What parts of the algal production process does Aurora plan to pursue at commercial scale level?
We’re going to go from inception, from the cultivation of algae, all the way through the backend processing and refining. We will make products that we can sell out into the marketplace. We’re not going to just sell our algae strains or sell our technology. Our basis is to be a vertically integrated business, just like a palm producer, who grows palm trees, and produces the oil, and produces biodiesel, and oleo chemicals and other consumer products. That’s the model we are pursuing. What is the basic process for cultivation at Aurora? We use open raceway ponds. We’ve done some enhancement on those ponds to make them much more energy efficient in moving and mixing the water, and in the harvesting process. One of the things I like here is that we haven’t gone out and tried to create cutting edge science that’s never been tried before. Our engineering side has actually taken a lot of equipment and processes used in other applications and modified them to use in our backend processing. So,
