High Speed Public Policy for Algae-Based Biofuel as a Viable Energy Alternative: Sustainable Collaboration, Technology and Political Will

1. High Speed Public Policy for Algae-Based
Biofuel as a Viable Energy Alternative:
Sustainable Collaboration, Technology and Political Will
Presentation by Nadia B. Ahmad
World Renewable Energy Forum
Denver, Colorado
May 14, 2012

2. ALGAE

3. Technology: “Finding the Right Strain”
Image Source: Discovery

4. (Image Source: Solix Biofuels)

5. World biofuels
production
(Million tonnes oil
equivalent)
Supply increased for
the tenth year in a
row as ethanol
output reached 43.5
mtoe (1.5 mb/d) and
biodiesel production
hit 15.8 mtoe (0.4
mb/d). Ethanol
production
accelerated by 16%
compared to 9% in
2009, while biodiesel
growth slowed to 9%
compared to growth
of 24% the previous
year. (Source: BP)

6. POLICY

7. Algae-Based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson introduced the bill to “amend the Internal
Revenue Code to modify the definition of "cellulosic biofuel" for
purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit and the
special depreciation allowance to mean any liquid fuel which is
derived solely by, or from, qualified feedstocks. Defines "qualified
feedstocks" as any lignocellulosic or hemicellulosic matter that is
available on a renewable or recurring basis and any cultivated
algae, cyanobacteria, or lemna.”