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The microalgae are considered as one of the most promising feedstocks for future bio-diesel production in India. The advantages of microalgae are their widespread availability. higher oil yields and reduced pressure on cultivable land. The difficulty in efficient biodiesel production from algae lies not only in the extraction of the oil. but also developing an algal strain with a high lipid content and fast growth rate. Once the microalgal oil starts to be unavailable the application of type of transesterification well established conversion process may be suitably used for converting to biodiesel which has fuel properties similar to petro diesel. Apart from technologies developed for algal cultivation. harvesting and oil extract. The transesterification processes are reviewed. Algal biodiesel stability is relatively better than seed oil based biodiesel. The status of R &. D on microalgae biodiesel is also covered in this paper.
