Analyzing the US Biomass & Biofuels Industry

A. Executive Summary

B. Biomass Power Market in the US
B.1 Defining Biomass
B.2 Technical Analysis
B.3 Combustion Theory
B.4 Biomass Technologies
B.5 Charcoal Production
B.6 Commercialization of Biomass
B.7 Challenges Facing the Industry
B.7.1 Environment Issues
B.7.2 Others

C. Cost Analysis

D. US Biomass Power Industry: Market Outlook

E. Biofuels Market in the US
E.1 Introduction
E.2 Production and Capacity Utilization
E.2.1 Ethanol
E.2.2 Biodiesel
E.3 Industry Structure
E.4 Market Opportunities and Issues
E.4.1 High Fuel Prices
E.4.2 Government Support
E.4.3 Upward Pressure on Corn Prices
E.4.4 High Competition
E.5 Government Funding Trends

F. Analysis of the US Ethanol Market
F.1 Tax Incentives
F.2 Dominance of Corn
F.3 Regulatory Framework
F.3.1 Renewable Fuel Standard
F.3.2 2011 Renewable Fuels Standards
F.3.3 State Waivers
F.3.4 Ethanol Provisions
F.3.5 MTBE
F.3.6 Renewable Energy
F.3.7 Biomass Funding
F.4 Ethanol By-Products
F.5 US Ethanol Industry: Market Outlook

G. US Biodiesel Market

H. Methanol Fuel Market

I. Butanol Fuel Market

J. Ethanol and Biodiesel Subsidies
J.1 Federal Regulations
J.2 Background to Subsidization of Biofuels
J.3 Biofuel Subsidies at Present
J.3.1 Output-linked Support
J.3.2 Market Price Support
J.3.3 Tariffs
J.3.4 Renewable Fuels Standards
J.3.5 Support for Capital Used in Manufacturing Biofuels
J.3.6 Generic Subsidies to Capital
J.3.7 Accelerated Deprecation
J.3.8 Price of Intermediate Inputs
J.3.9 Subsidies for Feedstocks
J.3.10 Subsidies Based on Consumption of Biofuels
J.3.11 Subsidies to Capital Related to Fuel Distribution and Disbursement
J.4 Conclusion

K. US Biofuels Industry: Industry Outlook

L. Major Players in the US Biofuels Industry
L.1 Abengoa Bioenergy
L.2 A2BE Carbon Capture
L.3 Allegro Biodiesel Corporation
L.4 American AgFuels
L.5 ALF Industries
L.6 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
L.7 Aventine Renewable Energy
L.8 Bay Biodiesel LLC
L.9 BEST Energies
L.10 Biodiesel Systems, LLC
L.11 Bio Fuel Systems
L.12 Biotane Fuels
L.13 BlueFire Ethanol
L.14 Blue Marble Energy
L.15 BRI Energy, LLC
L.16 Broin Companies
L.17 Colusa Biomass Energy Corporation
L.18 DuPont Danisco
L.19 Dyadic International, Inc
L.20 Evolution Fuels (Formerly Earth Biofuels)
L.21 Fuel Bio Holdings
L.22 Genencor
L.23 Green Star Products, Inc.
L.24 Iogen Corporation
L.20 Imperium Renewables
L.21 LS9, Inc
L.22 Novozymes
L.23 PetroSun
L.24 Sapphire Energy
L.25 Solazyme
L.26 West Biofuels LLC
L.27 Verenium Corporation
L.28 XL Renewables

M. Appendix

N. Glossary of Terms