Ennesys developing two large scale algae projects

May 13, 2011 |

In California, OriginOil has announced that its joint venture partner in France, Ennesys, is working with large institutions on developing two large scale algae projects.  In office building applications, Global 500 multinational Bouygues Construction engaged Ennesys to study the integration of waste water algae production in two massive building projects in the Greater Paris region, each at the scale of a million square feet (80,000 m2 and 150,000 m2).

The resulting algae will be converted into fuel, electricity and industrial chemicals. The urgency for these projects comes from France’s RT 2020 sustainable energy law, which requires that all major buildings achieve a positive energy balance by the year 2020.  In marine fuel applications, ITSASOA is collaborating with Ennesys on a plan to absorb agricultural runoff using algae, which is then converted to fuel for fishing vessels. ITSASOA is an advanced biofuels program financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the European Union.

Category: Fuels

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