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DARPA Contracts To Boost Biofuel-From-Algae Efforts

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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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By George Lobsenz In what could provide a huge kick-start for a promising new biofuel, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is providing nearly $35 million to two contractors who will compete to develop scalable production methods capable of producing jet fuel from algae at cost of $3 a gallon. While many small companies have been working to develop commercial production facilities for biofuel from algae, the DARPA contracts engage two leading defense contractors-- General Atomics and SAIC [SAI]--with…

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