This seems to be a highly interesting report. I’ll look through the online information, see if I can have a chat with the authors, and possibly buy the report.
Algae 2020: Biofuel Market Strategies & Commercialization OutlookSummary & Order Form460 pages, publishedJune 2009 Global Algae Market Opportunities and StrategiesAlgae 2020 is a strategic business management study that provides detailed case studies based on site visits and collaborations with leading companies, public-private partnerships, research labs, and provides a set of scenarios, business strategies and an outlook for algal biofuel markets and technology commercialization to the year 2020.The Algae 2020 management study finds the global markets for algal biofuels and biomass are poised for explosive growth in the next ten years. Around the world, an urgent demand for alternative, sustainable fuels, and livestock feed is growing due to feedstock shortages for biodiesel and ethanol, energy independence mandates and initiatives, growing pollution concerns, and increasing population growth in the Emerging Markets of China, India, Africa and the Americas. Compared to other feedstocks, algae holds enormous potential as a high-yield source of biodiesel, ethanol and aviation fuels without competing for food supplies or arable land. For first generation biofuels markets, algal strains with high oil production potential bring much-needed feedstock to biodiesel and petroleum refineries world-wide. An emerging trend algal biofuels is the utilization of synthetic biology and genomics to enhance the productivity and increase the utility of algae to produce designer fuels, animal livestock and fish feed, and green plastics and chemicals from biopolymers.
