Book chapter
Biofuels from Microalgae
Handbook of Microalgal Culture, pp.566-577
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
05/07/2013
DOI: 10.1002/9781118567166.ch29
Abstract
Microalgae are a promising feedstock for sustainable production of biofuels due to their unique capacity to reach high lipid productivities. Although the promises are there, production costs and energy requirements are high and the technology is still immature for the production of bulk products. It is an enormous challenge to transfer technology so far used for production of high‐value niche products to a technology to be used at industrial scale for commodities. A new mind‐set is needed and knowledge needs to be gained in different scientific disciplines, integrated, applied, and demonstrated in an industrial context. Biofuels from microalgae can only become realistic if the cost of production of algae is reduced, if the productivity of lipids in microalgae is maximized, and if besides lipids, other compounds are validated for applications for food, feed, chemistry, and materials using a microalgal biorefinery.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Biofuels from Microalgae
- Creators
- Maria J Barbosa - Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The NetherlandsRené H Wijffels - Wageningen University & Research
- Contributors
- Amos Richmond (Editor) - Ben-Gurion University of the NegevQiang Hu (Editor) - Arizona State University
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Handbook of Microalgal Culture, pp.566-577
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781118567166.ch29
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; Oxford, UK
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/07/2013
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Spanish and Portuguese
- Record Identifier
- 9984398017902771
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