Company Name Capture Capture Corporation	Company Web Site http://www.carbcc.com/	Headquarters La Jolla, CA
Latest News July 2, 2008: The California Energy Commission funded $86,000 in research and development for biomethane production from algae developed at Carbon Capture Corporation Algae Research Center. The 12-month assessment will be lead by professor Tryg Lundquist and his CalPoly San Luis Obispo team.
Funding No specific funding information.
Technology The Company operates open algae ponds with a total capacity of 8 million gallons located on an existing 40-acre Algae Research Center ("ARC") which is part of a 326-acre research and development facility in Imperial Valley, California. The facility includes the water, power and infrastructure to operate the ponds, and a 13,000 square foot building hosting laboratories, processing facilities, offices and warehouse space. Seven 150-gallon sun-tube photobioreactors are located indoor. Current production capability is 660 pounds per day of dried algae biomass with seven percent or less moisture content, and can be expanded to 2,200 pounds per day (one metric ton per day) using existing ponds and infrastructure. The ponds were designed by Dr. William Oswald of Berkley, renowned as one of the  fathers of algae production, and their design has been replicated around the world. The Company produces a variety of algae strains in 42 separate ponds of various sizes, ranging from sixteen 100 gallon ponds to seven 240,000 gallon ponds, for a total  race-way pond capacity of 2.7 million gallons. Facility Highlights: a) 13,000 Ft2 building b) Laboratory c) Offices d) Warehouse e) 12 kV electrical service f) Water service (two gates) g) 7 x 240,000-gallon raceways h) 4 x 210,000-gallon raceways i) Approximately 31 smaller production raceways from 100 to 60,000 gallons Our pilot facility uses two Capstone C330 (30 kW each) running on propane and used to generate emissions - resembling those from a natural gas fired power facility - that are fed into one of the two dedicated 240,000-gallon raceways where Spirulina algae is produced and harvested. In addition to actual production data and costs, the pilot test is expected to provide valuable insight regarding air and water chemistry associated with the process.
Other Info Carbon Capture Corporation is one of the founding members of Algal Biofuels Consortium ("ABC"). ABC was created in 2008 under the leadership of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ABC aims at providing a formal structure for a public/private partnership focused on addressing the continuing challenges in developing scalable algal biofuels. Planning committee members include Sandia National Laboratories, Carbon Capture Corporation, New Mexico State University, Arizona State University, NASA-Ames, University of Hawaii, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE Office of the Biomass Program, MRI  MidAtlantic Corporation, Solix Biofuels, UOP, Cargill, and the University of Texas