Technoeconomic Assessment on Innovative Biofuel Technologies: The Case of Microalgae

Table 2

Comparison of estimated production and land-use requirement from various biofuel crops.

Crop	Oil yield (L/ha)	Land area needed (M ha)^a
Corn	172	1540
Soybean	446	594
Canola	1190	223
Jatropha	1892	140
Coconut	2689	99
Palm oil	5950	45
Microalgae^b	136.900	2
Microalgae^c	58.700	4.5

^aFor meeting 50% of all transport fuel needs of the United States.
^b70% oil (by weight) in biomass.
^c30% oil (by weight) in biomass.
Data source: [3].