National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap

To accelerate the deployment of biofuels created from algae, President Obama and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced on May 5th, 2009 the investment of $800M new research on biofuels in the American Recovery and Renewal Act (ARRA). This announcement included funds for the Department of Energy Biomass Program to invest in the research, development, and deployment of commercial algal biofuel processes.