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| Formerly | HR BioPetroleum (2004–11) |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Omega-3 supplements,plant-based proteins,Energy |
| Founded | 2004; 21 years ago (2004) inKailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| Founders | C. Barry Raleigh, Ph.D. Mark Huntley, Ph.D. |
| Headquarters | Kailua-Kona andSan Diego , |
Key people | Martin A. Sabarsky, CEO[1] Avery Kramer, VP of Operations |
| Products | ReNewalgae,omega-3,algae oil,animal feed |
Number of employees | 15 |
| Website | cellana.com |
Cellana, Inc. is an American company which develops ofalgae-basedbioproducts for high-valuenutrition,ink, andbioenergy applications, includingOmega-3 nutraceutical applications, sustainableink,aquaculture andanimal feeds, humanfood ingredients,pigments, specialtychemicals, andbiofuels. The company, with offices inHawaii andSan Diego, has received (or has been a member of consortia that have received) multiple multimillion-dollar grants from theUnited States Department of Energy andUnited States Department of Agriculture.
KDF is located on a 2.5-hectare (6.2-acre) parcel of land leased from theNatural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA), which is located on the west shore of the island of Hawaii. NELHA pipes in a constant supply of fresh ocean water. NELHA was originally built to support a DOE project for ocean thermal energy conversion, and it continues to employ the project's seawater supply pipes to support a variety of research projects and commercial enterprises, including facilities that currently grow and harvestmicroalgae for pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements. Cellana's facility grows only non-genetically modified, marinemicroalgae species using proprietary technology.
Cellana, Inc. was founded in 2004 as "HR BioPetroleum, Inc." and changed its name to Cellana, Inc. in May 2011. On January 31, 2011, Cellana LLC, ajoint venture company formed byRoyal Dutch Shell and HR BioPetroleum in 2007, became a wholly owned subsidiary of HR BioPetroleum, Inc./Cellana, Inc. Shell had previously announced on December 11, 2007, that it entered into a joint venture with HR BioPetroleum to, among other things, build and operate a demonstration facility in Hawaii for growingalgae as a source of biofuels.[2] This 2.5-hectare facility, known as theKona Demonstration Facility (KDF), was completed and commissioned in 2009.
The original goal of the facility was to cultivate algae inphotobioreactors andopen raceway ponds filled with seawater using a proprietary process, then harvest the algae and extract oil for conversion into fuels such as biodiesel and utilize the residual high protein algae meal for additional co-products.
In 2018, Cellana and POS Bio-Sciences announced the signing of a letter of intent for the joint development and commercialization of high-value EPA Omega-3 oils from Cellana's algae biomass.[3] In December 2016, theUnited States Department of Energy published a funding opportunity announcement in which Cellana's lead commercial algae strains KA32 and CO46, and the biomass yields demonstrated from these strains as part of the DOE-funded Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3), were designated as DOE's "State of Technology" for the photosynthetic algae sector in the United States.[4] In 2013, Cellana andNeste Oil, the world's largest refiner ofrenewable diesel, announced the signing of a multi-year, commercial-scale off-take agreement for algae-based biocrude oil.[5]
In 2024, Cellana andPhytoSmart, a producer of algae-based pet supplements, signed a merger agreement, pursuant to which PhytoSmart will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Cellana upon closing of the merger.[6]PhytoSmart's first commercial products — whole algae pet supplements containing DHA and EPAOmega-3 oils, are sold on Amazon and directly on the company's website, www.PhytoSmart.com.
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