2013 Bioenergy Market Report

Abstract

This report provides a status of the markets and technology development involved in growing a domestic bioenergy economy as it existed at the end of 2013. It compiles and integrates information to provide a snapshot of the current state and historical trends influencing the development of bioenergy markets. This information is intended for policy-makers as well as technology developers and investors tracking bioenergy developments. It also highlights some of the key energy and regulatory drivers of bioenergy markets. This report is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), and, in accordance with its mission, pays special attention to the progress and development of advanced liquid transportation fuels from cellulosic and algal biomass. The bioenergy economy engages multiple industrial sectors across the biomass to bioenergy supply chain-from agricultural-and forestry-based industries that produce source biomass materials to manufacturers and distributors of biomass-based fuels, products, and power, to the ultimate end-user markets. The breadth of this report reflects the range of these interdependent industry sectors. After opening with a discussion of the overall size and composition of the bioenergy market, this report features two major areas-one detailing biomass feedstocks supply and a second on the two major bioenergy markets: biofuels and biopower. The biomass feedstocks section brings together information about the current supply of a diverse set of feedstocks and discusses historical and current volumes for the major categories of biomass.