Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0990558
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Clean fuels for the future: Scale up and optimisation of microalgal oil production and biodiesel synthesis. The development of renewable carbon-neutral fuels is an urgent challenge facing our society. This project aims to develop an innovative system for biodiesel production from local Australian algae species. If cultivated under the right conditions, microalgae are very efficient near-continuous producers of biodiesel and are likely the only renewable source of fuel that could match our current and future demand without competing for arable land and food production. Such systems couple the national/community benefits of energy generation, carbon-capture, biodiesel production and the clean-up of wastewater. Successful outcomes from this project will bring this innovative technology closer to commercial reality.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2009
End Date: 12-2012
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $345,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Agricultural Biotechnology | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Cell Metabolism | Gene Expression |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Renewable energy | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)
