases while also reducing oil imports, enhancing energy security, and creating U.S. jobs. The U.S. EPA has issued RFS2 volume requirements for the use of at least 800 million gallons of biomass-based diesel fuel in 2011, for which biodiesel qualifies as an advanced biofuel. That requirement then ramps up to more than 1 billion gallons for 2012 and could reach as high as a 5 billion gallon market for biodiesel by 2022, as it also qualifies under the non-cellulosic advanced biofuel category.

As part of the biodiesel symposium, GM and Ford are presenting information on their new 2011 diesel vehicles, which are all fully approved for use with B20 biodiesel blends. General Motors extends B20 approval to its full diesel line-up, which includes the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pick-ups, as well as the Chevy Express and GMC Savana cargo vans. Ford supports the use of B20 on its full line of 2011 Ford Super Duty diesel trucks.

Jim Michon, truck fleet marketing manager for Ford Motor Co., said, “Many of our fleet customers are very conscious of the environment, and had been asking us for a truck approved for use with B20 biodiesel. In the process of developing our all-new Ford-designed, Ford-built 2011 Super Duty truck, we thoroughly tested B20 in our new engine under the harshest of conditions. B20 proved itself to provide the same fuel economy, power and performance our customers expect of our high performance diesels—there are no trade-offs for using B20”.

According to the Diesel Technology Forum, today’s clean diesel technology provides 20 to 40 percent better fuel economy than its gasoline counterpart, and emits 10 to 20 percent less carbon dioxide. Coleman Jones, biofuels implementation manager for GM, said, “With B20, our customers can enjoy all the benefits of today’s quiet, clean diesel engines and help to meet the country’s goals to reduce carbon emissions at the same time. It’s a win-win situation.” Both Ford and GM plan to continue supporting B20 use in their future diesel models as well, along with many other vehicle and equipment manufacturers.

Over the last 20 years the biodiesel industry has made the necessary investment in research, testing, and standards development to produce a high quality fuel meeting the stringent specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials, now known as ASTM International.

“The last 20 years of research and development—and the intense commitment to development of ASTM standards, high fuel quality, and the biodiesel industry’s BQ-9000 fuel quality program—are what led us to this designation as America’s first advanced biofuel,” said Steve Howell, technical director for the NBB. “We look forward to powering the clean diesel vehicles of today, and tomorrow, with clean, green, sustainable biodiesel, and we are already engaging in the next frontier of research that will continue to optimize the fuel for use for decades to come.”

Based in Jefferson City, Mo., the National Biodiesel Board is the national trade association of the biodiesel industry and is the coordinating body for biodiesel research and development in the U.S. Its membership is comprised of biodiesel producers, state, national, and international feedstock and feedstock processor organizations, fuel marketers and distributors, and technology providers.

SOURCE: BIODIESEL MAGAZINE

UK explorers claim fastest Antarctic land crossing.

LONDON — A British expedition team say they have broken previous records to achieve the fastest ever land crossing of Antarctica.

The Moon Regan Transantarctic Expedition left Union Glacier on November 25 and arrived on the Ross Ice Shelf on Thursday, after covering 1,945.9 kms in 303 hours, it announced on its website.

The ten-man crew of researchers, scientists and explorers will now retrace their tracks to the South Pole, and back to the west coast at Union Glacier.

They hope to finish their return trip within around nine days to become the only vehicle-based expedition ever to complete the journey there and back.

The team, in partnership with Imperial College London, are travelling in convoy led by a biofuelled ice vehicle which glides across the ice on skis, using radar to detect dangerous crevasses.

Two “mobile laboratories” in six-wheeled drive vehicles are following behind carrying most of the crew and equipment.

The expedition is the first to use biofuel extensively in the Antarctic and aimed to test its efficiency and reliability in extreme temperatures.

Researchers hope the results will encourage other Antarctic explorers to reduce their environmental impact. Most travel around the area is currently done in small planes.

