Department of Energy announces the 2016 National Algal Biofuels Technology Review

by Paul Mullen

The United States Department of Energy, recently announced an update to the 2010 National Algal Biofuels Technology Review. The Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) conducted multiple workshops, and worked alongside research partners to ensure that the 2016 National Algal Biofuels Technology Review will spearhead new technology while displaying the current position of the accelerating algal biofuels industry. This review is a fantastic resource for researchers, engineer’s and decision makers, by providing a summary of algal biofuel research progress to date and the challenges that could be addressed by future RD&D activities.