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North Dakota Research Center to Develop Fuel from Algae

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota http://www.undeerc.org/ has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500 scientific, engineering, and technology applications company based in San Diego, California, to help produce jet fuel from algae. As an example of its potential, just one acre of algae produces between 5,000 and 15,000 gallons of fuel, compared to only 50 gallons from 1 acre of soybeans.

The effort is being funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and is a continuation of the world’s first successful production of 100% renewable fuel for the U.S. military by the EERC.

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