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The 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. The 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. The 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. The 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. The 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.
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
II. U.S. ENERGY MARKET
a. U.S. Petroleum Trends – Production and Consumption
b. Future Demand of Petroleum in U.S.
c. Concerns over Global Warming and Climate Change
d. Focus on Alternative Fuels
e. Potential of Ethanol as Fuel
III. ABOUT ETHANOL TECHNOLOGY
a. Introduction to Ethanol
b. Feedstock Available
i. Corn
ii. Grains and Oilseed
iii. Wheat Straw
iv. Grass Seed
v. Forestry
vi. Palm Oil
vii. Soybeans
viii. Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW)
ix. Others
c. Ethanol Types
i. Denatured Alcohol
ii. Absolute Ethanol
iii. Neutralized Ethanol
d. Conversion Technologies
i. Combustion
ii. Gasification
iii. Pyrolysis
iv. Hydrolysis
v. Acid Hydrolysis
vi. Enzymatic Hydrolysis
e. Viability of Ethanol Fuel
IV. CURRENT U.S. ETHANOL MARKET
a. Background
b. Ethanol Production and Consumption (Till 2008)
c. Market Drivers
d. Issues and Challenges
V. TRENDS IN U.S. ETHANOL INDUSTRY
a. Corn Production
b. Impact of the Economic Slowdown
c. Ethanol Production and Land Use
d. Socio-Economic Trends
e. Technology Trends
VI. GOVERNMENT POLICIES
a. Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS)
b. Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC)
c. Small Ethanol Producer Tax Credit
d. Tax Credit for E85 Infrastructure
e. Ethanol Trade Policy
VII. ECONOMICS OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION
a. Ethanol Production Costs
b. Ethanol Prices
c. Co-Product Production and Utilization
VIII. U.S. ETHANOL INDUSTRY FORECAST (Till 2015)
IX. PROFILES OF MAJOR COMPANIES
a. Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation
b. Archer Daniels Midland Co.
c. Cargill, Inc.
d. Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc.
e. Ethanol Products LLC
f. Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC
g. Iogen Corporation
h. Midwest Grain Products, Inc.
i. POET Bioenergy
j. Range Fuels
X. APPENDIX AND GLOSSARY
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