Consisting of open saltwater ponds, the facility will be used for research on optimizing algal productivity and increasing the rates of conversion of biomass into renewable oils.
“Our new Brownsville facility allows us to explore a system-level solution for producing algal biofuels,” says Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, chief executive of LiveFuels.
“By harnessing the power of natural systems, we hope to achieve what has eluded the biofuels community for decades – cost effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability,” she adds.
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