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| Title |
Biogas from Macroalgae: is it time to revisit the idea?
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| Published in |
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1754-6834-5-86 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Adam D Hughes, Maeve S Kelly, Kenneth D Black, Michele S Stanley |
| Abstract |
The economic and environmental viability of dedicated terrestrial energy crops is in doubt. The production of large scale biomass (macroalgae) for biofuels in the marine environment was first tested in the late 1960's. The culture attempts failed due to the engineering challenges of farming offshore. However the energy conversion via anaerobic digestion was successful as the biochemical composition of macroalgae makes it an ideal feedstock. The technology for the mass production of macroalgae has developed principally in China and Asia over the last 50 years to such a degree that it is now the single largest product of aquaculture. There has also been significant technology transfer and macroalgal cultivation is now well tried and tested in Europe and America. The inherent advantage of production of biofuel feedstock in the marine environment is that it does not compete with food production for land or fresh water. Here we revisit the idea of the large scale cultivation of macroalgae at sea for subsequent anaerobic digestion to produce biogas as a source of renewable energy, using a European case study as an example. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 75% |
| Germany | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 393 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Latvia | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Libya | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 1% |
| Unknown | 378 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 70 | 18% |
| Researcher | 64 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 60 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 53 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 5% |
| Other | 53 | 13% |
| Unknown | 75 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 108 | 27% |
| Environmental Science | 70 | 18% |
| Engineering | 47 | 12% |
| Chemical Engineering | 17 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 40 | 10% |
| Unknown | 97 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 March 2018.
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#80
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#18,621
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