The first commercial algae-to-biofuels facility goes online in USA
PetroSun launched the world’s first commercial algae-to-biofuel facility in Rio Hondo (Texas, USA) earlier this month.
The facility consists of up to 1100 acres (445,15 hectares) of saltwater ponds were the company will be growing the algae. 20 of those acres will be used to produce biofuels from algae. Another 20 acres will be used to produce an experimental jet fuel.
The whole facility is expected to produce around 4.4 million gallons of algal oil and around 110 million pounds of biomass per year.
