Author Archives: Radhouan Ben-Hamadou

About Radhouan Ben-Hamadou

Dr. Radhouan Ben-Hamadou is an environmental engineer and oceanographer with over 20 years of experience in marine environmental management, resource sustainability and policy-driven research. As the Director of Research and Policy Development at Earthna, he leads initiatives to bridge academic research with actionable policy solutions, driving sustainability in Qatar and beyond. Dr. Ben-Hamadou holds an engineering degree in Fisheries and Aquaculture, an MSc in Biological Oceanography, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Sorbonne Universities, France). He has held notable leadership roles, including serving as Deputy Director of the UNESCO International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology, where he spearheaded strategic research and international collaborations for ecosystem resilience and water resources management in the coastal zone.

Things You Need to Know About Algae Biorefinery

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High oil prices, competing demands between foods and other biofuel sources, and the world food crisis, have ignited interest in algaculture (farming of algae) for making vegetable oil, biodiesel, bioethanol, biogasoline, biomethanol, biobutanol and other biofuels. Algae can be efficiently grown on land that is not suitable for agriculture and hold huge potential to provide a non-food, high-yield source of biodiesel, ethanol and hydrogen fuels. Several recent studies have pointed out that biofuel from microalgae has the potential to become a renewable, cost-effective alternative for fossil fuel with reduced impact on the environment and the world supply of staple foods, … Continue reading →

Prospects of Algae Biofuels in GCC

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Algae biofuels have the potential to become a renewable, cost-effective alternative for fossil fuels with reduced impact on the environment. Algae hold tremendous potential to provide a non-food, high-yield, non-arable land use source of renewable fuels like biodiesel, bioethanol, hydrogen etc. Microalgae are considered as a potential oleo-feedstock, as they produce lipids through photosynthesis, i.e. using only CO2, water, sunlight, phosphates, nitrates and other (oligo) elements that can be found in residual waters. Algae also produce proteins, isoprenoids and polysaccharides. Some strains of algae ferment sugars to produce alcohols, under the right growing conditions. Their biomass can be processed to … Continue reading →