Algae fuel, also called algal fuel, oilgae [1]or third generation biofuel, is a biofuel from algae. Compared with second generation biofuels, algae are high-yield high-cost (30 times more energy per acre than terrestrial crops) feedstocks to produce biofuels. Since the whole organism converts sunlight into oil, algae can produce more oil in an area the size of a two-car garage than an entire football field of soybeans.[2]
Nowadays they cost $5–10/kg and there is active research to reduce both capital and operating costs of production so that it is commercially viable.[3][4][5]
However, it does appear to have greater environmental impact than other forms of biofuel.[verification needed]
References
- ↑ | url= http://www.oilgae.com/ | title= Oilgae.com – Oil from Algae! | accessdate= 2008-06-10
- ↑ | url= http://www.solixbiofuels.com/html/why_algae.html | title= Why Algae? |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= | publisher= Solix Biofuels | accessdate= 2008-06-11
- ↑ | url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/03/AR2008010303907.html | title= "A Promising Oil Alternative: Algae Energy" | last= Hartman | first= Eviana | date= 2008-01-06 | publisher= The Washington Post | accessdate= 2008-06-10
- ↑ | url= http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/pubfiles/adt-MU20050901.140745/02Whole.pdf | title= {PhD thesis on algae production for bioenergy} |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= PDF |work= |publisher= Murdoch University, Western Australia | accessdate= 2008-06-10
- ↑ All you wanted to know about Algae and Algal oil: | url= http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com | title= "Algal Oil Diesel, LLP" | Dates: 2008 | publisher: "Jim Miller"
- ↑ Engineers Find Significant Environmental Impacts with Algae-Based Biofuel
External links
- Algaloildiesel - Growing and harvesting algae and transforming it oil into biodiesel. (Wiki with a 83 pages, little current activity.)