University of Utah, Arizona State analysing 800 strains of algae for energy opportunities, as DARPA “$3 per gallon” algae fuel projects advance

In Utah, MSNBC ran an excellent short profile of advances made by two teams, headed by General Atomics and SAIC respectively, working under DARPA contracts towards a goal of $3 per gallon fuel made from algae.

The article looks at work at the UNiversity of Utah on 300 strains of algae, as well as work at Arizona State University on an additional 500 strains. NREL bioenergy center manger Al Darzins also confirmed in the article that current algal fuel production costs are in the $10 to $40 range.

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