The Future of the Biofuels Industry to 2024 Featuring Profiles of Acciona Energy, Beta Renewables, Cargill, Evonik Industries, GreenShift Corp, Novozymes, Synthetic Genomics, and Virent Energy Systems

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DUBLIN, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Biofuels: Global Markets" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report presents a general overview of biofuel types, manufacturing methods, feedstock options, typical plant costs, and operating margins, followed by an analysis of major geographical markets: North America, Europe, South America, Asia-Pacific, and Africa and the Middle East.

Each regional evaluation includes estimates of market size for sales of ethanol, biodiesel, and other fuel types, and a forecast for growth to 2024. Projections are expressed in constant (2019) U.S. dollars. The report concludes with a discussion of industry structure and brief company profiles of the various players in the area.

The report includes:

An overview of the global markets for liquid biofuels within the industry
Analyses of global market trends, with data corresponding to market size from 2018 and 2019, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2024
A look at the regulatory framework regarding the use of biofuels, incentives for fuel production, and the number and capacity of manufacturing plants
Analysis of significant patent data and their allotments in each category underlying discoveries in the biofuels market
Information on the market opportunities and market outlook for major listed companies and strategies that may lead to a better understanding of the market from a practical perspective
Market share analysis of key market participants and assessment of their competitive landscape
Profile description of market-leading corporations, including Acciona Energy, Beta Renewables, Cargill, Evonik Industries, GreenShift Corp., Novozymes, Synthetic Genomics Inc., and Virent Energy Systems

Currently, the most common biofuels are liquid fuels used primarily in transportation applications. In this report, the term biofuels will be used in this context. The greatest market growth will take place in a few EU member states, Asia-Pacific and South America. The Africa and Middle East regions will remain relatively under-developed due to a lack of investment.

There are a number of reasons for the projected relatively gradual increase in biofuels consumption in most major markets. Biofuels consumption is to a large extent policy-driven, i.e., the result of various government mandates and incentives. A number of government policy objectives provide the motivation for these mandates and incentives, including increasing energy security and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Most major biofuel consuming nations already have a policy framework for biofuels in place, so new regulations are unlikely to lead to major increases in biofuels consumption in the near to mid-term.

The next most important market driver for biofuels is the price of oil. The price of benchmark Brent crude oil, which at times has been as high as $145 per barrel, was slightly over $71 in 2018 and is expected to decline still further in the next few years. Feedstock costs are another major influence on the market for biofuels. Feedstocks prices can swing wildly from high to low, disrupting farmers' planting plans, the cost of manufacturing biofuels, and the profitability of ethanol and biodiesel. For example, U.S. corn production has been at record high levels in recent years, which has kept corn prices generally stable in the $3.40 and $4.00 per bushel range and increased the profitability of U.S. ethanol production. U.S. corn prices increased somewhat in 2019, but it is difficult to draw any conclusions about a long-term trend that might put a damper on ethanol production.

A more serious consequence of increased biofuel demand is the impact on world food and feed prices. The global rise in population, and a greater percentage of food crops used to manufacture biofuels, has been criticized for diverting food away from the human food chain, leading to food shortages and price rises. Land and water use are other challenges. The desire to diversity away from biofuel feedstocks that compete with other human needs, of course, has been the driver behind the development of so-called advanced biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol and algal biodiesel. However, the technological obstacles to commercializing these advanced biofuels have proven greater than some proponents once envisioned.

Key Topics Covered

Chapter 1 Introduction

Study Goals and Objectives
Reasons for Doing this Study
Scope of Report
Information Sources
Methodology
Geographic Breakdown

Chapter 2 Summary and Highlights

Chapter 3 Overview

Conversion Routes for Biofuels Production
Biofuel Evolution
First-Generation Biofuels
Second-Generation Biofuels
Third-Generation Biofuels
Fourth-Generation Biofuels
Feedstocks Yield
Net Energy Yield
Cost of Production

Chapter 4 Ethanol

Corn Ethanol
Corn Ethanol Manufacturing
Cellulosic Ethanol
Ethanol Blending
Coproducts of Ethanol Production
Ethanol Plant Costs

Chapter 5 Biodiesel

Biodiesel Manufacturing
Transesterification
Post-Reaction Processes
Biodiesel Blending
Coproducts of Biodiesel Manufacturing
Biodiesel Plant Costs

Chapter 6 Other Biofuels

Straight Vegetable Oil/Pure Vegetable Oil
Wood Diesel
Biobutanol
Biobutanol Manufacturing
Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil
Hydrothermal Upgrading Diesel
Fischer-Tropsch Biofuels
Fischer-Tropsch Manufacturing
Algal Fuel (Oilgae)
Biomethanol
Dimethylfuran
Bio-DME
Green Gasoline
Designer Hydrocarbons

Chapter 7 North American Biofuel Market

Biofuel Production
Ethanol
Biodiesel
Advanced Biofuels
United States
Legal Framework
Ethanol
Biodiesel
Advanced Biofuels
Canada
Legal Framework
Ethanol
Biodiesel
Advanced Biofuels
Mexico
Legal Framework
Ethanol
Biodiesel
Advanced Biofuels
North American Biofuel Market Projections
Overall Market
Market by Country

Chapter 8 European Biofuel Market

Chapter 9 South American Biofuel Market

Chapter 10 Asia-Pacific Biofuel Market

Chapter 11 Middle East and Africa Biofuel Market

Chapter 12 Industry Structure

Company Profiles
Abdiesel
Acciona Energy
Algae Floating Systems Inc.
Algaewheel
Algenol Biofuels
Alensys (Alternative Energiesysteme) Ag
Anchor Ethanol Ltd.
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Argent Energy Ltd.
Beta Renewables
Biodico
Biodiesel International Ag (Bdi)
Bioenergy International
Biopetrol Industries Ag
Bluefire Renewables
Caramuru Group
Cargill Inc.
Cavitation Technologies Inc.
Cellana
Cerradinho
Chemrec Ab
China Clean Energy Inc.
China Resources Alcohol Corp.
Choren Industries
Codexis Inc.
Cosan Group
Dedini S.A. Industrias De Base
Desmet Ballestra
Diversified Energy Corp.
Dyadic International
Enerkem
Estener
Evonik Industries
Fagen Inc.
Flottweg
GEA Group
Granbio
Grace Davison
Green Fuel Extramadura
Greenenergy International Ltd.
Greenline Futura
Greenshift Corp.
Haldor Topsoe
Henan Tianguan Fuel Ethanol Co.
Hielscher Ultrasonics Gmbh
Inbicon
Ineos Enterprises Ltd.
Isolux Corsan
Inventure Renewables Inc.
Iogen Corp.
JFE Holdings
Jilin Fuel Ethanol Co.
Katzen International Inc.
Mascoma Corp.
Neste Oil Oyj
Novozymes
One Water Inc.
Permolex International
Poet Biorefining
Praj Industries Ltd.
Preem Ab
Primafuel
Qteros
Raizen
Sekab
Shaval Biodiesel
SNC Lavalin
Synthetic Genomics
Velocys Inc.
Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie Ag
Virent Energy Systems
Vogelbusch Gmbh

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