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DARPA awards $25 million to SAIC for algae jet fuel development: $3 per gallon target

In California, SAIC announced that it has been awarded a $25 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA) to develop jet fuel (JP-8) from biomass, including algae. The contract has a total value of up to $25 million if all phases of the development program are completed. Work will be performed primarily [...]

January 28, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

San Diego aims to establish hub for algae-based biofuels research

In California, a group of San Diego-based researchers have commenced lobbying to establish a multimillion dollar hub for algae-based biofuels research, the San Diego Center for Algae-based Biofuels (SD-CAB). The center concept is backed by Cleantech San Diego, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, The Scripps Research Institute, and UC San Diego.
The researchers pointed out that [...]

January 22, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

DARPA awards $14.9 million algae-to-jet fuel research deal to SAIC

In California, the Defense Advanced Projects Research Administation (DARPA) announced that a second contract for algae-to-jet fuel research had been awarded to a team led by Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC, based in San Diego. The SAIC team award was delayed by an award protest. SAIC declined to comment on other companies involved in [...]

December 29, 2008 | Jim Lane | Comments 2