Biofuels from Algae

Biofuels from Algae

 Algae can provide a variety of fuels for transport, heating or electricity generation, including biodiesel, aviation fuel and biogas.  Algal biofuels are at an experimental stage and are more expensive than fossil fuels.  Algal biofuels could be made more costeffective by extracting other valuable products from algae or incorporating their production into waste water treatment.  Commercial...

Biofuels from algae: technology options, energy balance and GHG emissions

During the last decades, algae received increasing interest as potential source of advanced biofuels production resulting in a considerable attention from research, industry and policy makers. We report on the current-status of technology options for the potential exploitation of algae (of both macroand microalgae species) in the biofuels and bioenergy sectors. We presents a comprehensive revie...

Book Review: Biofuels from Algae: A Promising Future Fuel

provides in-depth information on various strategies and large-scale cultivation of algal biomass with updated state-of-art information and knowledge by the internationally recognized experts and subject peers in various areas of algal biofuels. Algae biofuel (Chisti, 2007) has been currently recognized as the alternative and clean energy source that attracted the interests of many researchers a...

Algae as a Feedstock for Biofuels

Scope of Algae as Third Generation Biofuels

An initiative has been taken to develop different solid, liquid, and gaseous biofuels as the alternative energy resources. The current research and technology based on the third generation biofuels derived from algal biomass have been considered as the best alternative bioresource that avoids the disadvantages of first and second generation biofuels. Algal biomass has been investigated for the ...