Dow chemical company is teaming up with Algenol to Build Algae-to-Ethanol plant

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The Dow Chemical Company is planning to team up with Algenol Biofuels to build and operate an algae-based integrated bio-refinery to produce ethanol.

Algenol submitted a formal request for a grant from the US Department of Energy last week with the intention of building a refinery that would be based at Dow’s Freeport site in Texas. If the grant is approved, Dow and other collaborators will work with Algenol to demonstrate the technology to prove it can be implemented on a commercial scale.

Dow is also planning to develop the advanced materials and speciality forms for the photo-bioreactor system, as well as providing the technology and expertise to water treatment solutions and giving Algenol access to a carbon dioxide (CO2) source for the bio-refinery from a nearby manufacturing facility.

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