UA Part of Federal Effort to Develop Advanced Biofuels
The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, of which the UA is a member, has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling more than $44 million for algal biofuels and bioproducts research and development.
Algae circulating in a bioreactor.
Several University of Arizona researchers are part of a consortium that has just received a U.S. Department of Energy grant totaling more than $44 million that is intended to bring more sustainable and economically sound algae-based biofuels to market.
The federal agency announced on Wednesday that nearly $80 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would be awarded to the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium, or NABC, and the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, or NAABB, of which the UA is a founding member.
Kimberly Ogden, a UA chemical and environmental engineering professor, will serve as the University's principal investigator and also head of the alliance's engineering efforts.
We're looking at the whole thing, from growing algae to putting fuel in your tank."