Company Name Bodega Algae	Company Web Site http://www.bodegaalgae.com/	Headquarters Jamaica Plain, MA
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Technology Prior to the introduction of the Bodega photobioreactor, the steep growth curves and exponential doubling rates that make algae so attractive as a feedstock for biofuels presented a challenge to large-scale commercial cultivation. Algal cells along the perimeter of the cultivation volume multiply rapidly, eclipsing light necessary to growth at the center of the volume. The current state of the art cultivation systems are limited to very small cultivation volumes because the light can not penetrate more than five centimeters into a tank at the densities necessary for industrial cultivation. The proprietary lighting technology developed by Bodega Algae overcomes this problem by delivering solar energy internally within the photobioreactor. The result is a highly efficient photobioreactor capable of delivering large amounts of algal biomass with minimal use of real estate.
Other Info Bodega Algae, LLC, (Bodega) is a developer of scalable algae photobioreactors. The closed continuous-flow reactors produce high-energy algal biomass for use in the production of biofuel. The Bodega photobioreactor is modular and stackable, allowing it to be co-located efficiently on the premises of industrial plants. The reactor uses nutrients readily drawn from a variety of waste streams. Sources for nutrients include wastewater from domestic sewage, municipal water treatment plants or carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) flue gases from industrial plants. The microalgae in the bioreactor converts these compounds to biomass, creating the feedstock for biofuel while improving the environment. Microalgae has significant advantages when compared to conventional oil crop feedstocks. Algae produces over twenty times the amount of biofuel than soybeans on an equal amount of land due to rapid growth rates and high concentrations of lipids per cell density. In contrast to soybeans and other oil crops, the modest agricultural and resource requirements of microalgae make it an attractive low-cost alternative feedstock. Estimates indicate that algae grown in large volumes could reduce the cost of manufacturing a gallon of biodiesel by half of current rates. Lower costs and greater energy yield will make biofuels economically competitive with petro-fuels.