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World of Algae Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 2 - February 10 2010

Algenol Biofuels

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Algenol Biofuels Inc. announced in early February 2010 that the company had reached an agreement with the Lee County Board of Commissioners to support the opening of a new 43,000 square foot facility in Lee County.

A $10 million grant will bring numerous opportunities in the burgeoning biofuels industry to this County as Algenol develops and expands its Direct to Ethanol®  process to produce low-cost ethanol and green chemicals from algae, sunlight, saltwater, and carbon dioxide.

Algenol Biofuels Inc. has introduced its DIRECT TO ETHANOL™ technology.

• Algenol Biofuels is an innovative algae to ethanol company.

• Algenol has the most advanced 3rd generation biofuels technology producing ethanol from algae through a process powered by the sun.

• Algenol’s technology produces industrial-scale, low-cost ethanol using algae, sunlight, CO2, and seawater.

• Algenol does not use food, farmland, or fresh water.

• Algenol will produce ethanol at a rate of over 6,000 gallons per acre per year.

• The Direct to EthanolTM process links photosynthesis with the natural enzymes to produce ethanol inside each tiny algae cell.

• The Direct to EthanolTM technology is the only end-to-end commercial process that stabilizes and reduces CO2 levels. Algenol puts CO2 to work.

 

Algenol claims the ADVANTAGES are many. The DIRECT TO ETHANOL™ process uses both a proprietary algae and proprietary collection methods to produce cost effective ethanol that:

1. Does NOT require food based feedstocks like corn or sugarcane.

2. Does NOT require harvesting.

3. Does NOT require fossil fuel based fertilizers.

4. Does NOT require fresh water.

5. Does NOT require large amounts of fossil fuel.

6. Does NOT require arable land.

7. Does use desert land and marginal land.

8. Does make fresh water from seawater during the process.

9. Does have an energy balance over 5.5:1 (energy output : fossil fuel input).

 Algenol Biofuels, Inc. is a privately owned company founded in 2006. It recently made a series of announcements including the award of a $25 million grant from the Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to build a facility in Freeport, Tex. in concert with its partner on the project, The Dow Chemical Company ( DOW).   Algenol also announced a partnership with The Linde Group to develop CO(2) capture and management technologies to increase biofuel production from algae.

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