OriginOil will provide its expertise to help develop growth and harvesting solutions and implement appropriate OriginOil technologies.
Aquaviridis is backed by private sector funding, with plans to immediately scale up from research and development to ten acres of pilot algae production by the middle of this year.
Commercial scale production capacity is expected by the second quarter of 2013.
Aquaviridis selected the Mexicali Valley as a strategic location due to favorable growing conditions, strong local and governmental support, and available sources of carbon dioxide.
