Here, we propose an integrated approach for economic viability of biofuel production using cyanobacterial chassis by combining the production of value-added products synthesized by these organisms to attain a reasonable price for biofuels per barrel which can compete with current and/or future market price.
Yeast strains with increased fermentation performance can help to increase the productivity and economic viability of biofuel production.
Strains producing valuable co-products would improve the viability of biofuel production.
Therefore, any technique that improves the efficiency of biofuel production is likely to have a significant effect on the viability of these production processes.
The diminishing supply of non-renewable feedstocks--and concern over environmental ramifications of their use in fuel and chemical production--highlights the need for technological advances to improve the economic viability of sustainable production methods.
Therefore, development of processes to convert this low-value glycerol to higher value products is an excellent opportunity to improve the economic viability of biodiesel production, and also make it environmentally safer.
It has been suggested that strains producing valuable co-products, such as feed, fertilizers or pharmaceuticals, would further improve the viability of biofuel production [ 1, 7, 8].
Economic viability of ethanol production from cellulosic feedstock depends in part of the cost to produce, harvest and deliver feedstock to the ethanol production facilities.
Developing and employing effective design methodologies can significantly improve the economic and environmental viability of renewable production processes.
The results provide evidence to support the economic viability of biofuel production via zeolite cracking of pyrolysis-derived bio-oil.
