BPA designs, builds, and operates commercial scale Grower Harvester bioreactors that enable efficient conversion of light and CO2 into high value microbial feedstock. BioProcess Algae LLC is based in Omaha, Neb. and is currently running a demonstration plant at the Green Plains Inc. ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa. Grower Harvester bioreactors installed in Shenandoah are tied directly into the plant’s CO2 exhaust gas and have been operating continuously since inoculation in October 2009. The company serves five markets: Animal Feed, Nutraceuticals, Fish Feed, Chemicals and Fuel.
Former CTO Toby Ahrens gave this illuminating overview of BioProcess Algae at the DOE’s most recent Project Peer Review, before decamping over to USDA where he is now working as National Program Leader, Agricultural Bioproducts.
