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Aljadix develops carbon-negative biofuel from microalgae feedstock. Carbon negative biofuel is a novel negative emissions technology that not only replaces liquid fossil fuel but also permanently removes carbon from the atmosphere. The company's globally scalable format provides a breakthrough in biofuel technology and takes direct action against climate change. Aljadix provides a globally scalable solution that escapes the fundamental resource constraints on biofuel feedstocks and meets the demand for sustainable liquid hydrocarbon fuel.
Aljadix's carbon-negative biofuel generates from microalgae feedstock that is cultivated in Aljadix’s patented sea-surface container. The container is designed to massively increase the productivity of the algae feedstock. The cultivation platform is environmentally safe and avoids the severe resource limitations of land-based biofuels (especially the negative effects on farmland and freshwater). A km2 of Aljadix microalgae production annually generates 10 million liters of market-ready renewable diesel and a thousand tonnes of inert carbon hydrochar. Aljadix also works with regulatory bodies to ensure that the carbon captured in hydrochar is credited to the biofuel generated. Carbon capture and permanent sequestration are critical dimensions of this business opportunity.
Renewable diesel is functionally identical to diesel fuel. It is also chemically distinct from biodiesel and has a higher energy value (44 vs 38 MJ/kg).
Hydrochar is a high-carbon solid which is an obligatory co-product of the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process by which renewable diesel is generated. Commercial markets for hydrochar are in development and are anticipated to be similar to the market for biochar made from pyrolysis.
