New algae bioreactor debuted by University of Alicante group

In Spain, the Research Group in Polymer Processing and Pyrolysis at the University of Alicante has designed an algae bioreactor it said is easily scalable to larger production, allows mass production, less cleaning and maintenance operations, better use of CO2 and better light transfer to cultivation.

However, the director of the research group, Antonio Marcilla Gomis, said that the cost of the production of microalgae for energy “is still far from what would be a profitable process comparable to oil,” but added “This does not mean that in a few years it may be so.”

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