LiveFuels Opens Pilot Facility to Accelerate Algae-to-Biofuels Project

by India-News on 2009/08/12

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LiveFuels, Inc., a developer of renewable algae-based biofuels, today announced the start of pilot operations at the company’s test facility in Brownsville, TX. Consisting of 45 acres 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,” said LiveFuels CEO Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones. “By harnessing the power of natural systems, we hope to achieve what has eluded the biofuels community for decades – cost effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability.”

While many

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