D 2.1.1 Note on literature review concerning market ... - Biorefinery

Biopol - Deliverable <strong>2.1.1</strong>
Table of contents
Table of contents ..................................................................................................................................... 2
List of figures .......................................................................................................................................... 2
List of tables ............................................................................................................................................ 3
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 4
2. Methodology................................................................................................................................... 4
3. Market development of biorefinery concepts ................................................................................. 4
3.1 Industrial white biotechnology (IWBT)................................................................................. 5
3.2 Chemical industry .................................................................................................................. 6
3.3 Forestry-industry: Pulp and paper industry.......................................................................... 17
3.4 Starch and sugar industry..................................................................................................... 26
3.4.1 Starch industry.................................................................................................................26
3.4.2 Sugar industry..................................................................................................................30
3.5 Biofuels................................................................................................................................ 39
4. Summary....................................................................................................................................... 49
5. References .................................................................................................................................... 51
List of figures
Figure 1: Change of sales volume of the industrial white biotechnology 2000 – 2005 in
different countries----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
Figure 2: Outlook of white biotech sales (incl. fuels) (in billion €)-------------------------------- 6
Figure 3: The EU chemical industry: number of enterprises, sales and employment by sizeclass
2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
Figure 4: World chemicals sales 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Figure 5: R&D spending (% of sales) of the chemical industry within the triad USA, EU and
Japan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
Figure 6: Energy intensity in the EU Chemical Industry 1990-2004 -----------------------------14
Figure 7: Value chain of the white biotechnology---------------------------------------------------16
Figure 8: Flows of material in the pulp and paper industry. ---------------------------------------18
Figure 9: Number of pulp mills by volume in CEPI countries 1996 to 2006--------------------19
Figure 10: Pulp production in the year 2004: Worldwide and within the EU. --------------------20
Figure 11: Paper and paperboard production in the year 2004: Worldwide and within the EU.21
Figure 12: Usage and per capita consumption of paper and paperboard 2004--------------------21
Figure 13: Evolution of the recovered paper utilisation and the recycling rate in CEPI countries
1991-2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22
Figure 14: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the European Paper Industry--23
Figure 15: Example of a potential pulp mill biorefinery ---------------------------------------------24
Figure 16: Raw material use in the European starch industry---------------------------------------27
Figure 17: Production of starch in Europe -------------------------------------------------------------28
Figure 18: Starch consumption differentiated by economic sectors--------------------------------29
Figure 19: Development of raw material costs of starch since 1990 -------------------------------30
Figure 20: Number of sugar refinery companies and factories within the EU in the year
2005/06 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32
Figure 21: Sugar supply in the EU in the years 2000 to 2007---------------------------------------33
Figure 22: World market prices for white sugar (monthly mean) ----------------------------------34
Figure 23: General scheme for a whole crop biorefinery --------------------------------------------35
Figure 24: SWOT analysis of sugar beet for the production of chemicals and biopolymers ---38
Figure 25: Biorefinery based on the grain milling process ------------------------------------------39
Figure 26: Biodiesel production capacity in several European countries 2006 (1,000 tons)----41
Figure 27: EU and member states’ biodiesel production (1,000 tons) -----------------------------44
Figure 28: Global production of bioethanol in million tons 2005 (Compared to 2000) ---------44
Figure 29: Bioethanol production in Europe 2004-2006 (1,000 tons) -----------------------------45
Market introduction and development of biorefinery concepts and related products