California Energy Commission awards $789,000 to Solazyme for algae R&D

In California, the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research program has awarded $789,697 Biosynthetic Transportation Fuel Production grant that will support the company’s R&D efforts. The award takes nearly half of the $1.65 million program funding that PIER recently announced.

Solazyme has produced laboratory scale quantities of oil from switchgrass, miscanthus, sugar beet pulp, corn stover and sugarcane bagasse. The grant supports the company’s efforts to evaluate and procure local cellulosic feedstocks as well as develop a commercialization plan and roadmap for the company’s Soladiesel branded fuel.

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