7 Megatrends for the Bioeconomy

5. Drop in or drop out, baby.

80 percent of projects under development are focused on drop-in replacements for existing molecules — only 20 percent are aiming at molecules such as ethanol or biodiesel that in higher blends require infrastructure change. Of projects that indicated a specific fuel, drop-in renewable gasoline, diesel and jet fuel have caught up with ethanol and biodiesel as fuel molecules.

Interestingly, the average projedct is now aiming at an average of greater thn two different molecules.