Biofat Project Demonstrates Algae’s Potential for Biofuels Production
Biofat project, a microalgae-to-biofuel FP7 demonstration project, has confirmed algae as a potential source of biofuel with low greenhouse gas emissions. The project has focussed mainly on improving and demonstrating sustainability in the process considering both environmental and economic issues.
Two 1.5 hectare pilot-scale facilities have been built for this purpose in Italy and Portugal and a scaled-up 10-hectare demonstration plant is under construction.