In order to achieve the goal of a carbon neutral EU by 2050 and meet the climate targets of
the Paris Agreement, a sustainable, efficient, competitive and secure energy system needs …

The overwhelming concerns due to over exploitation of fossil resources necessitate the
utilization of alternative energy resources. Biodiesel has been considered as one of the most …

The current use of world energy is gradually shifting to renewable energy due to climate
change concerns and environmental contamination. Renewable biomass energy is one of …

The production of biodiesel can be accomplished using a variety of feedstock sources. Plant
and microalgae based feedstocks are prominent and are studied extensively. Plant based …

With recent advances in novel gene-editing tools such as RNAi, ZFNs, TALENs, and
CRISPR-Cas9, the possibility of altering microalgae toward designed properties for various …

The numerous challenges associated with declining fossil fuel reserves as energy sources,
have accounted for a shift to biofuels as alternatives. However, transesterification of animal …

Biomass can become the source for chemicals towards a sustainable production system.
However, the challenges it presents such as the variety of species, their widespread and …

Spent bleaching earth (SBE) is a waste created by the vegetable oil refining industries that
right now have restricted alternatives for advantageous reuse. An overabundance of about 2 …

This contribution addresses the multi-period synthesis of an optimally integrated regional
biomass and bioenergy supply network through a mixed-integer linear programing (MILP) …

Microalgae have great potential as a feedstock for the production of a wide range of end-
products under the broad concept of biorefinery. In an earlier work, we proposed a …