Chemistry World Blog
Algae-derived biodiesel flying high
Posted by Elinor on Thu 11 Aug 2011
Two weeks ago, we read about agave as an alternative feedstock to corn or sugarcane in the production of bioethanol fuel in Mike’s story Tequila for your fuel tank. In it, Mike describes research by David King from the Low Carbon Mobility Centre at the University of Oxford and his team.
At the same time, King’s team has been busy putting research together to show that algae-derived biodiesel ‘could be the answer to the fossil fuel crisis’. Indeed, airlines have already been testing a range of biofuels in their planes, including algal-derived biofuels.
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Journal Article:
Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas analysis for algae-derived biodiesel
Tara Shirvani, Xiaoyu Yan, Oliver R. Inderwildi, Peter P. Edwards and David A. King
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01791H
