Strategic Analysis of the Indian Biofuels Market

Table of Contents

• Why Biofuels?

• A Hard Fact
• Biodiesel Basics
• Why Biodiesel?
• Is Biodiesel Carbon Neutral?
• India Calling - Is there an Opportunity for Biodiesel in India?
• The Solution So Far

• How is Biodiesel Manufactured?
• The Principles of Production
• Biodiesel Production Economics - What are the Risks?

• A Status Check
• Why Are We Still Lagging as Compared to Our European Counterparts?
• If Not for Commercial Manufacture What Kind of Activities Have Been Happening?
• What Has Happened on The Regulation Front?
• What Could Have Been?
• Export Market Opportunities

• Feedstock Options - Global Outlook
• How does the Issue of Feedstock Impact a Biodiesel Manufacturer' s Business Model?
• But Why Jatropha?
• What is The Opportunity For Jatropha Plantations in India?
• What Has The Indian Government Done to Promote Jatropha?
• The Jatropha Movement - Is this Enough?

• Industry Challenges
• Market Drivers
• Market Restraints

• What Can The Government Do to Support The Industry?
• How Can the Farmer be Protected?
• How to Address the Concerns of the Private Sector?
• What Can the Indian Government Do to Promote Jatropha?
• What Should the National Biofuels Policy Address?

• Recommendations
• Can the Indian Manufacturer be Cost Competitive Globally?
• Precursors to a Good Strategy!

• Bioethanol Basics
• What is Happening Around the World?
• Bioethanol Value Chain

• The Rationale
• The Sugar and Alcohol Link
• What is the Current Status?
• What is the Demand for Fuel Ethanol?
• What has been the Government' s Role So Far?
• Roadblocks Hampering the Implementation of the Ethanol Blending Program

• Potential Demand for Fuel Ethanol
• Can Current Capacities Sustain Potential Demand?
• Is the Production Enough to Cater to the Fuel Ethanol Demand?
• The Problem in Directly Manufacturing Fuel Ethanol from Sugarcane Juice

• Feedstock Options - Global Outlook
• What are India' s Options?
• Why Look at Alternate Feedstock?
• Why Sweet Sorghum?
• Cellulosic Ethanol as an Alternative Feedstock
• Technologies Currently Being Studied to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol
• What Kind of Research is Currently Being Carried Out in this Regard?

• How is Ethanol Currently Produced?
• What is the Main Focus of Technological Advancement in the Area of Bioethanol?
• Globally Emerging Technologies

• Market Drivers
• Market Restraints

• Recommendations

• Conclusion