Research & Initiatives
Project Partners
Public Sector
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management. The USDA’s vision is to provide economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive; to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others throughout the world; and to preserve our Nation's natural resources through conservation, restored forests, improved watersheds, and healthy private working lands.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services recognizes the State's strong potential in renewable energy and supports research and development in a variety of areas, including algae and biomass development as sources of sustainable biofuels and byproducts.
The Mote Marine Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit marine research institution comprising world-class marine scientists committed to the belief that the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans begins with research and education. The Lab’s scientists focus on understanding the population dynamics of manatees, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and coral reefs, promoting conservation and restoration efforts, studying the effects of human-made and natural toxic substances, such as red tide, on humans and on the environment, assessing the health of wild fisheries, and developing sustainable and successful fish restocking techniques and food production technologies.
The Florida Energy Systems Consortium (FESC) brings together the renewable energy activities of Florida's universities and coordinates leading-edge research and development and student education. The Consortium promotes collaborative interdisciplinary research with the energy industry, assists with student education and community outreach, shares research results with a wide audience, and assists in the development of energy policy in Florida.
Private Sector
Florida Crystals is a leading US sugar producer and North America's first fully integrated cane sugar company. The company's renewable energy facility is the largest of its kind in North America and provides clean energy from sugarcane bagasse and wood waste.
Culture Fuels is an innovative micro algae technology provider for large-scale outdoor production regardless of algae strain and final product. Its floating cultivation system is readily scalable and combines the operating advantages of indoor photobioreactors with the low cost of outdoor ponds.
EM Fluids Inc. is an environmental engineering company that works with governments, organizations, and industry to put in place innovative solutions for pressing environmental problems. There is an imperative and widespread need for new, economical technologies to improve water quality in water bodies that currently experience oxygen depletion. EM Fluids has developed and implemented an innovative technology, the EMF 1000, that represents a paradigm shift in this market. The EMF 1000 is a self-contained, solar-powered, cleantech solution that uses proprietary non-irradiating signals to stimulate the water. The impact is broadly distributed across large waterbodies. The device increases the gas exchange rate at the air-water boundary and in turn increases dissolved oxygen (DO) in the water column promoting aerobic conditions and concurrently suppressing anaerobic conditions. This results in a healthier waterbody for biological processes and for aquatic organisms and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
ClimeCo is a US-based integrator of renewable energy (including biogas), air quality, and low-carbon solutions. The company provides engineering, financing, operations, regulatory, and carbon market expertise and takes care of the entire project development cycle.