PACE has assembled a world-class consortium of engineers, scientists and economists drawn from leading algal biofuels experts. Using the most advanced technologies PACE will integrate and assess emergent leading-edge, proof-of-concept technologies that will; 1) reduce the cost of fuel produced from algae, and 2) enhance the sustainability of algal biofuel production systems to qualify algal biofuels as advanced biofuel feed stocks.
We will achieve these objectives using the following strategies and baseline metrics:
threefold over NAABB baseline levels to reduce the costs of fuels from $8 to <$5 gallon gasoline equivalent (gge)
30 to 50 perecent by producing easily recovered, high-value, and high-market-demand coproducts compatible with continuous flow, two-stage hydrothermal biocrude production systems.
and cultivation systems to reduce harvesting energy costs to less than 10 percent of the energy content of the algal biomass.
by maximizing CO2, nutrient and water recycling, and cogenerate power to operate biocrude production facilities.
throughout the improvement and integration process to identify and down-select the best technologies that reduce fuel costs and enhance environmental sustainability.
