Aquatic Species Program

Sheehan, J., Dunahay, T., Benemann, J., Roessler, P. 1998. A look back at the US Department of Energy s Aquatic Species Program biodiesel from algae. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Report NREL/TP-580-24190, Golden, Colorado. 

Aquatic Species Program Annual Report, No. SERI / sp-231-3071 41-52. Solar Energy Research Institute, 1987. 

Sheehan, J. T. Dunahry J. Benemann P. Roessler. A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy s Aquatic Species Program Biodiesel from Algae. National Renewable Energy Lab. NREL/TP -580-24190 July 1998a. 

Sheehan J, DunahayT, Benemann J, Roessler P.A look hack at the US department of energy s aquatic species program biodiesel from algae. CO National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden 1998. 

The selection of an appropriate species of microalgae for conversion to biofuels is a more interesting problem than if terrestrial plants were used because there is a larger variety of species that may be chosen from. The now-defunct Aquatic Species Program of the US Department of Energy (Sheehan et al., 1998) accumulated a collection of 3000 species that it tested solely for the purpose of being used as sources of biodiesel. There is therefore a potentially immense number of other species that may be tested for other applications also. 

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