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Biofuels (2025)

Publisher GlobalData
Published Apr 16, 2025
Length 63 Pages
SKU # GBDT20037869

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Biofuels (2025)

Summary

Biofuels, derived from the combustion or processing of biomass—a sustainable energy resource, represent a significant pathway toward facilitating the worldwide shift to renewable energy. This report focuses on examining the prospects for renewable fuels such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which are types of biofuels manufactured from inedible biomass sources. Government policies and international regulations are driving biofuel adoption across multiple sectors, but policy support remains uneven globally. Many countries have implemented mandates for blending biofuels with gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to curb emissions. Even in shipping, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is promoting biofuel use, while aviation sector is also gaining regulatory momentum. However, policy approaches vary widely around the world.

The oil and gas industry’s energy transition must incorporate transition fuels and low-carbon energy sources within their portfolios to reduce their carbon footprint. This includes the use of biofuels, either directly or through blending with petroleum fuels to help decarbonize the transportation sector. Although biofuels are predominantly used in transportation, they also have other applications, including heating and aviation. Unlike conventional fuels, biofuels are produced mostly from plants and animal sources, which can be replenished quickly.

Scope
  • The oil and gas industry’s energy transition must incorporate transition fuels and low-carbon energy sources within their portfolios to reduce their carbon footprint.
  • ​This includes the use of biofuels, either directly or through blending with petroleum fuels to help decarbonize the transportation sector. ​
  • Although biofuels are predominantly used in transportation, they also have other applications, including heating and aviation.
Reasons to Buy
  • To understand the purview of biofuels theme within GlobalData’s Energy Transition Framework.
  • Identify the key industry, technology, and macroeconomic trends impacting the biofuels theme.
  • Overview of technologies used to produce renewablw fuels.
  • Understand the biofuels value chain and the key players in it.
  • Includes a snapshot of industry signals such as deals, patents, hirings, and company fillings related to biofuels theme.
  • Identify and benchmark key oil and gas companies; and oilfield and services companies based on their competitive positioning in the biofuels theme.

Table of Contents

63 Pages
Executive Summary
Players
Technology Briefing
Biofuels are a key component of the energy transition
Defining biofuels
Types of biofuels
Ethanol
Biodiesel
Renewable diesel
Sustainable aviation fuel
Applications of biofuels
Advantages and disadvantages of biofuels
Biofuel production process
Pretreatment
Conversion
Chemical
Biomass – the key raw material for biofuels
Trends
Industry trends
Technology trends
Regulatory trends
Regulations by region
Industry Analysis
Global biofuel production and consumption outlook
Renewable refineries: investments, trends, operational updates
Renewable refineries: upcoming projects
Competitive landscape
Timeline
Signals
M&A trends
Venture financing trends
Patent trends
Company filing trends
Value Chain
Biomass sources
Pre-treatment
Conversion
Storage and distribution
End-use industries
Companies
Renewable fuel producers
Glossary
Further Reading
GlobalData reports
Our Thematic Research Methodology
About GlobalData
Contact Us
List of Tables
Table 1: Biomass – the key raw material for biofuels
Table 2: Industry trends
Table 3: Technology trends
Table 4: Regulations by region
Table 5: Renewable refineries: upcoming projects
Table 6: The key M&A transactions associated with the biofuels theme since 2023
Table 7: The key venture financing deals associated with the biofuels theme
Table 8: Renewable fuel producers
Table 9: Glossary
Table 10: GlobalData reports
List of Figures
Figure 1: Who are the leading players in the biofuels theme, and where do they sit in the value chain?
Figure 2: The transportation sector accounts for nearly half of global crude oil demand
Figure 3: GlobalData’s thematic framework for the energy transition
Figure 4: A wide range of organic matter can be processed into biofuels
Figure 5: Types of biofuels
Figure 6: Applications of biofuels
Figure 7: Advantages and drawbacks of biofuels
Figure 8: The transportation sector accounted for nearly half of global demand for petroleum products
Figure 9: Biofuel demand will shift to aviation and maritime fuels by 2030
Figure 10: Supply for biofuels is anticipated to grow at a steady rate
Figure 11: Renewable refinery capacity is anticipated to more than double
Figure 12: roduction capacity for standalone renewable refineries is anticipated to grow
Figure 13: Besides the US, Panama, Brazil, and China could emerge as major suppliers of renewable fuels
Figure 14: Active and upcoming breakdown of renewable refineries capacity by region, 2025-2030
Figure 15: Leading Finnish refiner Neste has also made its mark on the renewable fuels market
Figure 16: Oil and gas company rankings
Figure 17: The biofuels story
Figure 18: M&A activity in the biofuels industry has grown in recent years
Figure 19: The acceleration of biofuel-related venture capital financing activity started in 2019
Figure 20: IFP Energies and BASF led in patents activity on biofuels
Figure 21: illing mentions for the biofuels theme has seen a downtick
Figure 22: he biofuels value chain
Figure 23: The biofuels value chain - Pre-treatment
Figure 24: The biofuels value chain - Conversion
Figure 25: The biofuels value chain - Storage and distribution
Figure 26: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard

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