The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was rewarded $5.7M for developing tools and technology to advance the mass production of seaweed for biofuels and bio-based chemicals. WHOI was awarded in two projects which are among 18 others that receive funding of $22 million.
While seaweed is up to now primarily used in food production and comes from wild stocks or imported sea weeds the expansion of domestical sea weed production could relieve wild stocks and fuel jobs and revitalizes working waterfronts. An expanded and more efficient production could ultimately lead to expanded markets including feedstocks for biofuels. An estimated yield of about 300 million dry metric tons per year could, when converted to energy, fuel about 10% of the nation’s annual transportation needs.
Green Car CongressWhy not share this article?
