RT journal article
T1 Towards industrial products from microalgae
A1 Ruiz González, Jesús
A1 Olivieri, Giuseppe
A1 de Vree, Jeroen
A1 Bosma, Rouke
A1 Willems, Philippe
A1 Reith, J. Hans
A1 Eppink, Michel H. M.
A1 Kleinegris, Dorinde M. M.
A1 Wijffels, René H.
A1 Barbosa, Maria J.
A2 Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente
AB Microalgae show an enormous potential as sustainable feedstock for numerous bioproducts. Thecurrent work analyzes the feasibility of business cases for different markets of products from microalgae. We perform a techno-economic evaluation of the whole process chain including cultivation, biorefinery and market exploitation for a 100 hectares facility in six locations. Our projections show a current cost per unit of dry biomass of 3.4 h kg 1 for microalgae cultivation in Spain (excluding biorefining products), with an expected reduction to 0.5 h kg 1 in ten years. A sensitivity analysis reveals the roadmap to achieve this. Production of high-value products (e.g. pigments) would be currently profitable, with a net present value of 657 Mh in 15 years. Markets aimed at food and chemical commodities require further cost reductions for cost competitiveness, reachable in the next decade.
SN 1754-5692
YR 2016
FD 2016-08-18
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34160
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34160
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026