Algal biofuels in Canada: status and potential.

摘要: Abstract The last decade has seen an emergence of biofuels owed in part to social and political acknowledgement that fossil fuels are a finite resource. This is evidenced by reduction the discovery new fuel sources exploitation more energy intense reserves such as shale gas tar sands. As result this reality, biofuel research development progressed through several stages globally within Canada. First second generation bioethanol production currently dominates market, leading concerns over sustainability while only partially addressing issue at hand. Third feedstocks, derived from microalgae cyanobacteria, present potential address short falls both first feedstocks. Specifically, third offer increased productivity opportunity sequester nutrients waste streams whilst also expanding pallet include biodiesel, well other target compounds. However, feedstocks remain young technology presents limitations, including lack complement suitable traits single species. Moreover, common assumptions use improve may limit scalability. These, turn, or dictate smaller regionally located processes. presented manuscript demonstrates spite their potential, mandates funding support for largely overlooked Canada, factor severely future Canadian research, technologies carbon emissions.