Linkage - International - Grant ID: LX0665224

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LX0665224

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Developing a competitive H2 production suystem based on engineered cells of green algae. The depletion of oil reserves and the effects of global warming make the development of new, clean, sustainable fuel production systems critically important. This frontier technology has the ability to drive solar-powered hydrogen production from water. Extending the system to marine algal cells provides the possibility of coupling clean fuel production with water purification as the product of H2 combustion is pure water. We have already engineered green algae that produce H2 from H2O at a rate ~1000% higher than the Wild-type and through this project will incorporate further improvements with the aim of developing a competitive H2 production system.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 30-09-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage - International

Funding Amount: $140,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Industrial Biotechnology | Industrial Biotechnology | Gene Expression | Global Change Biology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Energy storage and distribution | Renewable energy | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)

Other Keywords

Energy storage and distribution | Gene Expression | Global Change Biology | Industrial Biotechnology | Other Industrial Biotechnology | Renewable energy | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)

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