Biodiesel production from
wastewater grown algae could be commercially viable
and ecologically sustainable solution for mitigating
grave threats of global energy demand. According to
biodiesel standard published by American Society for
Testing Materials, biodiesel from micro algal oil is
similar in properties to standard biodiesel, and is also
more stable according to their flash point values4.
Among potential algal species, Chlorella minutissima
microalgae have been proved to have high lipid
content (57% of dry weight biomass)5 as well as its
nutrient removal potential to treat wastewater6,7 in
their studies.