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Canada's National Research Council is collaborating with a number of industrial partners to commercialize technologies for algae cultivation, biomass handling, oil extraction and ultimately, fuel production.
NRC is committing approximately $5M in funding through the National Bioproducts Program and the NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences, with additional resources of approximately $1.2M being provided by both monetary and in-kind contributions through industrial and organizational partners.
Centered at the Ketch Harbour Marine Research Station, at least 30 researchers from NRC work on the project. The industrial leverage is expected to increase significantly as new partners join the program. Once scaled up, significant job creation is also expected.
Traditional sources of fuel, like petroleum, cause environmental problems like oil spills, air pollution and global warming. But fuel produced from renewable plant resources such as algae is key to future energy sustainability - clean air, clean energy, and clean profits for Canadians.
Algae are ideal for biofuel because they are not a food source, they don't need agricultural land and they can produce up to twenty times more oil than traditional biofuel crops like corn.
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Canada's National Research Council is collaborating with a number of industrial partners to commercialize technologies for algae cultivation, biomass handling, oil extraction and ultimately, fuel production.
NRC is committing approximately $5M in funding through the National Bioproducts Program and the NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences, with additional resources of approximately $1.2M being provided by both monetary and in-kind contributions through industrial and organizational partners.
Centered at the Ketch Harbour Marine Research Station, at least 30 researchers from NRC work on the project. The industrial leverage is expected to increase significantly as new partners join the program. Once scaled up, significant job creation is also expected.
Traditional sources of fuel, like petroleum, cause environmental problems like oil spills, air pollution and global warming. But fuel produced from renewable plant resources such as algae is key to future energy sustainability - clean air, clean energy, and clean profits for Canadians.
Algae are ideal for biofuel because they are not a food source, they don't need agricultural land and they can produce up to twenty times more oil than traditional biofuel crops like corn.
environmental-expert.com»