The growth in alternative liquid fuels such as biofuels, coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids has greatly diversified the global energy mix. However, this added diversity also brings with it increasing complexity in understanding future levels of alternative fuel penetration. PFC Energy's Global Outlook for Alternative Liquids (GOAL) offers a rigorous forecast of anticipated volumes with supporting in-depth analysis of the underlying growth drivers to provide insight into potential outcomes. A key differentiator of the service is its assessment from an integrated perspective that encompasses the entire downstream value chain.
Service Overview
The foundation of the GOAL service is an Excel-based data
manager containing comprehensive supply and demand volumes forecast to 2025
with country-level data for up to 140 countries and regions, including the US
PADD sub-regions, with
historical data to 2005. The user-friendly numerical format enables
subscribers to quickly and effectively query data to support a variety
of analytical or planning efforts.
In addition to the outlook data, GOAL features a detailed presentation, providing in-depth analysis of the underlying growth drivers and a transparent picture of the forecast assumptions. PFC Energy's forecasting methodology takes into consideration:
- Plant capacity additions
- Government mandates and legislation
- Feedstock costs
- Investment and operational economics
- Logistics and infrastructure
- Trade flows between regions
- Gasoline and diesel blend level implications
- Environmental regulations and fuel specifications
- Vehicle fleet mix
- Development of second generation biofuels
This service leverages PFC Energy's extensive coverage of downstream markets as well as in-house analytical models to allow for an integrated view of the future supply/demand environment encompassing both alternative liquids and petroleum fuels. The forecast data includes PFC Energy's scenario forecasts for future gasoline and petroleum diesel demand, thus providing a comprehensive outlook on transport fuels.
In addition to this offering, PFC Energy provides consulting services specific to the biofuels industry. To learn more about our biofuels consulting services, please click here.