2023 National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bio-products

The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB), an algal biofuels research consortium, was formed to specifically address the objectives set forth by the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE-EERE), Office of Biomass Programs (now called the Bioenergy Technologies Office, BETO), under the funding opportunity announcement DEFOA-0000123, “Development of Algal/Advanced Biofuels Consortia”. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided the funds for this effort. In this announcement DOE sought consortia that would “synergistically use their unique capabilities to expedite the development of biomass based fuel production pathways.” The opportunity allowed and encouraged the participation of industry, academia, and government and/or non-government laboratories, and could include foreign entities, all providing “best-in-class” technical approaches.

Starting January 2023, all 30 of the best performing strains have now been officially accessioned into the Collection and no longer require a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA). These strains are well characterized for lipid production and growth kinetics.