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The Woodlands, TX, United States, 09/21/2010 - In continuing its support for the educational aspects of algae production, the National Algae Association will be awarding its second scholarship at the conference later this week.
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NAA's prior commitment to education is evidenced by an interview recently published in Algae Industry Magazine, which can be found online.
In addition to presentations by the NAA Engineering Consortium to discuss preliminary design specs for a 100-acre commercial scale algae production facility build-out, CAPEX and OPEX financial models and detailed 'algaenomics' developed on behalf of NAA, will be reviewed and discussed in great detail, followed by a presentation by John May of Stern Brothers on possible means to obtain financing.
Also on hand to discuss new and innovative ways to help get algae out of the lab and into commercial-scale production will be Dr. Brian Hampson of CalPoly, Marco Brocken of Evodos, Joseph Holroyd of LakeMaster Corp, Victoria Kurtz of Fluid Imaging Technologies, Surijit Khanna of BARD Holding, OriginOil, Phykos, Dave Philbrook of Water Management Solutions, LLC, Dr. Matt Prufert of DRS Technologies, Mark Hanson of Stoel Rives, Serge Randhava of United Technologies, Inc., Bill Ramey of Novak Druce + Quigg, Bob Vitale of Waterwheel Factory, Bob Weber of Sunrise Ridge Algae, and Will Thurmond of Emerging Markets Online. Hank Gilbert will discuss his Fields to Pump Biofuels initiative, which can be implemented throughout the country. We will conclude with field trips to a commercial-scale demo PBR in production which was constructed with donated time and equipment, based on the years of research behind us, without any patents or licensing fees.
Commercial-scale algae growing, harvesting and extraction equipment have already been built using off-the-shelf, proven technologies. Algaepreneurs will be on hand to discuss their progress towards fast-tracking commercialization of the algae production industry for fuel and numerous co-product markets. We will be able to provide you with first-hand answers to questions about potential financing opportunities.
Limited seating is available, so if you want to meet with others who want to be a part of a group that is committed to collaboration and sharing technologies so the algae industry can move forward towards full scale production, harvesting and extraction in Houston on September 23-24, 2010, sign up today! Don't waste your time and money listening to panels tell you that it will take another 10-15 years - collaborate with the group that is coming together to make it happen today!
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