The Biofuels Market Outlook

Content

• Executive Summary
  • What is biofuel?
  • Industry forecasts for biofuels
  • Biofuels market drivers and inhibitors
  • The biofuel economy
  • Biofuels market size and forecast
  • Regulations and policies
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Audience
  • How to read this report
• Chapter 2 What is biofuel?
  • Summary
  • World energy demand
  • Climate change
  • Renewable energy
  • Biomass
  • What is biomass?
  • Population, energy consumption and biomass
  • What is biofuel?
  • Solid biofuels
  • Liquid biofuels
  • Gas biofuels
  • Biofuels in current use
  • Ethanol
  • Distribution, storage and blending
  • End-use
  • Biodiesel
  • Distribution, storage, blending
  • End-use
  • Advanced biofuels
• Chapter 3 Industry forecasts for biofuels
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Economic competitiveness of biofuels and biomass
  • Biofuel technology development
  • Biofuel drivers and inhibitors
  • Conclusions
• Chapter 4 Biofuel drivers and inhibitors
  • Summary
  • 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
  • The biofuel economy
  • Sustainability concerns and the rising price of food crops
  • Limited biofuels infrastructure
  • Biomass and land availability
• Chapter 5 The biofuel economy
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • The biofuel economy
  • Production costs
  • Cost of distribution
  • Cost at filling station
  • Car costs and fuel efficiency
  • Conclusions
• Chapter 6 Biofuels market size and
  • forecasts
  • Summary
  • Worldwide energy demand
  • Biofuels market sizing
  • Worldwide
  • Ethanol
  • Biodiesel
  • Europe
  • Ethanol
  • Biodiesel
  • The US
  • Ethanol production
  • Biodiesel
  • Brazil
  • Ethanol
  • India
  • Ethanol
  • Biodiesel
  • China
• Chapter 7 Biofuels policies and regulations
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Policy frameworks
  • Renewable energy targets
  • Kyoto Protocol
  • European Union
  • The United States
  • Developing nations
  • Biofuels targets
  • Biofuels policy overview by region
  • The European Union
  • Biofuels Directive
  • Directive 2003/96/EC
  • Incentives for biofuels
  • Tax incentives
  • The United States
  • US Energy Policy Act 2005
  • Brazil
  • Proalcool Program
  • India
  • National Biodiesel Mission
  • China
  • National Biomass Ethanol Gasoline Project
  • The Renewable Energy Law of the People's Republic of China
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Index
• List of Figures
  • Figure 3.1: Relative competitiveness of alternative energies in five years
  • Figure 3.2: Relative economic competitiveness of biofuels now and in the next five years
  • Figure 3.3: What proportion of world fuel/demand will biofuels and biomass account for by 2017?
  • Figure 3.4: Within how long will biofuels account for 50% of global fuel/energy production?
  • Figure 3.5: Which regions will lead the development of biofuels over the next five years?
  • Figure 3.6: How important will the following factors be in driving the biofuels market over the next five years?
  • Figure 3.7: How important will the following factors be in inhibiting the biofuels market over the next five years?
  • Figure 3.8: What impact will biofuels production have on the global price of food crops?
  • Figure 4.9: Projected worldwide oil consumption
  • Figure 4.10: Opting for green energy is one behavioural aspect of rising environmental attitudes
  • Figure 4.11: The potential biomass availability of EU15, AC10 and/or Europe according to five studies (left part of the figure)
  • Figure 5.12: Cost of distribution and dispensation of various fuels from a central production facility to a filling station (€/GJ)
  • Figure 5.13: Costs of various biofuels at the filling station using existing technology (2004)
  • Figure 5.14: Car costs (€) and fuel efficiencies (km/GJ of fuel) of passenger cars by fuel and engine system
  • Figure 6.15: Top 10 global ethanol producers, 2005
  • Figure 7.16: Mechanisms to incentivize renewable energy generation
  • Figure 7.17: Renewable electricity production in Germany and UK, 1995-2005
  • Figure 7.18: Renewable fuels targets in the US (gallons bn), 2006-2012
• List of Tables
  • Table 2.1: World Renewable Energy 2005
  • Table 2.2: Population, energy consumption and biomass contribution in selected regions
  • Table 2.3: Typical oil extraction from 100kg of oil seeds
  • Table 2.4: Comparison of first-generation versus 'advanced' biofuels
  • Table 4.5: Projected world energy demand to 2030
  • Table 4.6: Growth in energy demand by region (2000-2030)
  • Table 4.7: Projected worldwide oil consumption (million barrels / day), 2005-2025
  • Table 4.8: CO2 equivalent emissions savings from biofuels
  • Table 4.9: Average annual oil price (US$ per barrel)
  • Table 4.10: Key barriers for biofuels
  • Table 5.11: Production costs of biofuels from various crops
  • Table 5.12: Cost of distribution and dispensation of various fuels from a central production facility to a filling station (€/GJ)
  • Table 5.13: Costs of various biofuels at the filling station using existing technology (2004)
  • Table 5.14: Cost comparison of biofuels with petroleum fossil fuels
  • Table 5.15: Cost estimates of various biofuels at the filling station using future technology, post 2010
  • Table 5.16: Car costs (€) and fuel efficiencies (km/GJ of fuel) of passenger cars by fuel and engine system
  • Table 6.17: Comparison of worldwide fuel production from hydrocarbon sources versus biomass sources, 2005
  • Table 6.18: Amounts of raw materials to meet worldwide fuel demand, 2005
  • Table 6.19: Top 10 global ethanol producers, 2005
  • Table 6.20: Worldwide ethanol supply and demand, 2005 and 2010 (m3) for selected countries
  • Table 6.21: Top European ethanol producers 2005 (millions of gallons)
  • Table 6.22: EU market share of biodiesel production in 2005
  • Table 6.23: Projected US ethanol production, 2006-2012
  • Table 6.24: US ethanol market revenue forecast, 2006-2012
  • Table 6.25: Ethanol profile comparison of the US and Brazil (2006)
  • Table 6.26: Projected demand and supply of ethanol in India for 5% blend with gasoline
  • Table 6.27: Projected demand for gasoline and diesel in India to 2012
  • Table 6.28: Diesel and biodiesel demand in India using Jatropha
  • Table 7.29: Biofuels infrastructure profiles Q107
  • Table 7.30: Renewable fuels targets in the US (gallons bn), 2006-2012
  • Table 7.31: Biofuels energy targets
  • Table 7.32: Biofuel policy overview of selected countries