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California-based Biodiesel Industries Inc. has been selected by the California Energy Commission to receive an $886,815 grant to support a multi-year project that will demonstrate biodiesel production using algae in an integrated energy system monitored by the Automated Real-time, Remote, Integared Energy System (ARIES) platform. The grant was awarded under the state’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Construction on the project is currently expected to being in late September, and will take an estimated 29 months to complete.
The project will be sited at the Port Hueneme, Calif.-based Naval Base Ventura County, where Biodiesel Industries has already established a 3 MMgy demonstration-scale biodiesel facility that features the ARIES platform. According to Russell Teall, Biodiesel Industries president and founder, the funding awarded by the California Energy Commission will be used to install additional equipment and infrastructure at the site, including greenhouses, ponds, containment vessels and testing equipment.
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California-based Biodiesel Industries Inc. has been selected by the California Energy Commission to receive an $886,815 grant to support a multi-year project that will demonstrate biodiesel production using algae in an integrated energy system monitored by the Automated Real-time, Remote, Integared Energy System (ARIES) platform. The grant was awarded under the state’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Construction on the project is currently expected to being in late September, and will take an estimated 29 months to complete.
The project will be sited at the Port Hueneme, Calif.-based Naval Base Ventura County, where Biodiesel Industries has already established a 3 MMgy demonstration-scale biodiesel facility that features the ARIES platform. According to Russell Teall, Biodiesel Industries president and founder, the funding awarded by the California Energy Commission will be used to install additional equipment and infrastructure at the site, including greenhouses, ponds, containment vessels and testing equipment.
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