Microbio Engineering Inc

Usda Recognizes Microalgae as a Potential Feedstock for the Us Bioeconomy, and Several Companies Are Operating to Manufacture Algae Bioproducts--bioplastics, Biofertilizers, and Biostimulants. They Report Strong Demand, But Their Growth Is Limited by the Nearly Negligible Supply of Algae in the Us. This Project Will Lay the Foundation for a Domestic Algae Supply That Greatly Benefits Rural Communities and Industries Who Are Growing Algae in Their Wastewater Treatment Pond Systems But Not Harvesting the Algae Currently.we Propose the Establishment of Algae Supply Networks in Regions With Numerous Wastewater Pond Systems. Treatment Ponds Are Common, Numbering 8,000 Publicly Owned Treatment Systems With Roughly an Equal Number of Industrial and Agricultural Pond Systems. With a Disproportionate Number of These Pond Systems Located in Rural Communities, They Represent an Opportunity for Rural Development That Benefits These Communities Both Economically and Environmentally. Algae Make an Essential Contribution to Treatment by Providing Photosynthetic Dissolved Oxygen and by Uptaking Waste Nutrients. However, After Treatment, the Algae Biomass Becomes a Solids Management Problem for Most Pond Systems Operators.the Phase I Project Will Develop Plans for a Network of Wastewater Treatment Pond Facilities in Central/northern California That Already Generate Algal Biomass Within Their Treatment Process, With the Fundamental Goal to: Increase Bioproduct Feedstock Recovery and, Broadly, the Sustainability of the Wastewater Treatment Industry While Concurrently Helping the Treatment Plants Meet Increasingly Stringent Discharge Limits and Generate Revenue.this Will Be Accomplished Through Tasks Including Collaboration With Rural Communities to Develop Preliminary Engineering Plans for Algae Harvesting and Drying Equipment. the Feasibility of Regional Algae Bioproduct Manufacturing Facilities Will Be Evaluated in Cooperation With Project Partners. Technical, Econonmic, and Socialbarriers to Developing an Algae Biomass Production and Bioproducts Network Will Be Identified and Potential Solutions Developed in Collaboration With Stakeholders.the Phase Ii Project Will Pilot the Harvesting and Bioproduct Production With Biomass From the Participating Facilities and Manufacturers, Selected During Phase I, Allowing an In-depth Analysis of the Potential for Participants and Investors. Phase Iii Would Involve the Final Design and Implementation of the Algae Supply Network Facilities, Ultimately Serving as a Model Which Can Be Replicated in Other Rural Regions of the U.s.