This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, provides $1,250,000 in funding to Global Algae Innovations, Inc. to develop and demonstrate an integrated process for producing algal-based polyurethane consumer products from flue gas carbon dioxide. The key objectives are to:
- Develop and demonstrate algal oil extraction and fatty acid separation at engineering-scale
- Optimize process parameters for producing algal-based polyurethane
- Conduct outdoor growth test campaigns to quantify performance and benefits
- Characterize the polyurethane product and evaluate co-products
- Perform techno-economic analysis, life cycle analysis, and environmental justice assessment
This project aims to advance technologies for converting carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas into value-added algae-based products like polyurethanes, leveraging Global Algae Innovations' expertise in large-scale algae cultivation and bioproducts development. The award period runs from August 2024 to August 2025.
Generated 3/18/25, 3:25 AM