Algae comes closer to commercial reality
US-based algae-to-biofuel producer Sapphire Energy has revealed an updated timeline for deployment of its green drop-in replacement transportations fuels.
The company has developed a process using sunlight, carbon dioxide, photosynthetic microorganisms (algae), non-potable water and non-arable land to produce a renewable and scalable low-carbon alternative to petrochemical-based processes and products.
By 2011, Sapphire Energy will be producing 1 million gallons of diesel and jet fuel per year, double its initial estimates. By 2018, the number increases to more than 100 million gallons annually; and by 2025, the company will be producing up to 1 billion gallons of fuel per year.
This means Sapphire alone will be supplying enough fuel to meet approximately 3% of the country’s 36 billion gallon renewable fuel standard.
‘We’ve already successfully tested our fuel with two commercial airlines and within the next three years we’ll be producing enough to help meet the growing demands of industry and the military,’ Brian Goodall, VP Downstream Technology, Sapphire Energy, says.
The company has developed a process using sunlight, carbon dioxide, photosynthetic microorganisms (algae), non-potable water and non-arable land to produce a renewable and scalable low-carbon alternative to petrochemical-based processes and products.
By 2011, Sapphire Energy will be producing 1 million gallons of diesel and jet fuel per year, double its initial estimates. By 2018, the number increases to more than 100 million gallons annually; and by 2025, the company will be producing up to 1 billion gallons of fuel per year.
This means Sapphire alone will be supplying enough fuel to meet approximately 3% of the country’s 36 billion gallon renewable fuel standard.
‘We’ve already successfully tested our fuel with two commercial airlines and within the next three years we’ll be producing enough to help meet the growing demands of industry and the military,’ Brian Goodall, VP Downstream Technology, Sapphire Energy, says.
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