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Solar-to-Fuel Conversion in Algae and Cyanobacteria (Paperback, 2015 ed.)
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Solar-to-Fuel Conversion in Algae and Cyanobacteria (Paperback, 2015 ed.)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
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This volume is focused on solar-to-fuel conversion using algae and
cyanobacteria for advanced generation biofuels. Production of
biofuels needs to rely on cheap and renewable resources, in order
to be economically viable and environmentally sustainable in the
long term. Solar energy is an abundant and renewable resource, and
strategies for solar-to-fuel conversion have the potential to
sustain our energy demands in the long term and to be
carbon-dioxide neutral. First generation biofuels are those already
on the market, such as bio-ethanol from sugarcane and corn starch,
biodiesel from oil seed crops. However, development of a single
biofuel, as efficient as it may be, would be insufficient and could
not sustain the global demand for energy. The next generation of
advanced biofuels explores alternative feedstocks and technologies,
finding novel solar-to-fuel solutions. Algae and cyanobacteria can
convert sunlight into chemical energy through the process of
photosynthesis. They represent an alternative with respect to crops
for solar-to-fuel conversion that does not compete with food for
arable land. This SpringerBrief focuses only on solar-to-fuel
conversion for production of advanced biofuels, pointing to the
importance of relying on the sun for our sustainability in the long
term. It is the only current publication to discuss the problem of
light-utilization inefficiency during mass cultivation of
micro-algae. This review also addresses the potential of
cyanobacteria for the generation of direct photosynthesis-to-fuel
platforms and discusses both possibilities and constraints for
future developments.
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