U.S. Ethanol Industry Report (2009)

United States is one of the largest producers of biofuels in the world, including the fuel ethanol. Over the last decade, high and volatile price of oil and political pressure for energy security has fueled both public and private investment in America's ethanol industry. The development of the ethanol industry in the United States has helped in reducing agricultural surpluses, increasing commodity prices, creating rural employment and improving air quality by reducing GHG emissions. Unlike other parts of the world that rely on sugar-related products for ethanol production, the United States utilizes corn as its primary feedstock. Significant investments in recent years in the U.S. ethanol sector have led to a rapid increase in production levels. In 2008, U.S. ethanol industry produced more than 9.2 billion gallons of ethanol, growing by 41.5% over 6.5 billion gallons produced in 2007. Average production of ethanol in the United States was 601,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2008 compared to average demand 630,000 b/d. Despite financial crisis of 2008-09 which led to loss of investment in the sector and forced many ethanol plants to close, the future outlook for the U.S. ethanol industry is bright, with production levels growing consistently in upward direction to almost 13 billion gallons by 2015.

U.S. Ethanol Industry Report (2009) is an in-depth analysis of the sector and the companies that are operating in it. Report focuses on recent developments in the U.S. ethanol sector including trends in current production and consumption, policy making, recovery from credit crisis, and future trends among others. Report also focuses on the measures the U.S. Government is taking to promote the use of ethanol - including offering of tax incentives, funding for research and development, technological funding, etc. Report discusses in detail the technology behind ethanol production and various feedstocks that can be used for its production. Further, report provides analysis on the competitive scenario in the sector and profiles of leading ethanol producers in the United States. Report also includes recent trends and statistics for the U.S. energy sector in general and issues that are affecting the whole energy sector in the country. This report is updated at the time its order to give the customer most up-to-date information available.