Outdoor cultivation of Picochlorum sp. in a novel V-shaped photobioreactor on the Caribbean island Bonaire

Microalgae are a promising renewable feedstock that can be produced on non-arable land using seawater. Their biomass contains proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and pigments, and can be used for various biobased products, such as food, feed, biochemicals, and biofuels. For such applications, the production costs need to be reduced, for example, by improving biomass productivity in photobioreactors. In this study, Picochlorum sp. (BPE23) was cultivated in a prototype of a novel outdoor V-shaped photobioreactor on Bonaire (12°N, 68°W). The novel photobioreactor design was previously proposed for t... Mehr ...