Fort Myers—Al-genol Biofuels has started construction on its pilot-scale integrated biorefinery in Fort Myers, Fla., which will be the first large-scale use of its patented Direct To Ethanol technology (PCN, 6 Dec 2010, p 4). Algenol's technology produces ethanol directly from carbon dioxide, sunlight and salt water using blue-green algae in patented photobioreactors (PBRs). The facility is being built adjacent to Algenol's existing advanced biofuels research and development complex. It will contain 3,000 of the company's PBRs in a commercial module, Algenol's advanced Vapor Compression Steam Stripper ethanol concentration technology and new membrane-based ethanol dehydration technology to produce about 100,000 gal/yr of fuel-grade ethanol.
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