The Global Market for Renewable Chemicals is Projected to Reach US$73.8 Billion by 2020
Increasing Demand for Healthier, Greener & Cleaner
Products Drives the Global Renewable Chemicals Market, According to a New
Report by Global
Industry Analysts, Inc.
GIA announces
the release of a comprehensive global report on Renewable Chemicals. The
global market for Renewable Chemicals is projected to reach US$73.8 billion by
2020, driven by the rising focus on reducing carbon emissions, and
increasing demand for healthier, greener, and cleaner products.
Renewable
chemicals are chemicals produced from renewable feedstocks such as animal,
municipal, household, horticultural, and agricultural waste. Bio-based
chemicals are expected to bring a revolution in the way modern day wastes are
managed. Green chemistry is eliciting massive interest among investors,
technology experts, developers, regulatory authorities, consumers, and
corporations. Future growth in the market will be driven by the rapid depletion
of traditional sources of fossil fuel. The market’s shift towards renewable sources
will also be driven by consumers’ increasing preference for environment
friendly products, growing need to curb greenhouse gas emissions, escalating
costs of petroleum feedstock, and landfill depletion.
Large scale
availability of naturally occurring cheap feedstock is encouraging governments
and businesses worldwide to focus resources into the development of renewable
chemicals. Growth in the market will be driven by technology innovations,
emerging new applications, and stringent regulations to curb emissions. The strong
pipeline of innovative bio-based chemicals and lower costs of production of
bio-based chemicals represent other important long term growth drivers. Advances
in industrial biotechnology are helping renewable polymers and bio-based chemicals
to compete with petroleum-based polymers in terms of performance and cost.
The market for
renewable platform chemicals is expected to benefit from the strong demand for
succinic acid, glycerol, aspartic acid, and itaconic acid, as raw materials in
various applications such as polymers, solvents, resins, and
detergents/surfactants. As stated by the new market research report on Renewable Chemicals, Europe represents the largest regional market worldwide.
Asia-Pacific ranks as the fastest growing market with a CAGR of 7.8% over the analysis period. Growing demand for eco-friendly products, mounting production volume,
chemical waste control regulations, increasing support from the government and
industry in terms of promoting the use of bio-based chemicals, represent major
factors driving growth in the region.
Key players covered
in the report include Abengoa Bioenergy, Amyris Inc., Archer Daniels Midland
Company, Avantium Technologies, BASF SE, Verenium Corporation, Beta Renewables
SpA, BioAmber Inc., Braskem, Cargill Incorporated, NatureWorks LLC, Chevron
Corporation, Cobalt Technologies, Corbion Purac, Coskata Inc., Dow Chemical
Company, E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Company, Genencor International Inc.,
Eastman Chemicals, Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc., Enerkem Inc., Evonik
Industries, Genomatica Inc., Gevo Inc., Honeywell UOP, INEOS Bio, Iogen
Corporation, LanzaTech Inc., Metabolix Inc., Myriant Corporation, Novozymes
A/S, OPX Biotechnologies Inc., PureVision Technology Inc., and Solvay Chemicals,
among others.
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