Second generation biofuels: developing environmentally friendly high-efficiency microalgae for biofuel production

开发二氧化碳中性(生物柴油)和无二氧化碳(氢)燃料是我们社会在应对气候变化和防止石油价格冲击方面面临的紧迫挑战。该项目的成功成果将使这项创新技术更接近商业现实。正在开发的太阳能微藻系统提供了许多国家/社区的好处，包括 1.为澳大利亚和国际市场生产清洁燃料的高效前沿技术 2.海水淡化新工艺 3.封存大气二氧化碳的前沿技术 4.在受干旱或盐碱化影响和自然干旱地区创造财富的前沿技术

The development of CO2-neutral (biodiesel) and CO2-free (hydrogen) fuels is an urgent challenge facing our society to combat climate change and protect against oil price shocks. Successful outcomes from this project will bring this innovative technology closer to commercial reality. The solar-powered microalgal systems being developed, offer a number of national/community benefits including 1. A high-efficiency frontier-technology for clean fuel production for the Australian and international market 2. A new process to desalinate water 3. Frontier technology to sequester atmospheric CO2 4. Frontier technologies for wealth generation in drought- or salinity-affected and naturally arid regions