Alganomics began in October of 2007 with the idea that algae are a valuable, untapped agricultural resource for many organic products, particularly feedstocks or fuelstocks for biofuels.
Vital start-up and project support has come from a Brunswick Electric Membership Cooperative (BEMC) economic development grant and a 2008 North Carolina Green Business Fund grant.
In September 2008, Alganomics and the Town of Oak Island formed a collaborative partnership for an algae culturing system demonstration site to be located at the Oak Island Wastewater Treatment Facility. Phase I of the project will be a feasibility study with a small photobioreactor, utilizing nutrients from the wastewater of the facility. The impact of environmental remediation will also be assessed in this pilot study. Several organizations will be collaborating with us to create this demonstration site for algae production of a small commercial scale, using closed system photobioreactors.
Alganomics is continually seeking collaborations for a community-based, grassroots effort to improve the quality of environment and life for us all.
