PERTH, Australia, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Algae.Tec
(ASX:AEB, FWB:GZA:GR, OTCQX:ALGXY), an advanced algae to biofuels
company with a high-yield enclosed algae growth and harvesting
system today announced commissioning for its showcase biofuels
facility Shoalhaven One in Nowra Australia started this week.
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Algae.Tec Executive Chairman Roger
Stroud said the commissioning process was on track for
production of algae biomass in early June, ramping up to capacity
by the end of June.
The Shoalhaven One showcase facility team has the bioreactor
technology and associated racks, piping, and separation tanks in
place, and full testing and final validation is now underway.
"The Algae.Tec facility is positioned to take a carbon dioxide
feed from the Manildra Groups manufacturing facility," Stroud
said.
Algae.Tec's USA-based Technical
Director, Earl McConchie is
currently in Australia overseeing
the commissioning team.
Algae.Tec has carbon capture biofuels projects underway in
Sri Lanka with cement giant
Holcim, and in China. An
arrangement is in place with Lufthansa for aviation fuel
studies.
The Shoalhaven One initial bioreactors were assembled and
shipped from The Algae Manufacturing and Development Centre
in Atlanta.
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About Algae.Tec www.algaetec.com.au
Algae.Tec Ltd, founded in 2007, is an Australian advanced
renewable oil from algae company that has developed a high-yield
enclosed algae growth and harvesting system, the McConchie-Stroud
System. The company has offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Perth, Western
Australia.
The Algae.Tec enclosed modular engineered technology is designed
to grow non-GMO algae on an industrial scale, and produce biofuels
that replace predominantly imported fossil fuels.
The technology has demonstrated exceptional performance in
productivity, product yield, carbon dioxide sequestration, and
production unit footprint requirements versus agricultural crops
and other competitive algae processes in the industry.
Algae.Tec offers a profitable solution for carbon emitting
companies and industries seeking carbon dioxide reduction
technologies. The algae growth system is an alternative to Carbon
Capture and Storage (CCS).
The Algae.Tec solution is less than one tenth the land footprint
of pond growth options, while its enclosed module system is
designed to deliver the highest yield of algae per hectare, and
solves the problem of food-producing land being turned over for
biofuel production.
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SOURCE Algae.Tec