Choi W. Y.

Korzen L.

 We performed a cost-benefit analysis for bioethanol production using biomass of Ulva rigida, a marine macroalga (seaweed), co-cultured with fish in an intensive offshore aquaculture unit. This is the first report for such analysis that takes into consideration offshore seaweed cultivation and uses a recently developed, novel and simplified ethanol production technology that is devoid of costly pre-treatments imposed to the seaweed biomass. By simultaneously producing ethanol with valuable Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) by-products such as animal feed, the economic viability of this system is plausible over a production range of 77–240 dry tons of seaweed per day. As such, applying the model to suggested future scenarios for the Israeli Mediterranean shorelines, which limits aquaculture to ca. 600 ha, results in unprofitability. Further, sensitivity analyses place profitability as mainly dependent on DDGS prices and on the daily growth rate (biomass yield) of the macroalga. These two are key factors to achieve profitability at the 600-ha scenario. </jats:p

Leor Korzen

Yoav Peled

Shiri Zemah Shamir

Mordechai Shechter

Aharon Gedanken

Avigdor Abelson

Alvaro Israel

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An economic analysis of bioethanol production from the marine macroalga <i>Ulva</i> (Chlorophyta)

An economic analysis of bioethanol production from the marine macroalga
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An economic analysis of bioethanol production from the marine macroalga Ulva

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