Spanish researchers produce microalga for biofuels that cleans olive oil mill wastewater

In Spain, Retema reports team from the  Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering at the University of Jaén (UJA)  has succeeded in producing biomass from the microalga  Neochloris oleoabundans , which is capable of  decontaminating water from olive oil mills  and accumulating compounds of high industrial value. This advance opens the door to generating biofuels, biofertilizers, or cosmetic ingredients from a waste product that has traditionally been an environmental liability

The study ‘Production of Bioproducts from Wastewater Treatment Using the Microalga Neochloris oleoabundans’ , published in Engineering in Life Sciences , demonstrates how olive oil waste can become a  source of nutrients  for the controlled growth of this microalga, which thrives even in hostile conditions.