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An economic and technical evaluation of microalgal biofuels

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Figure 1: Sensitivity analysis.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council, IMBcom, and the economic advice of Liam Wagner.

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  1. The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

    Evan Stephens, Ian L Ross & Ben Hankamer

  2. IMBcom, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

    Zachary King

  3. Department of Biology, University of Bielefeld, AlgaeBioTech Group, Bielefeld, Germany

    Jan H Mussgnug & Olaf Kruse

  4. University of Karlsruhe, Institute of Life Science Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Clemens Posten

  5. Murdoch University, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Algae R&D Center, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

    Michael A Borowitzka

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The authors on this paper are part of, or have worked with, either the Solar Biofuels Consortium (http://www.solarbiofuels.org), IMBcom or other commercial entities developing microalgal biofuel technologies. The authors' work was supported through both industry collaborations and grants. However, the economic models are based almost exclusively on peer-reviewed data, unless stated otherwise, and these are fully referenced to the relevant articles for transparency.

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Stephens, E., Ross, I., King, Z. et al. An economic and technical evaluation of microalgal biofuels. Nat Biotechnol 28, 126–128 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0210-126

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