Green algae as a biofuel feedstock is gaining traction due to rising petroleum prices, rapidly
depleting natural oil sources, and, most importantly, the emerging lethal problems related to …

Discovering the next source of transportation fuels remains one of the greatest challenges in
the twenty-first century for governments and scientists. Bio-based fuels, currently the source …

Biomass as an alternative energy source shows great potential in mitigating global warming.
Recently, algae are attracting great interest as a bioresource for sustainable energy …

Algae biofuels could give a viable alternative to fossil fuels; however, this technology has to
overcome several of hurdles before it can contend in fuel market and be deployed. The main …

Industrialization and globalization have increased the demand for petroleum products that
has increased a load on natural energy resources. The escalating fossil fuel utilization has …

The rising need for energy due to the increase in the population and its desire for higher
living standards has emerged as one of the major problems for scientists. In the past few …

The current fossil fuel reserves are not sufficient to meet the increasing demand and very
soon will become exhausted. Pollution, global warming, and inflated oil prices have led the …

Algae are potential candidates for a new generation of biofuels to efficiently address the
problems of environmental pollution, exhaustion of fossil fuels, and rising fuel prices round …

Current biofuel production relies on limited arable lands on the earth, and is impossible to
meet the biofuel demands. Oil producing algae are alternative biofuel feedstock with …

This chapter describes the use of algae biomass as a sustainable feedstock for biofuel. The
brief historical perspective follows different biofuel options from algae. The start to finish …