Journal of Renewable Energy has retracted the article titled “Microalgae as a Renewable Source of Energy: A Niche Opportunity” [1] due to significant text overlap identified with previously published articles [2, 3].
The authors did not respond to communications regarding the concerns identified and did not respond to the notification of retraction. The article is therefore being retracted with the agreement of the editorial board.
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