Jan 5 2009
GreenShift Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: GERS) today announced that it has received a grant award of $375,000 to further the development of GreenShift's patented and patent-pending algae bioreactor.
The funding is provided through the Montana Board of Research and Commercialization, a unit of the Montana Department of Commerce. The objective of the grant award is to demonstrate the production of algae from an industrial source of carbon dioxide in Montana using GreenShift’s patented and patent-pending bioreactor technology. GreenShift is to provide matching funds of $125,000.
David Winsness, GreenShift’s Chief Technology Officer, said that “We are excited to have this opportunity as the grant funding provided by the state of Montana further demonstrates Montana’s commitment to the development of alternative raw materials for fuels, chemicals and specialty products. While GreenShift’s approach is distinct from other algae offerings, significant additional development work is required to realize commercial viability. We are glad to have earned Montana’s support and we look forward to making a valuable contribution in this emerging field.”
GreenShift’s CO2 Bioreactor
GreenShift's patented and patent-pending bioreactor technology uses thermophillic cyanobacteria to consume carbon dioxide emissions. The organisms use the available carbon dioxide in the emissions and water to grow and give off oxygen and water vapor. The organisms also absorb nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide and can be harvested for extraction and conversion into value added carbon neutral products once they grow to maturity.
GreenShift’s pilot bioreactor is designed as a mobile demonstration platform to quantify existing benchtop testing results and to refine the design parameters for commercial-scale deployments of the technology at targeted locations. GreenShift plans to co-locate bioreactors at corn ethanol production plants and other fermentation processes where concentrated supplies of carbon dioxide are naturally emitted and are relatively easy to capture and control. GreenShift plans to leverage its existing corn oil extraction platform and presence in the U.S. ethanol industry to reduce capital and go-to-market costs as it brings its bioreactor technologies to market.
Additional information including a process demonstration is available online at http://www.greenshift.com/product_desc.php?mode=3