MABFUEL Marine Algae as Biomass for BioFuel

The MABFUEL (Marine Algae as Biomass for bioFUEL) Project is a 7th Framework Programme, under the “People” sub-programme and the Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) funding scheme. The project’s main aim is to investigate the feasibility of using algae (micro and/or macro) as a feedstock for producing bio-fuels in Turkey and Ireland.

Currently most research into efficient algal-oil production is being carried out by the private sector, but if predictions from small scale production experiments are realised then using algae to produce bio-fuel may be the only viable method by which to produce enough bio-fuel to replace current world petrol/diesel usage. Micro-algae in particular have much faster growth-rates than terrestrial crops. With the yield of oil from algae estimated to be from 19,000 to 75,000 litres per acre, per year; this is 7 to 31 times greater than the next best crop, oil of palm.

Source: MABFUEL - MABFUEL Marine Algae as Biomass for BioFuel

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