Dublin, May 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "The Biofuels Global Market Outlook 2017-2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The report gathers data on biofuel across the countries leading the market for biofuel. The report covers: costs, drivers, inhibitors, market growth, forecasts, the key players, key feedstock available, and the prominent biofuel power technology utilized in each of the key countries, including: the US, Germany, Brazil, the UK.
Key Features:
- Identification of the most promising countries in the biofuel and highlights how various geographic markets are expanding their share in the total energy supply mix using biofuel.
- Five-year assessment of the latest biofuel technology and installed biofuel capacity.
- Liquid biofuel market trends and costs.
- List of major key players of biofuel renewable energy.
- Information on government policy framework on biofuel for supporting the biofuel market.
- Identification of biofuel energy development and potential resource globally and in major countries in the future.
- Analysis across countries with abundant feedstock availability including Brazil, India, Germany, China, and the UK - biofuel feedstock production is led by competition for available land and water resources, oil and electric vehicle prices.
Key Highlights
- The potential for liquid biofuels is indicated by the world's dependence on crude oil for transportation, with estimations signaling that fuels from crude oil currently supply about 96% of the worldwide energy demand for transport purposes.
- The combination of biomass and biofuels accounted for around 71% of the world's total renewable energy production in 2015 and comprised around 10% of total global energy supply.
- All renewables together currently represent around 19% of final energy consumption and biofuels for transport comprising around 4% of renewable energy consumption.
Key Topics Covered:
Chapter 1 Biofuels, the biofuel resource and the growth of biofuels
- World energy demand
- Climate change
- Renewable energy
- What are biofuels?
- Solid biofuels
- Liquid biofuels
- Gas biofuels
- Biofuels in current use
- Ethanol
- Distribution, storage and blending
- End-use
- Biodiesel
- Distribution, storage and blending
- End-use
Chapter 2 Biofuel technologies and technology trends
- Introduction
- Second generation biofuels
- Second generation biofuels under development
- Biohydrogen
- BioDME
- Biomethanol
- Butanol and Isobutanol
- Dimethylfuran (DMF)
- Hydro Thermal Upgrading (HTU) diesel
- Fischer-Tropsch fuels
- Bioconversion of biomass to mixed alcohol fuels
- Wood diesel
- Key players in second generation / advanced biofuels
- Market possibilities for second generation / advanced biofuels
- Third generation biofuels
- Algae fuel
- Background to Algae for fuel
- Limitations of previous biofuels
- Algae types
- Algae cultivation
- Photo-bioreactor
- Closed-loop systems
- Open pond systems
- Algae fuel potential
- Development timeline
- Aircraft biofuels testing
- Key players for third generation biofuel
- Market possibilities for algae biofuel
Chapter 3 The economics of biofuels
- Introduction
- American market
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Biofuels direction away from corn-based ethanol
- The biofuels economy
- Production costs
- Cost of distribution
- Third generation algae fuel costs
- Algae fuel leading players costs comparison
- Transport fuel blends
- Car costs and fuel efficiency
- Biofuels compared
- Hydrogen versus electric vehicles versus biofuels
Chapter 4 Biofuels drivers and inhibitors
- Market Background
- Drivers of the biofuels market
- Greenhouse gases and environmental concerns
- Regulatory incentives/pressure
- Concern about energy security
- Rising cost of existing fuel supplies
- Consumer pressure
- Inhibitors of the biofuels market
- Cost of production
- Sustainability concerns and the rising price of food crops
- Limited biofuels infrastructure
- Biomass and land availability
Chapter 5 Biofuels policies and regulations
- Introduction
- Policy framework
- Renewable energy targets
- Kyoto Protocol
- European Union
- US
- Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
- Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
- Developing nations
- Biofuels Targets
- Biofuels policy overview by region
- The European Union
- Biofuels Directive
- Directive 2003/96/EC
- Incentives for biofuels
- National Renewable Energy Action Plans
- The United States
- US Energy Policy Act 2005
- Brazil
- Proalcool Program
- India
- Biodiesel Policy
- Bioethanol Policy
- China
- Environmental Commitments Support Long-Term Ethanol Prospects
- The renewable Energy Law of the People's Republic of China
- Biofuels policy overview of selected countries
Chapter 6 Market sizing and growth, future market and economic prospects for biofuel
- Worldwide energy demand
- Biofuels market sizing
- Worldwide
- Ethanol
- Biodiesel
- Europe
- Ethanol
- EU Biodiesel
- US
- Ethanol
- US Biodiesel
- Brazil
- Ethanol Production
- Brazil Biodiesel
- India
- India's fuel economy
- India Ethanol
- India Biodiesel
- China
- China's fuel economy
- China Ethanol
- China Biodiesel
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