Clean fuels for the future: Scale up and optimisation of microalgal oil production and biodiesel synthesis

开发可再生的碳中性燃料是我们社会面临的紧迫挑战。该项目旨在开发一种利用澳大利亚当地藻类生产生物柴油的创新系统。如果在合适的条件下种植，微藻是非常高效的几乎连续的生物柴油生产者，并且可能是唯一的可再生燃料来源，可以满足我们当前和未来的需求，而不竞争可耕地和粮食生产。这种系统结合了能源生产、碳捕获、生物柴油生产和废水清理的国家/社区利益。该项目的成功成果将使这项创新技术更接近商业现实。

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.