Scientists are also trialling health monitoring equipment developed by Imperial College including Sensium enabled Life Platforms, which track vital signs, such as ECG, heart rate, movement and muscle activity.

 SOURCE: AFP

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Sustainable Agro Biotech, LLC has been developing proprietary technologies to recycle carbon dioxide emission into microalgae varieties with robust growth and oil production capabilities and to achieve commercially feasible harvesting of microalgal products. The Company operates facilities in Gainesville, Florida and a 10 acre facility in Puerto Rico in partnership with University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. AFA will work with the Sustainable Agro Biotech team to further its research and develop a viable algae-to-biofuels capacity.

“This announcement, following last week’s news that we have concluded agreements providing AFA with large tracts of land, demonstrates our commitment to the fulfillment of our business plan. We are extremely excited by this acquisition,” commented AFA CEO Craig Frank. “We have had an interest in algae for quite some time and have been looking for a company that fit well with our comprehensive approach to biofuel. This acquisition opens up new opportunities for AFA, and broadens our operational possibilities, both in terms of geography and the types of feedstock we have at our disposal.”

“The opportunity this agreement provides to Sustainable Agro Biotech is meaningful in a number of ways,” remarked Arup Sen, President of Sustainable Agro Biotech, LLC. “AFA will lend us support, encouragement, vision, and the larger infrastructure under which we can explore various methods of growing algae and extracting oil from algae. We are excited by the possibilities the combination of our talents and resources will allow.”

About Alternative Fuels Americas

Alternative Fuels Americas (AFA) is a “seed to pump” company developing above ground oil fields through the planting of high yield crops. The Company expects to engage in all phases of the biodiesel process – planting, growing, and harvesting Jatropha, crushing and refining Jatropha seeds into biodiesel, and selling the biodiesel or green fuel oil into the local markets. For more information, visit http://www.alternativefuelsamericas.com

About Sustainable Agro Biotech, LLC

Founded in 2007 in Puerto Rico, Sustainable AgroBiotech, LLC develops proprietary technologies related to collection and use of unique microalgae varieties, recycling of carbon dioxide emission into microalgae biomass as a source of fuel oil and environmentally safe, commercially feasible methods to harvest microalgal products.

This press release includes statements that may constitute “forward-looking” statements, usually containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, acceptance of the Company’s current and future products and services in the marketplace, the ability of the Company to develop effective new products and receive regulatory approvals of such products, competitive factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, and other risks detailed in the Company’s periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

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The National Alliance for Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB), which received a $44 million stimulus grant in January (see this BrighterEnergy.org story), produced the biodiesel from algae that meets specifications set by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

Algal oil for the project was provided by New Mexico-based Eldorado Biofuel, one of the 13 industry members of the NAABB consortium. The oil was then converted to biodiesel by another industry partner, Catilin, Inc., of Ames, Iowa, working with Iowa State University’s Center for Catalysis.

Jose Olivares, executive director of the NAABB consortium, said: “This step represents a major success and illustrates the high level of interaction between members which is a good sign that we are starting to reap the benefits of the consortium concept.”

The consortium, which is led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, said its researchers had verified that algal-based biofuel could be produced “more efficiently and economically” through Catilin’s process than conventional conversion methods.

Process

The process uses Catilin’s first commercially-available solid catalyst, T300, rather than the highly caustic sodium hydroxide used in conventional algal oil conversion methods.

Catilin noted that its process also offers a useful by-product in the form of glycerin, which can be sold to the food and pharmaceutical industries.

David Sams, vice president, business development, Catilin Inc., said: “Not only are the conversion costs reduced relative to the conventional process but the quality byproducts produced in the process will open additional markets.”

The next step in the project will see the algae-based biodiesel analyzed and tested by NAABB consortium members, including engine emission tests.

Catilin, which is backed by venture capitalists Mohr Davidow Ventures and Leader Ventures, is currently setting up its 300,000 gallon-per-year pilot plant so it can operate the algal oil extraction process, using nanoparticle technology.

 source: brigtherenergy