Evolution retrospective for alternative fuels: First to fourth generation

Kasturi Dutta, Achlesh Daverey and Jih-Gaw Lin

Renewable Energy, 2014, vol. 69, issue C, 114-122

Abstract: The ever increasing worldwide demand for liquid and gaseous fuels along with overwhelming environmental concerns for greenhouse gas emissions have driven scientists and technologists to consider different alternative energy sources. In past decades, several biomass sources have been identified with increasing potential to be used as new alternative sources of energy - the “Biofuels”. The evolution of biofuels is classified into four different generations.

Keywords: Alternative biofuels; Greenhouse gas; Biodiesel; Algae; Metabolic engineering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.02.044

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