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Genetic Engineering of Algae for Enhanced Biofuel Production

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Recent advances in biological pretreatment of microalgae and lignocellulosic biomass for biofuel production

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A review on sustainable microalgae based biofuel and bioenergy production: Recent developments

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Emerging technologies for biofuel production: A critical review on recent progress, challenges and perspectives

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Biomass resources and biofuels potential for the production of transportation fuels in Nigeria

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Enhanced microalgal lipid production for biofuel using different strategies including genetic modification of microalgae: A review

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Development of nickel based catalysts for the transformation of natural triglycerides and related compounds into green diesel: a critical review

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Comparative environmental life cycle assessment of conventional vehicles with different fuel options, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles for a sustainable transportation system in Brazil

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Cellulose solvent-based pretreatment for enhanced second-generation biofuel production: a review

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An overview of integration opportunities for sustainable bioethanol production from first- and second-generation sugar-based feedstocks

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Agro-waste to sustainable energy: A green strategy of converting agricultural waste to nano-enabled energy applications

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Synergy of biofuel production with waste remediation along with value-added co-products recovery through microalgae cultivation: A review of membrane-integrated green approach

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Algal Biofuels: Current Status and Key Challenges

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Innovation in biological production and upgrading of methane and hydrogen for use as gaseous transport biofuel

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Technology projection in biofuel production using agricultural waste materials as a source of energy sustainability: A comprehensive review

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Microalgae biofuels: illuminating the path to a sustainable future amidst challenges and opportunities

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Bioethanol production from waste lignocelluloses: A review on microbial degradation potential

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Recent Advances in the Use of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents for Lignocellulosic Biorefineries and Biobased Chemical and Material Production

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Overview: Comparison of pretreatment technologies and fermentation processes of bioethanol from microalgae

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Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for biofuel production

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Second Generation Bioethanol Production: On the Use of Pulp and Paper Industry Wastes as Feedstock

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Biofuels journey in Europe: Currently the way to low carbon economy sustainability is still a challenge

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Innovative developments in biofuels production from organic waste materials: A review

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An Overview of the Classification, Production and Utilization of Biofuels for Internal Combustion Engine Applications

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Challenges and prospects of renewable energy in Nigeria: A case of bioethanol and biodiesel production

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Sustainable production and degradation of plastics using microbes

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Biofuels and their connections with the sustainable development goals: A bibliometric and systematic review

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Immobilization of cellulase enzymes on nano and micro-materials for breakdown of cellulose for biofuel production-a narrative review

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Review of green diesel production from fatty acid deoxygenation over Ni-based catalysts

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Agro-industrial waste to biobutanol production: eco-friendly biofuels for next generation

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Technologies for Biofuel Production: Current Development, Challenges, and Future Prospects

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Recent development of hydrothermal liquefaction for algal biorefinery

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Life cycle environmental and economic impact assessment of alternative transport fuels and power-train technologies

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Biofuel Production Using Thermochemical Conversion of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Biomass (HMCB) Harvested from Phytoextraction Process

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A Comprehensive Review of Feedstocks as Sustainable Substrates for Next-Generation Biofuels

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The enzyme biorefinery platform for advanced biofuels production

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Production of butanol from lignocellulosic biomass: recent advances, challenges, and prospects

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Heterogeneous nanocatalysts for sustainable biodiesel production: A review

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Evaluation of bioethanol and biodiesel production from Scenedesmus obliquus grown in biodiesel waste glycerol: A sequential integrated route for enhanced energy recovery

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Economic, environmental and social optimization of solid waste management in the context of circular economy

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Effects of process water recirculation on solid and liquid products from hydrothermal carbonization of Laminaria

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Effect of light spectra on microalgal biofilm: Cell growth, photosynthetic property, and main organic composition

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Sustainable biofuels: opportunities and challenges

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Data-driven Wasserstein distributionally robust optimization for biomass with agricultural waste-to-energy network design under uncertainty

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The fourth generation of biofuel

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Investigations of spirulina, waste cooking and animal fats blended biodiesel fuel on auto-ignition diesel engine performance, emission characteristics

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Biofuel from Microalgae: Sustainable Pathways

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Challenges on waste-to-energy for the valorization of industrial wastes: Electricity, heat and cold, bioliquids and biofuels

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Sustainable Production of Microbial Isoprenoid Derived Advanced Biojet Fuels Using Different Generation Feedstocks: A Review

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Current analysis and future perspective of reduction in worldwide greenhouse gases emissions by using first and second generation bioethanol in the transportation sector

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A Comprehensive Review on Biofuels from Oil Palm Empty Bunch (EFB): Current Status, Potential, Barriers and Way Forward

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A review on low carbon fuels for road vehicles: The good, the bad and the energy potential for the transport sector

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The Effects of Neat Biodiesel and Biodiesel and HVO Blends in Diesel Fuel on Exhaust Emissions from a Light Duty Vehicle with a Diesel Engine

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Suitability of Biofuels Production on Commercial Scale from Various Feedstocks: A Critical Review

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Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Bioeconomy - A Challenge for Europe

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Recent Advancements in the Life Cycle Analysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass

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‘Woods-to-Wake’ Life Cycle Assessment of residual woody biomass based jet-fuel using mild bisulfite pretreatment

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Mutual inhibition effect of hydrogen and ammonia in oxidation processes and the role of ammonia as “strong” collider in third-molecular reactions

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Dual nutrient heterogeneity modes in a continuous flow photobioreactor for optimum nitrogen assimilation to produce microalgal biodiesel

Leong, W. H., Kiatkittipong, W., Lam, M. K., Khoo, K. S., Show, P. L., Mohamad, M., Chong, S., Abdurrahman, M. D., & Lim, J. W. (2021) · Renewable Energy · doi:10.1016/j.renene.2021.11.117 · Cited by 59

Hydrothermal production of algal biochar for environmental and fertilizer applications: a review

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Preparation and characterization of novel hybrid bio-support material immobilized from Pseudomonas cepacia lipase and its application to enhance biodiesel production

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A novel strategy to simultaneously enhance bio-oil yield and nutrient recovery in sequential hydrothermal liquefaction of high protein microalgae

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In vitro oxidative decarboxylation of free fatty acids to terminal alkenes by two new P450 peroxygenases

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Biochemical characterization of three new α-olefin-producing P450 fatty acid decarboxylases with a halophilic property

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An experimental and numerical study on the Miscanthus gasification by using a pilot scale gasifier

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Potential raw materials for biorefineries to ensure food security: The Cocoyam case

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High lipid accumulating bacteria isolated from dairy effluent scum grown on dairy wastewater as potential biodiesel feedstock

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Comparative Review on the Production and Purification of Bioethanol from Biomass: A Focus on Corn

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Current state of the biodiesel production and the indigenous feedstock potential in Serbia

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Fuel from Waste: A Review on Scientific Solution for Waste Management and Environment Conservation

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Significance of Agricultural Residues in Sustainable Biofuel Development

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