Alex Gordon-Brander

NASA’s OMEGA licence

November 2009 · Regeneration and living systems · Documented · Publicly accessible evidence

NASA licensed its Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae technology to Algae Systems. Jonathan Trent’s research used floating membrane enclosures to cultivate freshwater algae on wastewater, with sunlight and carbon dioxide supporting growth.

Evidence

Public · P46

NASA Ames · Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae

OMEGA research began in 2008 · Government research account

Jonathan Trent describes OMEGA, the use of wastewater to grow algae in floating membrane enclosures and the research programme’s history.

Source record · Published source

Public · P47

NASA’s algae bioreactor licensed to Algae Systems

19 Nov 2009 · Technology transfer report

Contemporary notice describes the commercial licence and intended use of municipal wastewater.

Source record · Published source

Related work

Recorded

Algae Systems

The company received the OMEGA licence in its founding period

Evidence · B01, P47