Forecasting the Future

Forecasting the Future
Ethanol Producer Magazine - Grand Forks,ND,USA
... Experts warn against moving too quickly into new territory, but the ethanol and biodiesel push continues to move full speed ahead. By Lindsey Irwin. ...

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While no one can predict for sure what the biofuels industry will look like in the next generation, the renewable fuels market is growing by leaps and bounds each year. Models suggest that the United States is headed for significant change over the next 50 years in the areas of technology, efficiency and production. Experts warn against moving too quickly into new territory, but the ethanol and biodiesel push continues to move full speed ahead.


John Sheehan, senior strategic analyst at the U.S. DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo., has more than 20 years experience in chemical and biochemical engineering. He has led research on ethanol and biodiesel production, and has been a project manager at NREL since 1991. Yet, he has never seen anything like this country’s current oil situation, he said in his Aug. 10 seminar on the future of biofuels. Representing the DOE and NREL’s Strategic Energy Analysis Center, Sheehan assessed the present statistics and painted a picture of the possibilities of biofuels in...

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