Cornell joins Algae Consortium to Develop a Commercial Scale Algae-to-Fuel Facility
Researchers from Cornell University have joined several other respected organizations to develop a facility that could produce algae based fuels at commercial scales and costs.
Cornell University researchers have joined Kailua Kona, Hawaii-based algal biofuel research company Cellana, along with Duke University, San Francisco State University, the University of Hawaii and the University of Southern Mississippi on a $9 million DOE-backed mission to develop a commercial-scale algae-to-fuel facility by 2015.
The goal for the consortium is to develop a 100-acre commercial-scale facility to produce fuels and animal feeds from microalgae. Charles Greene, a Cornell professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, who is a principal investigator on the project, is working with Jeff Tester, a professor of sustainable energy systems in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and associate director of the Cornells Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, to analyze the economics, energy costs and carbon footprint of the project. In the ideal sense, all biofuels should approach carbon neutrality, says Greene.
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