Progress of microalgae biofuel's commercialization

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue , 2017, Pages 402-411

  Su, Yujie ^a   Song, Kaihui ^b   Zhang, Peidong ^b   Su, Yuqing ^c   Cheng, Jing ^a   Chen, Xiao ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae bioenergy; Algae biofuels; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; INVESTMENTS; MICROORGANISMS;

ALGA BIOENERGY; ALGAE BIOFUELS; BIO-ENERGY; COMMERCIAL PROCESS; COMMERCIALISATION; ENERGY; HIGH COSTS; INDUSTRIALISATION; MICRO-ALGAE; RENEWABLE SOURCES;

MICROALGAE;

EID: 85013755287     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.12.078     Document Type: Review

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