Aurora Biofuels(美國)

Aurora Biofuels

美國AuroraBiofuelswww.aurorabiofuels.com位于加州阿拉米達的Aurora生物燃料公司也計劃在2012年實現藻類生物燃料的大規(guī)模生產，并準備于今年年底出售其在墨西哥的工廠生產的燃料。AuroraBiofuelsgeneratesbiodieselfromoptimizedalgaeinapatentedproductionprocess.Leadingtechnol ogistsatAuroraBiofuelshavedevelopedacost-competitive,scalablemethodforfuelgenerationusingrobust,highly-productivecustomalgaestrainsinopenpondsystems.Thecompanyisengagedinrapidcommercializationofitsbiofuelproduct.WehavesuccessfullyoperatedapilotfacilitythathasconsistentlyproducedalgaebiomasssinceAugustof2007,therebyprovingtheviabilityofthecompany’sprocess.Wearecurrentlydevelopinga20-acredemonstrationplant,tobecompletedin2009,thatwillfurthershowcasethecompany’sabilitytoproducebiofuelatscale.Auroraexpectstobegincommercialproductionin2012.TheAuroraBiofuelsprocessiscarbon-mitigating,noncompetitivewithagriculture,andcapableofindust