Unified field studies of the algae testbed public-private partnership as the benchmark for algae agronomics

Knoshaug, Eric P.; Wolfrum, Edward J.; Laurens, Lieve M. L.; Harmon, Valerie L.; Dempster, Thomas A.; McGowen, John

doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.267

Title: Unified field studies of the algae testbed public-private partnership as the benchmark for algae agronomics

Journal Article · 26 November 2018 · Scientific Data

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.267 · OSTI ID:1484429

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National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Harmon Consulting Inc., Kamuela, HI (United States)
Arizona State Univ., Mesa, AZ (United States)

National scale agronomic projections are an important input for assessing potential benefits of algae cultivation on the future of innovative agriculture. The Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership was established with the goal of investigating open pond algae cultivation across different geographic, climatic, seasonal, and operational conditions while setting the benchmark for quality data collection, analysis, and dissemination. Identical algae cultivation systems and data analysis methodologies were established at testbed sites across the continental United States and Hawaii. Within this framework, the Unified Field Studies were designed for algae cultivation during all 4 seasons across the testbed network. With increasingly diverse algae research and development, and field deployment strategies, the challenges associated with data collection, quality, and dissemination increase dramatically. The dataset presented here is the complete, curated, climatic, cultivation, harvest, and biomass composition data for each season at each site. Furthermore, these data enable others to do in-depth cultivation, harvest, techno-economic, life cycle, resource, and predictive growth modelling analysis, as well as development of crop protection strategies throughout the algae cultivation industry.

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Research Organization:: Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; EE0005996

OSTI ID:: 1484429

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5100-70352

Journal Information:: Scientific Data, Journal Name: Scientific Data Vol. 5; ISSN 2052-4463

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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