Figure 3. A LISTING OF DOE AQUATIC BIOMASS FUNDING 

 Aquatic Biomass Funding 



1972 



University of Pa. "Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuel Gas" $ 195,000 



June 15, 1972 (Approximately h to "Mariculture Investigation: 



Ocean Farming and Fuel Production" at United Aircraft 



Research Laboratories, Hartford, Conn.) 



1973 



CoTumbia University "Marine Pastures: A By-Product of Large 99,000 



100 MW of Larger Floating Ocean Thermal Energy Plants" 



University of California - Algal Systems to Produce Methane 52,000 



1974 



CoTumbia University "Marine Pastures..." 38,000 



Cal. Inst, of Tech. "Evaluation of Oceanic Farming of 110,000 



Seaweeds as Sources of Organics and Energy" 



1975 



U.S. Navy "Ocean Energy Farm Kelp Production and Harvesting" 410,000 



University of California "Large Scale Algal Biomass 60,000 



Production Systems" 



Ocean Policy Comnittee 5,000 



1976 



CaTT Tech. "Evaluation of Ocean Farming of Seaweeds as Sources 325,000 



of Organics and Energy." 



University of California "Large Scale Algal Biomass Production 157,000 



Systems" 



Woods Hole-Ryther "Cultivation of Macroscopic Marine Algae 195,000 



for Energy Conversion..." 



Woods Hole-Goldman "Photosynthetic Systems-State of the 26,000 



Art and Potential for Energy Production" 



1977 



Uarr"Tech. "Evaluation of Ocean Farming of Seaweeds as Sources 578,000 



of Organics and Energy." 



University of California - "Large-Scale Algae Biomass Systems" 60,000 



Intertechnology/University of California Photosynthetic 226,000 



Energy Factory 



Columbia University "Algal Concentration by Ultra-Filtration" 88,000 



Woods Hole-Ryther "Cultivation of Macroscopic Marine Algae" 206,000 



Woods Hole-Gol Dynatech-System Study "Cost Analysis of 149,000 



Aquatic Biomass Systems" 



1978 



Cal Tech. (Partial Funding July to October only) 371,000 



Woods Hole-Ryther "Cultivation of Macroscopic Marine Algae 223,000 



for Energy Conversion" 



Woods Hole-Goldman "Bioengineering Aspects of Inorganic 79,000 



Carbon Supply to Mass Cultures" 



Dynatech "Cost Analysis of Aquatic Biomass Systems" 45,000 



Dynatech "Liquid Fuels from Marine Algae" 227,000 



University of California - "Large-Scale Algae Systems" 154,000 



Intertechnology/University of California Photosynthetic Energy 231,000 



Factory 



1979 



CaTT Tech 512,000 



Woods Hole-Ryther 252,000 



Woods Hole-Goldman 95,000 



Dynatech Liquid Fuels 252,000 



Univ. of California, Berkeley "Large Scale Fresh Water 195,000 



Microalgae Biomass Production for Fuel and Fertilizer" 



