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A Review on Biofuel and Bioresources for Environmental Applications

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Microalgae are considered one of the most promising feedstocks for biofuels. Interest in algae-based biofuels and chemicals has increased over the past few years because of their potential to reduce the dependence on crude oil-based fuels and chemicals. Algae is the most suitable and sustainable feedstock for producing green energy. However, numerous challenges associated with declining fossil fuel reserves as energy sources have accounted for a shift to biofuels as alternative product from algae. Algae is a source for renewable energy production since it can fix the greenhouse gas (CO2) by photosynthesis and does not compete with the production of food. This chapter, therefore, presents a review on the prospects of algae for biofuel production and also highlighted in this article is the macroalgae-based biofuels energy products obtained from algae as the raw biomass. In a nutshell, algae are the most sustainable fuel resource in terms of environmental issues.

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Bala, J.D., Lalung, J., Al-Gheethi, A.A.S., Norli, I. (2016). A Review on Biofuel and Bioresources for Environmental Applications. In: Ahmad, M., Ismail, M., Riffat, S. (eds) Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Building and Environmental Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31840-0_13

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