PNNL releases publication looking at opportunities for algae in the US

In Washington state, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in partnership with Sapphire Energy has published “Siting Algae Cultivation Facilities for Biofuel Production in the United States: Trade-Offs between Growth Rate, Site Constructability, Water Availability, and Infrastructure,” in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The publication highlights a new process for rigorously identifying and evaluating sites for commercial algae production facilities.