Feds give Hawaii companies $1.5M to develop seaweed as energy source
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $1.5 million to two Hawaii businesses to develop offshore seaweed as a potential clean energy source.
U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced the award today from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program.
Makai Ocean Engineering of Honolulu received $995,978 to create a model simulating the ocean that would help researchers determine the proper design and estimated costs of offshore seaweed farming systems. Kampachi Farms of Kailua-Kona received $500,000 to test harvesting techniques and develop an offshore seaweed production farm for future use in renewable energy production.
“These grants recognize the innovative work being done in Hawaii to research and develop renewable energy resources,” said Hirono. “This funding will assess the viability of developing seaweed as an energy source, and explore how to use local resources to meet Hawaii’s renewable energy goals.”
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Murder_Boners on October 8th, 2017 at 01:49 UTC »
At first I was like, "Oh good." then I thought, "don't video games take like 5 million to make?"
Grokent on October 8th, 2017 at 01:02 UTC »
I feel like that money could be spent better on geothermal in Hawaii.
Djeff_ on October 7th, 2017 at 21:47 UTC »
In what universe does 1.5 million lead to a breakthrough in alternate energy?
Thats like giving someone the change in your pockets to develop the dyson sphere.