USU Biofuels Technology Grant
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File Photo: Different types of algae are growing in the Colorado State University Engines Lab Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, in Fort Collins, Colo. The CSU Engines Lab is teaming up with Solix Biofuels Inc. to mass produce oil from algae as a diesel fuel alternative. The lab is testing this algae to see which will produce the best oil derivative. (AP Photo/ Coloradoan, Sherri Barber)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's R & D funding agency, has announced the award of a contract to General Dynamics, a defense contractor and system integrator based in San Diego.
As a member of the General Atomics team, USU received $500,000. The lab will conduct key research and provide specific technical contributions toward creating, within a three-year time frame, an algae-biofuel facility able to produce 50 million gallons of jp-8 grade bio-fuel.
The new bio-fuel will help the nation utilize domestic sources of energy rather than import oil from unstable regions of the world.
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