CSU: Photosynthesis may help make biofuels

FORT COLLINS – A team of Colorado State University researchers has been awarded a $2 million grant by the National Science Foundation to study new routes to the sustainable production of biofuels using photosynthetic bacteria.

“The purpose of this basic research is to help solve important practical problems,” said Kenneth Reardon, professor of chemical and biological engineering and site director for the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, in a press statement.

“Current biofuel production processes, based on algae, have been too expensive to scale up to commercial size,” he said. “The team will be researching ways to increase the productivity and…