Aurora Biofuels(美國)

Aurora Biofuels

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