17Hydrogen Production by Algae
Tunc Catal1 and Halil Kavakli2
1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Uskudar University, 34662, Istanbul, Turkey
2Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koc University, 34450, Istanbul, Turkey
17.1 Importance of Hydrogen Production
Environmental problems such as water shortages, global warming and climate change caused by the combustion of fossil fuels are serious threats to life. This is because the use of fossil fuels, carbon based non‐renewable energy, releases greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Additionally, the fossil fuel reserves are expected to run out in 50 years, which necessitates the generation of alternative energy (Daroch et al. 2013; Praveenkumar et al. 2012; Stuart et al. 2010). Therefore, researchers have put significant efforts into creating alternatives such as energy from sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, geothermal heat and biofuels. Among these, biofuels, produced through biological processes using biomass or unicellular organism, are becoming more attractive. Currently, bioethanol and biodiesel are produced on ...
Get Green Energy to Sustainability: Strategies for Global Industries now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
