Algae Farm
SD-CAB's test facility, operated by Biolight and Carbon Capture Corporation, is located on 40 acres in California's Imperial Valley.
- The facility includes:
- Offices, laboratories, and a warehouse
- 11 ponds, called "raceways," each containing more than 200,000 gallons of water
- 30 smaller-scale raceways, with 100 to 60,000 gallons each
View the photos below to see our algae farm in action.
Algae grow in raceway ponds of various sizes. This 40,000-gallon pond is one of the smaller raceways.
Algae get their start in large Sun Tubes. Note the stepstool in the photo for a size comparison.
As algae strains grow, we move them to small, 100-gallon raceway ponds.
This 40,000-gallon raceway contains Spirulina algae.
Two separate algae strains, Dunaliella (left), and Spirulina, are markedly different in appearance.
