Biofuels (Bioethanol and Biodiesel) Production In Top and Emerging Countries Will Be 150,975 Million Liters In 2016

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A biofuel is a fuel that contains energy from geologically recent carbon fixation. These fuels are produced from living organisms. Examples of this carbon fixation occur in plants and microalgae. These fuels are made by a biomass conversion.  This biomass can be converted to convenient energy containing substances in three different ways: thermal conversion, chemical conversion, and biochemical conversion.  Biofuels have increased in popularity because of rising oil prices and the need for energy security. Technologies mainly used for bioethanol production is fermentation and for biodiesel, is esterification.

The biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel) production in top and emerging countries like U.S., Brazil, France, Spain, India, Colombia, Thailand, Sweden, Belgium, and Netherlands, is expected to grow from 102,896 million liters in 2011 to 150,975 million liters in 2016 at CAGR of 8% for the same period. The markets representing high growth rate are Sweden (32.2%), Colombia (24.4%), India (19.7%), and Thailand (16.3%), while the countries like Sweden (0.33%), Netherlands (0.33%), Belgium (0.63%), and Colombia (0.65%) are at nascent stage in biofuel production.

The liquid biofuels market is divided with respect to production, consumption, trends, forecasts, and policies and regulations. The major players are selected from these countries

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The global liquid biofuels market can be overviewed by factors like, market dynamics; competitive landscape, market share of major players, and patent analysis.Top & Emerging Biofuels Market Biofuels market can be again classified on the basis of Technology, Feedstocks, Regulations, Pricing & Commercialization Trends & Forecasts.

As of 2010, global biofuels production market is largely dominated by U.S. (45.9%), Brazil (29.3%), and France (3.75%).The countries like India (1.3%), Spain (1.14%), and Thailand (1.04%) are in growth stage, while the countries like Sweden (0.33%), Netherlands (0.33%), Belgium (0.63%), and Colombia (0.65%) are at nascent stage in biofuel production.

Biofuels market analysis is important to highlight key market trends and formulate winning strategies useful and actionable for the stakeholders i.e. bioethanol producers, biodiesel producers, petroleum companies, feedstock suppliers, biofuel project developers, biofuel research institutes, and biofuel process equipment suppliers.

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There are various social, economic, environmental and technical issues with biofuel production and use, which have been discussed in the popular media and scientific journals. These include: the effect of moderating oil prices, the "food vs fuel" debate, poverty reduction potential, carbon emissions levels, deforestation and soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, impact on water resources,  as well as energy balance and efficiency. It concluded that not all biofuels perform equally in terms of their impact on climate, energy security and ecosystems, and suggested that environmental and social impacts need to be assessed throughout the entire life-cycle.

Importance

 

Ødue to their low carbon emissions,

Ø  government support,

Ø  growing automobile industry,

Ø  volatile and rising crude oil prices and

Ø  energy sustainability with new opportunities

This all results in scaling up production with utilization of new feed stocks like jatropha and algae for biodiesel and cellulosic feed stocks for bioethanol.