2012 ABO Legislative Fly-in February 29-March 1 Washington, DC
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ABO members who attend will be able to meet with their representatives in the 113th Congress and advocate for ABO’s legislative agenda. A legislative briefing on March 1st will feature key speakers from the Senate and the House as well as a state of the industry presentation.
At this legislative briefing presentations are also scheduled from:
- Accelergy Corporation - A Texas-based company using state-of-the art synthetic fuels technologies focused on algae to be converted into clean low-carbon gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
- Algenol Biofuels - A Florida-based company, Algenol is a global, industrial biotechnology company that is commercializing its patented algae technology platform for production of ethanol and green chemicals.
- BioProcess Algae - Based in Rhode Island, BioProcess Algae designs, builds, and operates commercial scale bioreactors that enable efficient conversion of light and CO2 into high value microbial feedstock.
- General Atomics - A San Diego-based innovation firm with a 50-year history, GA is currently engaged in research and development to demonstrate the commercial viability of the large scale production of bio-oils and biofuels from microalgae feedstock.
- Heliae Corporation - An Arizona-based company, Heliae’s algae technology package is made for co-location near big, unwanted waste streams. Heliae’s technology is designed to cost-effectively convert industrial CO2, wastewater nutrients and free sunlight.
- Phycal - An Ohio-based company working on integrated algae technologies with production in Hawaii.
- Sapphire Energy - A California-based company with major commercial scale production facilities in New Mexico.
We will conclude that evening with the our 2nd Annual Industry Award Reception, where we will present the 2012 ABO Algal Advocacy Awards to Senator Tom Udall (NM), Senator Mike Crapo (ID), Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Tom Hicks for their leadership and support of the biofuels industry. READ MORE
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