Overview of the Bioenergy Industry and Biofuels Edition (excerpt)
In this edition, CCBJ takes a comprehensive look at biofuels and biopower in what we call the bioenergy business. Bioenergy industry revenues amounted to $21.1 billion in 2007 in the United States on 16% growth, and CCBJ expects it to hit 2008 revenues of $24.6 billion if fuel pricing holds. The most likely CCBJ scenario has growth averaging 9-10% through 2012 when the sector would be $33 billion…
This Bioenergy Industry edition examines the biopower sector, including companies in biomass gasification, anaerobic digestion, landfill-gas-to-energy and conventional combustion. It also covers the ethanol sector and emerging algae and cellulosic technology. The edition includes charts of growth forecasts for the U.S. bioenergy industry, global ethanol production, lists of top U.S. biodiesel plants in 2007 and algae-to-energy companies, highlights from CCBJ Bioenergy Industry survey, biomass power in China, India and Europe, stock performance of companies in the biofuels business, and company profiles.
Look inside other CCBJ Editions
Recent Climate Change Business Journal editions look in detail at the renewable energy business, carbon trading, carbon capture and storage, the solar energy industry, the wind energy industry, and the green building business. Each issue includes trend analysis, and market size and market growth estimates. Facets of the cleantech industry to be covered in coming months include an Overview of the Climate Change Industry and the nine CCBJ business segments, in addition to the energy efficiency business, demand response, the clean energy business, geothermal energy, the energy storage business, and the greenhouse gas market.
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Highlights of the CCBJ Bioenergy Industry Survey
• Median annual growth in biofuels production forecast in the USA for 2008-2012 by respondents is 15-20%, and 10-15% annual growth in 2012-2020.
• 33% say biofuels are either a significant (22%) or the major factor (11%) in rising food prices and ‘the global food crisis’; 9% say not at all and 26% believe the impact is minimal…
Stakes Increase for Second Generation Biofuels
... While investment in first-generation biofuels production capacity has dwindled, second-generation biofuels companies continue to attract venture capital. According to Cleantech Group, the second quarter of 2008 saw $280 million in venture capital invested in second-generation biofuel startups, a 58% increase over the second quarter of 2007…
Biomass Power Strives To Be Part Of The Renewables Mix
…major electric utilities and specialized entrepreneurial firms are striving to make the case for biomass-fired power in tandem with solar, wind, and other renewables. According to U.S. Department of Energy, net electricity generation from biomass was 55 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2006, or 1.3% out of 4.06 billion MWh net electricity generation in total in the United States in 2006. The 55 million MWh represents a commercial value of $4.9 billion when using the U.S. average retail price of 8.9 cents/kwh in 2006, although only 44% of this generation made it out into the commercial electric power sector with the majority consumed within the industrial sector…
Forest Biorefining a Viable Alternative for Traditional Pulp & Paper
According to a range of industry sources, the wood products industry is on the verge of a revolutionary change: shifting from making lumber, panels and paper to making biofuels and chemicals. Pulp and paper manufacturers are said to be the most active. Not only do these companies have the expertise and infrastructure to grow, harvest, haul and process enormous volumes of wood efficiently, their existing plants and processes have technological synergies with the emerging biorefining technologies…
Biodiesel Capacity Explodes; Feedstock Prices Squeeze Margins & Production
Supported by federal tax credits of up to $1 per gallon, various state incentives, Clean Air Act requirements for low-sulphur fuels and other subsidies and policy drivers, the U.S. biodiesel segment has expanded rapidly over the last several years…. The sharply rising gap between capacity and production is emblematic of the industry’s status: Supply is far outstripping demand, while margins have been crushed by rising feedstock prices…
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