Primafuel to enter algae sector; licenses technology from Ben-Gurion University

In California, Primafuel announced that it would enter the algae production sector with a licensing agreement with Ben-Gurion University Microalgae Biotechnology Lab in Israel. The company’s biorefinery technology team had previously been recognized as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum for transformational biomass processing technologies. Primafuel execs said that the company would combine upstream algae production and downstream biorefinery systems.

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