An assessment of land availability and price in the coterminous United States for conversion to algal biofuel production

► Land available for conversion to open pond algae biofuel production is inventoried. ► Study area is the coterminous United States. ► Availability and a non-market compensation price were calculated for non-urban land. ► Both metrics were based on land-derived agricultural income and real estate data. ► Excluding productive croplands, large amounts of land (1.0E+6 km2) are available.