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Biodiesel from microalgae – Life cycle assessment and recommendations for potential improvements
Collet, Pierre; Lardon, Laurent; Hélias, Arnaud; … - In: Renewable Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 525-533
Microalgae are considered as one of the potential major source of biofuel for the future. However, their environmental benefit is still unclear and many scientific publications provide contradictory results. Here we perform the Life Cycle Assessment of the production and combustion of 1 MJ of...
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Improvement of the potential of Dunaliella tertiolecta as a source of biodiesel by auxin treatment coupled to salt stress
El Arroussi, Hicham; Benhima, Redouane; Bennis, Iman; … - In: Renewable Energy 77 (2015) C, pp. 15-19
renewable energy sources. Liquid microalgal biofuels such as biodiesel represent a sustainable alternative to fossil energy … lipid) is still a great challenge for a commercial biodiesel production. This is due to the difference between optimal …
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Developments of five selected microalgae companies developing "closed" bioreactor biofuel production systems
Moheimani, Navid R.; McHenry, Mark P. - In: International journal of innovation and sustainable … 7 (2013) 4, pp. 367-386
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La durabilité du biodiesel brésilien dans la perspective de la Directive Européenne EnR: comment l’évaluer ?
Bicalho, Tereza - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
To meet its objectives of expanding biofuel production, Brazil is confronted with the need to allocate new land areas for energy crops. This raises issues to be resolved concerning future exports to Europe. The European Directive 2009/28/CE of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy...
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Sustainable solar energy conversion to chemical and electrical energy
Moheimani, Navid Reza; Parlevliet, David - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 27 (2013) C, pp. 494-504
The Earth receives around 1.9×106EJ of energy in visible light each year and only a fraction of this light energy is being converted to biomass (chemical energy) via the process of photosynthesis. Out of all photosynthetic organisms, microalgae, due to their fast growth rates, have been...
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Engine performance of biodiesel-biodiesel blends at varying engine speeds
Ayetor, Godwin K.; Sunnu, Albert K. - In: African journal of science, technology, innovation & … 7 (2015) 5/6, pp. 500-508
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Investigating the cost effectiveness of biodiesel distribution in Indonesia
Hasudungan, Herbert Wibert Victor; Heviati, Elis; … - In: Economic review : journal of economics & business 21 (2023) 1, pp. 71-84
The implementation of biodiesel in Indonesia has been regarded as one of the main strategies to improve country … their biodiesel production bears a key problem. The complexity of delivering biodiesel from the supply point to the blending … terminal of gasoil might result in cost inefficiency, which in turn will escalate the government funding of biodiesel …
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Surface reflectance and conversion efficiency dependence of technologies for mitigating global warming
Edmonds, Ian; Smith, Geoff - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 5, pp. 1343-1351
A means of assessing the relative impact of different renewable energy technologies on global warming has been developed. All power plants emit thermal energy to the atmosphere. Fossil fuel power plants also emit CO2 which accumulates in the atmosphere and provides an indirect increase in global...
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Decarbonizing Europe's power sector by 2050 : analyzing the economic implications of alternative decarbonization pathways
Jägemann, Cosima Claudia; Fürsch, Michaela; Hagspiel, … - In: Energy economics 40 (2013), pp. 622-636
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Who gains from technological advancement? : the role of policy design when cost development for key abatement technologies is uncertain
Weitzel, Matthias - In: Environmental economics and policy studies 19 (2017) 1, pp. 151-181
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