Biofuel from algae.

Abstract

Generally, corn, soybean, canola, jatropha, coconut, oil palm, animal fat are used as feedstock for biofuel production. However, these products are consumed by mankind and the competition between the biofuel production and food consumption can potentially cause the increase of oil price. In addition, even if all these oil products are used for biofuel production, they cannot realistically satisfy the biofuel consumption rate. Thus, the new sources for biofuel production are increasingly in demand. Researchers conducted studies on algae as one such source of biofuel.