ABSTRACT
Increasing population has increased the pressure on fossil fuel consumption. World biodiesel production and consumption has been discussed here. Renewable energy is a substitute for fossil fuel that can help in minimizing fossil fuel consumption. Biofuel from halophytes may provide intermediate environmentally friendly solutions to produce bioenergy. Halophytes for biofuel can reduce competition for food versus fuel. They can be grown on saline wasteland for biomass generation. Hence, they can be potential candidates for alternate biofuel biomass generation. Halophytes used for biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, bioderived SPK, and other energy source generation is discussed in the chapter. Halophytes are studied for their potential by many researchers. Thespesia's potentiality as biofuel is discussed in this chapter. Thespesia populnea oil is a non-edible raw material that can be changed into 98.1% biodiesel under optimized conditions of transesterification conditions.
