ABS Plans Scale-Up in Georgia September 2, 2010 AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com Algae Bioenergy Solutions (ABS), of Augusta, Georgia, has announced preliminary plans to develop a three to five million gallons per year algae oil plant, expandable to forty million gallons a year, to produce feedstock for biodiesel and other products at their 98-acre site near the Augusta, Georgia Airport. The company plans to use inexpensive nutrients from wastewater and CO2 from a gasifier and digesters to produce large volumes of algae utilizing state-of-the-art photo bioreactors and alternative systems inside and outside of their 200,000 sq. ft. facility. The company is in discussions with a nearby biodiesel plant, currently processing chicken fat, to supply them with up to 40 million gallons of algae feedstock per year. The leftover dried algae biomass is intended to be used for other purposes including ethanol, cattle/farm feed, and compost. The biodiesel facility is partly owned by Chuck Pardue, who is also the owner of ABS. ABS plans to create initially a 1000 sq/ft. growing site in the fourth quarter 2010 at an approximate cost of $250,000 to verify scale up processes. They plan to expand over the following six months to a facility they say will be capable of producing three to five million gallons of algae oil annually. Copyright ©2010 AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reprint this article in its entirety. Must include copyright statement and live hyperlinks. Contact editorial@algaeindustrymagazine.com.