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The world's biggest publicly funded project to make transport fuels from algae is launched by a government agency which develops low-carbon technologies.
The Carbon Trust announced a project to make algal biofuels a commercial reality by 2020. The plan could see up to £26m spent on developing the technology and infrastructure to ensure that algal biofuels replace a signficant proportion of the fossil fuels used by UK drivers.
The Algae Biofuels Challenge with an ambitious mission: to commercialise the use of algae biofuel as an alternative to fossil based oil by 2020. The Algae Biofuels Challenge is a multi-million pound UK R&D initiative that could see the Carbon Trust commit £3m to £6m of funding in the initial stages.  The Department for Transport recently announced it will be contributing to the funding of this initiative.


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