Comparative life cycle assessment study on environmental impact of oil production from micro-algae and terrestrial oilseed crops
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In this study the LCA methodology is applied in order to satisfy two goals: i) to evaluate the hot spots in site-specific production chain of biodiesel from terrestrial and micro-algae feedstock; ii) to compare quantitatively, utilizing primary data, the impacts of the first generation in respect to the third generation bio-fuels. Results show that micro-algae are neither competitive yet with traditional oil crops nor with fossil fuel. The use of renewable technologies as photovoltaics and biogas self production might increase the competitiveness of micro-algae oil. Further investigations are however necessary to optimize their production chain and to increase the added value of co-products.
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Production of oil from microalgae is not competitive compared to other plant sources and fossil fuels due to heightened electricity consumption.
“However, a separate LCA study, conducted by Jez et al. [139], underscores that the production of oil from microalgae is not competitive when compared to other plant sources and fossil fuels due to heightened electricity consumption.”
From A Holistic Approach to Circular Bioeconomy Through the Sustainable Utilization of Microalgal Biomass for Biofuel and Other Value-Added Products (2024) · cites this paper as [139]
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- Authors
- Jez, S., Spinelli, D., Fierro, A., Dibenedetto, A., Aresta, M., Busi, E., & Basosi, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Siena (IT)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Reattività Chimica e Catalisi (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Busi, E.
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-09
- Volume
- 239
- Pages
- 266-275
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2612982460
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 1.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro) (submittedVersion)
- Use Siena air (University of Siena) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biodiesel Production and Applications
- Keywords
- biodiesel, life cycle assessment, environmental impact, first-generation biofuels, third-generation biofuels, photovoltaics, coproducts, fossil fuel comparison
- MeSH terms
- Environment, Fossil Fuels, Technology, Crops, Agricultural, Biofuels
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