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Customer Service: Phone  +1 713 429 4905 Houston TX Office Fax  +1 202 742 2813 Market Research Studies Customized Management Consulting     Services Emerging Markets Insight:  Articles From Emerging Markets Online (pdf format) 5 Key Strategies for Algae Commercialization A New Paradigm in Algal Biofuels Drop-In Fuels: The Next Generation Algae 2020: Advanced Biofuels Insight Next Generation Biofuels: The Big Picture   Algae 2020: From The Lab To Commercial Trials US Biofuels Policy and Investment Trends Algae Aviation Takes Off Algae Investment Trends Welcome to The Biofuels Revolution Evolution Biocrude Feedstock Trends and Applications Economically Sustainable Biofuels Algae Feedstock Trends and Applications Renewable Diesel Trends Latin American Feedstock Trends Jatropha Curcas: Feedstock Trends

Subscribe to our newsletter Emerging Markets Insight   Emerging Markets Insight is a newsletter from Emerging Markets Online, a business intelligence and market research firm serving the needs of clients in biofuels, oil, gas, government, R&D, and economic development initiatives. Check back for the latest news from Emerging Markets Online     Macroalgae attracts greater investment for sugar-based ethanol, advanced biofuels, drop-in fuels and biochemicals   For more than 100 years, China and Asian nations have grown seaweed also known as macro-algae at a large industrial scale for the production of food, animal feed, pharmaceutical remedies, and cosmetic purposes. An emerging rise in investment from petrochemical majors and governments for projects in Asia, Europe and the Americas aims at extracting sugars from seaweed for ethanol, bio-based diesel, advanced biofuels, drop-in fuels, biobutanol, biochemicals and biopolymers. Why Macro-Algae? A new study, Algae 2020 study Vol 2 finds phycology experts and petrochemical majors from Korea, the Philippines, Norway, the US and Chile agree seaweed grows faster than terrestrial crops, has a high sugar content for conversion to ethanol and advanced biofuels, absorbs more airborne carbon than land-based plants, has no lignin, can be easily harvested compared to microalgae, requires no pretreatment for ethanol production, and can be harvested up to six times a year in warm climates. Most macro-algae biofuel related projects prior to 2010 focused on ethanol. However, since 2010, the entrance of oil and petrochemical majors Dupont, Statoil and ENAP are expressing an increased interest in extracting sugars from seaweed to create not just ethanol, but also drop-in fuels, biochemicals and other valuable co products such as biobutanol and oleochemicals. This follows a key trend by Shell and BP investing $12 and $8 billion respectively in sugar-based conglomerates in Brazil to produce ethanol, bio-butanol, drop-in fuels, and bio-based chemical products. Emerging Markets Online’s updated Algae 2020 study finds the surging investments in extracting sugars from seaweed follows an emerging microbial ‘sugar to biofuels’ trend in the Americas in Brazil for ethanol, biobutanol, and advanced biofuels. In September 2010, Bunge and Chevron invested in US-based Solazyme to create renewable algae-based oils using sugar as a feedstock. In addition, LS9, Amyris, and Virent aim to use plant-based sugars to produce bio-based diesel, drop-in fuels, biogasoline, biojet, biobutanol, biochemicals and bioplastics. Will sea-based sugars from macro-algae provide a new feedstock for advanced biofuels, drop in fuels and biochemicals for these emerging sugar-based, infrastructure compatible biofuels and chemicals platforms? Evidently, an increasing number of petrochemical majors including Dupont, Statoil, and ENAP believe harvesting sugars from macroalgae is an attractive investment as a next-generation, sea-based feedstock for advanced biofuels, drop in fuels, biochemicals, and biopolymers This article is an excerpt from Algae 2020 study Vol 2 (2011 update) More Original Articles By Emerging Markets Online: Published in Biofuels International and Biofuels Digest: Algae Investment Trends and Markets Insight Brazil: Partnerships and Portfolios for Progress Algae Survivor: 3 Key Strategies for Success Brazil: The Bossa Nova of Biofuels

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