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The ecology of algal biodiesel production

Smith, Val H., Sturm, Belinda S.M., deNoyelles, Frank J., Billings, Sharon A.·2010·Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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Sustainable energy production represents one of the most formidable problems of the 21st century, and plant-based biofuels offer significant promise. We summarize the potential advantages of using pond-grown microalgae as feedstocks relative to conventional terrestrial biofuel crop production. We show how pond-based algal biofuel production, which requires significantly less land area than agricultural crop-based biofuel systems, can offer additional ecological benefits by reducing anthropogenic pollutant releases to the environment and by requiring much lower water subsidies. We also demonstrate how key principles drawn from the science of ecology can be used to design efficient pond-based microalgal systems for the production of biodiesel fuels.

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  • More than two times the globally available area of arable land would be needed to meet global market demand for biodiesel when produced from rapeseed oil.

    “It is estimated that more than two times the globally available area of arable land would needed to meet the global market demand for biodiesel when produced from rapeseed oil [39].”

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Authors
Smith, V. H., Sturm, B. S. M., deNoyelles, F. J., & Billings, S. A.
Affiliations
University of Kansas (US)
Corresponding author
Smith, Val H.
Venue
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-05
Volume
25
Issue
5
Pages
301-309
ISSN
0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2036117151
Cited by
277
References
91
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 22
FWCI
5.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Keywords
algal biodiesel, microalgae, pond aquaculture, biofuel feedstock, land use efficiency, water subsidies, pollutant reduction
MeSH terms
Conservation of Natural Resources, Environment, Industry, Biofuels, Eukaryota

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