Bioenergy

Renewable energy has already proven its ability to profoundly impact agriculture, as well as the overall energy sector. Context continues to provide clients with broad understanding and at the same time, specific and deep analysis to this industry segment.

Context's Renewables Practice is focused on the growing intersection between Agriculture, Energy and Environment. Led by Context consultant Jim Murphy, Context approaches renewables with the same strategic, but operationally and tactically grounded, approach that we exercise for other industry sectors or markets, focusing on the technologies, the economics, the government and the industry structure for both commercialized and developmental products.

Sample of Recent Engagements

• Forecasted the growth in corn-based ethanol and acres planted to corn. Summarized forecasts of corn prices.
• Forecasted the development of the cellulosic ethanol market to 2020, identified market opportunities, screened opportunities against client capabilities and assisted the client in updating their biofuels strategy.
• Developed a marketing plan for an energy crop developer.
• Developed detailed briefs on long-term trends in Energy and Environment (Climate Change & Sustainability) to support development of a long-term strategic plan.
• Surveyed farmers on current use/harvesting of corn stover; research combustion characteristics of corn stover and optimum collection practices, performed a meta analysis of the delivered cost of corn stover to a biopower facility.

Contact us to discuss how Context can support your company in bioenergy.