RENEWABLE ENERGY FEEDSTOCK FOR FUELS AND LIVESTOCK.
Hydrobe® has developed world-changing technology that harnesses microbiology to recycle carbon into oils and protein. A key output from our process is a low-cost lipid feedstock that is ideally suited to the HEFA method of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production.
A PROFOUND BREAKTHROUGH THAT ENABLES COST EFFECTIVE SAF AND BIOFUEL PRODUCTION FROM CO2 EMISSIONS AT SCALE.
The core discovery is a synergy between a specific mix of bacteria that combine to convert cellulose, hemicellulose and starch into sugars quickly and without heat or pressure. One application of this fermentation process removes the microalgae cell wall with minimal energy. This enables low cost methods of lipid extraction and generates an energy source in the form of organic carbon that enables large scale growth of microalgae on a small footprint.
BIG CARBON CAPTURE ON A SMALL FOOTPRINT
Microalgae are excellent sources of oil and protein, but there are constraints. Using photosynthesis to grow microalgae needs good light access, requires large land area, large capex and is not scalable. Heterotrophically growing algae is scalable because it does not need light, production occurs in large volume vessels on a small footprint, but requires a constant supply of expensive nutrients, restricting product potential to high value niche markets. In both cases, extracting algal oils is prohibitively energy intensive because the microalgae cell wall is robust and difficult to penetrate.
Hydrobe® technology solves both the nutrient and oil extraction problems to enable low-cost heterotrophic microalgae production. High volume, small footprint bioreactors with bacterially generated nutrients make this viable by profoundly reducing the amount of external energy and other costs per unit of biomass produced.
FEEDSTOCKS
Hydrobe's bacterial consortium quickly break-down hard to access carbohydrates in fibres and other cellular structures to produce glucose and other bio-accessible nutrients. Consequently, that fermentation process improves digestibility and protein content of the solid biomass. In addition to microalgae themselves, ideal feedstocks include defatted corn syrup (corn ethanol by-product), canola meal, feed grade gains, and other waste carbon streams.
MODULAR DEPLOYMENT.
Our technology is ideally located adjacent to feedstock facilities, with logistics access to HEFA fuel refineries and protein meal customers. Corn ethanol plants and canola oil plants are good examples. The Hydrobe® process can be deployed in small arrays or trains with declining costs of incremental expansion. A modular deployment reduces risk and equity capital outlay.
WE ARE PROVEN.
WE ARE FUNDED.
WE ARE READY TO WORK WITH YOU.
Our science has been peer reviewed, independently replicated and patented. Hydrobe is now operating at 3,000 liter pilot scale supported by significant commercial and academic partnerships. Our technical readiness level is TRL7.
The Hydrobe pilot plant is located in Melbourne, Australia. The photosynthetic stage of the Hydrobe process was commissioned in April 2025 and has been running continuously since. Fermentation production stages were commissioned in 2026 and now operate 24x7 with semi-continuous harvesting. This work, done by our amazingly gifted scientists and engineers identified that commercial deployment is viable through the continuous fermentation process. Current production scale is kilograms of product per day.
We are ready to talk to partners and customers to progress this potentially world-changing technology.
