Dariga K Kirbayeva, Huma Balouch, Tao Xu, Meruyert O Bauenova, Dilnaz E Zaletova, Bekzhan D Kossalbayev
{"title":"The role of microalgae in circular carbon capture systems.","authors":"Dariga K Kirbayeva, Huma Balouch, Tao Xu, Meruyert O Bauenova, Dilnaz E Zaletova, Bekzhan D Kossalbayev","doi":"10.1071/FP25195","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microalgae offer a simple and sustainable way to capture carbon dioxide (CO2 ) from industrial emissions while producing valuable biomass for fuels, feed and other bioproducts. In this review, we summarize recent progress in designing and improving closed-loop microalgae systems that capture CO2 and recycle nutrients and energy. We compare several industrial pilot projects around the world to show which designs work best at scale and highlight remaining hurdles. To organize these challenges, we introduce a Barrier-Impact Matrix that maps technical, economic and regulatory obstacles alongside potential solutions. Finally, we discuss how to get more value from the harvested biomass and how life cycle assessments (LCAs) can guide future improvements.</p>","PeriodicalId":12483,"journal":{"name":"Functional Plant Biology","volume":"52 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Functional Plant Biology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1071/FP25195","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PLANT SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Microalgae offer a simple and sustainable way to capture carbon dioxide (CO2 ) from industrial emissions while producing valuable biomass for fuels, feed and other bioproducts. In this review, we summarize recent progress in designing and improving closed-loop microalgae systems that capture CO2 and recycle nutrients and energy. We compare several industrial pilot projects around the world to show which designs work best at scale and highlight remaining hurdles. To organize these challenges, we introduce a Barrier-Impact Matrix that maps technical, economic and regulatory obstacles alongside potential solutions. Finally, we discuss how to get more value from the harvested biomass and how life cycle assessments (LCAs) can guide future improvements.
期刊介绍:
Functional Plant Biology (formerly known as Australian Journal of Plant Physiology) publishes papers of a broad interest that advance our knowledge on mechanisms by which plants operate and interact with environment. Of specific interest are mechanisms and signal transduction pathways by which plants adapt to extreme environmental conditions such as high and low temperatures, drought, flooding, salinity, pathogens, and other major abiotic and biotic stress factors. FPB also encourages papers on emerging concepts and new tools in plant biology, and studies on the following functional areas encompassing work from the molecular through whole plant to community scale. FPB does not publish merely phenomenological observations or findings of merely applied significance.
Functional Plant Biology is published with the endorsement of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australian Academy of Science.
Functional Plant Biology is published in affiliation with the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology and in Australia, is associated with the Australian Society of Plant Scientists and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists.