Article | REF: IN186 V2

Biofuels from oleaginous algae - Principles, industry sectors, challenges

Author: Eric MARÉCHAL

Publication date: February 10, 2021, Review date: March 10, 2021

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6. An industry under construction

6.1 Linear vision of the industry

The overall cost of producing oil-rich, easily extractable algal biomass of suitable quality for biofuel applications is still incompatible with economic viability. Roadmaps have been drawn up for R&D efforts . In this case, the vision is linear, following the segmentation of R&D efforts:

Biology and cultivation → Biomass harvesting → Conversion into fuel and co-products → Global sustainability model

This first vision proposes to resolve questions of the sector's economic viability by integrating the technological...

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