DOE announces funding opportunity for algae biomass yield projects

December 15, 2015 |

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced its intent to issue, on behalf of the Bioenergy Technologies Office, a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Advancements in Algal Biomass Yield, Phase 2 (ABY2).”

This FOA will support projects to develop technologies that are likely to succeed in producing 3,700 gallons of algal biofuel intermediate (or equivalent dry weight basis) per acre per year (gal/acre/yr) on an annualized average basis (not peak or projected) through multiple batch campaigns or on a semi-continuous or continuous basis, in an outdoor test environment by 2020.

Under this FOA, applicants must address one comprehensive topic area with three main priority areas:

  1. 1. Strain/productivity improvement
  2. 2. Improvements in pre-processing technologies (harvesting, dewatering, and extraction and/or equivalent processes)
  3. 3. Integration of cultivation with pre-processing technologies.

It is anticipated that the FOA will be posted on the EERE Exchange on or around Dec. 30, 2015. To see the full NOI, visit the EERE Exchange website. 

Category: Research

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