Biorenewables with boardroom clarity: How our insights turns net‑zero ambition into action

As energy and chemicals companies accelerate toward decarbonization, leaders need more than enthusiasm for the bioeconomy—they need rigorous, decision‑ready intelligence. That’s precisely what FGE NexantECA’s Biorenewable Insights (BI) delivers: a structured, techno‑economic vantage point on the technologies, costs, carbon intensities, and market realities shaping biorenewable feedstocks, chemicals, polymers, and fuels.  

From hype to bankability: a program built for real decisions 

BI was designed to meet the surge of activity in biorenewables—new entrants and exits, commercialization milestones, evolving feedstocks, and shifting product portfolios—while helping operators, investors, and policymakers separate durable opportunities from noise. Each report blends technology descriptions, process flow diagrams, company profiles, multi‑regional cost of production, and risk‑adjusted capacity analysis so you can evaluate the competitive positioning of emerging routes against incumbent petrochemical pathways.  

Crucially, we go beyond unit operations to quantify implications for the conventional industry—upstream and downstream impacts, asset scales, market sizes, costs, prices, margins, and returns—so you can see the whole chessboard before you move capital.  

Why clients call BI “industry leading” 

Depth and rigor: BI synthesizes literature, patents, trade journals, and direct liaison with technology licensors, producers, and developers into a single, commercially grounded view—then benchmarks routes across geographies to expose where economics and carbon intensity truly differentiate.  

Consistency with a proven methodology: BI builds on NexantECA’s long‑standing TECH program, refining focus on biorenewables while TECH continues to track broader energy and chemicals technology developments. The result is continuity of methods plus sharper bio‑domain specialization.  

A curated annual slate: Subscriptions include ten reports per program year—spanning conversion technologies and products such as bioethylene, biomass gasification, biomass pyrolysis, biomethane, biomethanol, e‑ammonia, e‑methanol, e‑SAF, organic acids, and PHAs—so your team stays current across the fast‑moving biorenewables landscape.  

What’s inside a BI report—so you can act, not just admire the data 

Every BI title answers the practical questions strategy, technical, and finance teams ask before committing to pilots, offtakes, or FIDs: 

Process technology & chemistry: Detailed flow schemes with route‑specific reactor, separation, and utilities assumptions—grounded in proven and near‑commercial designs.  

Comparative economics: Multi‑regional cost of production for conventional vs. biorenewable routes, exposing sensitivity to feedstock prices, energy mixes, scale effects, and financing assumptions.  

Capacity and bankability: Project‑by‑project trackers with risk‑adjusted capacity to reflect true probability of commissioning—vital for market entry timing and competitive readiness.  

Carbon intensity: Plant‑gate CI quantified across regions and configurations, and compared to conventional technology—including Scope 1, 2, and upstream Scope 3 elements—so ESG claims align with reality.  

Spotlight: Biomass gasification—clarity on a cornerstone pathway 

Take biomass gasification—a pathway at the nexus of clean fuels, chemicals, and potential negative emissions when coupled with bio‑feedstock blending and CO₂ capture. BI’s 2025 report benchmarks feedstock routes (e.g., wood chips, MSW) to Fischer‑Tropsch liquids and hydrogen, modeling carbon intensity, bankability factors (feedstock logistics, grid CI, policy stacking), and regional incentives across the US, EU, Asia, and Brazil. This is the practical, comparative lens stakeholders need to evaluate project economics and risk.  

Our view aligns with broader technical developments: DOE’s NETL highlights modular gasification’s ability to process varied wastes and biomass, produce hydrogen and sustainable fuels, and enable BECCS/BiCRS configurations that can deliver net‑negative emissions—a vector BI quantifies at the plant gate so you can defend decarbonization narratives with numbers.  

Thought leadership you can trust 

Clients choose FGE NexantECA because we unite market intelligence, consulting depth, and digital tools across the energy and chemicals value chain. Following the 2025 combination of FGE and NexantECA—supported by TA Associates—we deliver integrated insights connecting upstream, midstream, downstream, and green molecules in one place. This strengthens our global reach and accelerates the quality and breadth of research you receive.  

Our team is consistently present in industry dialogues—reports, webinars, and client portals—bringing clarity to topics such as CO₂ electrolysis, Fischer‑Tropsch for net‑zero configurations, and BECCS/BiCRS. That ongoing publication cadence and public engagement underpin our reputation as respected thought leaders who help clients act ahead of the market.  

Who benefits most from BI 

Operators & project developers: Validate technology choices, feedstock strategy, and scale economics before capital deployment.  

Investors & lenders: Stress‑test bankability with risk‑adjusted capacity, carbon intensity, and policy exposure across regions.  

Downstream brands & offtakers: Quantify decarbonization pathways—costs, CI, and supply outlooks—to build resilient procurement strategies aligned with net‑zero commitments.  

Policy & ESG teams: Translate regulatory ambitions into credible, auditable numbers that stand up to scrutiny.  

Your next step: turn insight into competitive advantage 

Biorenewables are moving from promising to pivotal—but only for organizations that make informed bets. If you’re ready to evaluate technologies with confidence, benchmark true costs and carbon, and position your portfolio for the next decade of growth: 

Contact a member of our FGE NexantECA Research team. 
We’ll tailor a discussion to your specific objectives—whether you need a single report, a full BI subscription, or an integrated advisory engagement that connects market analytics, technology economics, and strategy execution.  

About Us - FGE NexantECA is the leading advisor to the energy, refining, and chemical industries. Our clientele ranges from major oil and chemical companies, governments, investors, and financial institutions to regulators, development agencies, and law firms.  Using a combination of business and technical expertise, with deep and broad understanding of markets, technologies, and economics, FGE NexantECA provides solutions that our clients have relied upon for over 50 years.