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Biofuels are classified into first, second, and advanced generation, based on their current commercial development. Conversion of algal biomass into advanced biofuels is part of the effort to find alternative feedstocks and solar-to-fuel technologies that do not compete with food for arable land, opposed to energy crops currently dominating the biofuel industry.
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Formighieri, C. (2015). Exploring Novel Feedstocks and Technologies for Advanced Biofuels: The Promises of Algae. In: Solar-to-fuel conversion in algae and cyanobacteria. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16730-5_3
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