Product Code: EGY202B
The global market for biorefinery products and applications is expected to grow from $582 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $887.6 billion by the end of 2030, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8% during the forecast period of 2025 to 2030.
The global market for biofuels is expected to grow from $150.9 billion in 2025 to reach $194.7 billion by the end of 2030, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2% from 2025 through 2030.
The global market for floating offshore wind energy is estimated to grow from $1.7 billion in 2025 to $18 billion by the end of 2030, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 60.1% from 2025 to 2030.
Report Scope
The sustainable energy landscape is moving from ambition to large-scale deployment as governments, utilities, and industries work to strengthen energy security while advancing decarbonization goals. The transition is no longer limited to adding renewable capacity; it now includes building the broader systems needed to support a lower-carbon economy, such as grid-scale storage, carbon management, advanced fuels, and energy-efficient buildings. As a result, sustainable energy has become a multi-dimensional market shaped by technology innovation, policy support, infrastructure investment, and the need for more resilient energy systems.
This 2025 Research Review reflects the broadening set of opportunities. It covers a diverse mix of technologies and markets, including biorefinery products, biofuels, floating offshore wind, white hydrogen, renewable energy, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), grid-scale electricity storage, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), and energy retrofits for commercial and public buildings. Together, these topics show how the energy transition is expanding across power generation, fuels, storage, carbon reduction, and building efficiency. They also highlight the growing role of integrated solutions that improve system flexibility, reduce emissions, and support long-term sustainability targets.
Market momentum continues to build as public and private capital flows into scalable clean energy platforms. Renewable power, storage, and building efficiency remain central to decarbonization strategies, while emerging segments such as white hydrogen, floating offshore wind, and CCUS are attracting greater attention as industries look for new pathways to reduce emissions in hard-to-abate sectors. At the same time, biofuels and biorefinery products are gaining relevance as practical options for transportation and industrial applications where direct electrification is more difficult. This review brings these developments together to provide a concise view of the technologies, market forces, and strategic opportunities shaping the sustainable energy sector in 2025.
Research Reviews from BCC Research provide market professionals with concise market coverage within a specific research category. This 2025 Research Review of sustainable energy provides a sampling of the type of quantitative market information, analysis, and guidance that BCC Research has been developing since its inception in 1971 to help its customers make informed business decisions. This Research Review includes highlights and excerpts from the following reports published by BCC Research in 2025:
- EGY117F Biorefinery Products and Applications: Global Markets
- EGY064F Biofuels: Global Markets
- EGY205A Global Floating Offshore Wind Energy Market
- EGY203A Global White Hydrogen Market
- EGY049F Renewable Energy: Technologies and Global Markets
- EGY072F Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV): Technologies and Global Markets
- EGY142C Grid-Scale Electricity Storage Technologies: Global Markets
- EGY037G Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies
- EGY074C Energy Retrofits for Commercial and Public Buildings: Global Markets
After you survey the excerpts in this Research Review, we encourage you to follow up on these topics by checking out the full market research reports associated with each topic. BCC Research looks forward to serving your market intelligence needs in the future.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Technologies (EGY037G)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview
- Value Chain Analysis: CCUS Technologies Market
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Challenges
- Market Opportunities
- Market Restraints
- Emerging Technologies and Developments
- Mixed Matrix Membranes
- Metal-organic Frameworks
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells
- Market Segment Analysis
- Market Analysis by Technology
- Geographic Breakdown
- Market Analysis by Region
Chapter 3 Renewable Energy: Technologies and Global Markets (EGY049F)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview
- Value Chain Analysis: Renewable Energy Technologies and Global Markets
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Challenges
- Market Opportunities
- Market Restraint
- Emerging Technologies and Developments
- Organic Photovoltaics, Plastic Solar Cells and Polymer Solar Cells
- Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
- Perovskites Solar Cells
- TOPCon Solar Cells
- Fourth-Generation Photovoltaic Solar Cells
- Market Segmentation Analysis
- Market Analysis by Application
- Geographic Breakdown
- Market Analysis by Region
- Competitive Intelligence
- Company Share Analysis
Chapter 4 Biofuels: Global Markets (EGY064F)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview
- Market Definition
- Value Chain Analysis
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Challenges
- Market Opportunities
- Market Restraints
- Emerging Technologies and Developments
- Hydrothermal Upgrading: Enabling Energy Recovery from Wet Biomass
- Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil: Drop-in Renewable Diesel for Decarbonizing Transport
- Cellulosic Ethanol
- Fast Pyrolysis
- Market Segmentation Analysis
- Market Analysis by Fuel Type
- Geographic Breakdown
- Market Analysis by Region
- Competitive Intelligence
- Industry Structure
Chapter 5 Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Technologies and Global Markets (EGY072F)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview
- BIPV Technology Overview
- Value Chain Analysis
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Challenges
- Market Opportunities
- Emerging Technologies and Developments
- Perovskite Solar Cells
- Tandem Solar Cells
- Transparent Solar Cells
- Market Segmentation Analysis
- BIPV Technologies Market by Technology
- Geographic Breakdown
- BIPV Technologies Market by Region
- Competitive Intelligence
- Market Share Analysis
Chapter 6 Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Technologies and Global Markets (EGY074C)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview and Future Scenarios
- Value Chain Analysis
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Restraints
- Market Opportunities
- Emerging Technologies/Applications
- Technological Landscape
- Role of Advanced Technologies
- Market Segmentation Analysis
- Global Energy Retrofits Market, by Retrofit Type
- Geographic Breakdown
- Global Energy Retrofits Market, by Region
- Competitive Intelligence
- Market Ranking for Top Players
Chapter 7 Biorefinery Products and Applications: Global Markets (EGY117F)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview
- Overview and Market Definition
- Value Chain Analysis
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Challenges
- Market Opportunities
- Market Restraints
- Emerging Technologies and Developments
- Combination of CCUS and BECCS
- Enzyme-based CCUS
- Cellulosic Ethanol
- Ecofining
- Market Segmentation Analysis
- Market Analysis by Product
- Geographic Breakdown
- Market Analysis by Region
- Competitive Intelligence
- Industry Structure
Chapter 8 Grid-Scale Electricity Storage Technologies: Global Markets (EGY142C)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview
- Value Chain Analysis
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Restraints
- Market Opportunities
- Market Challenges
- Trends in Grid-Scale Electricity Storage Technologies
- Virtual Power Plants
- Second-Life Batteries for Energy Storage
- Hybrid Energy Storage Solutions
- Integrating Electricity Storage Technologies with Smart Grids
- Market Segmentation Analysis
- Market Analysis by Type
- Geographic Breakdown
- Market Analysis by Region
- Competitive Intelligence
- Overview
- Company Market Share Analysis
Chapter 9 Global White Hydrogen Market (EGY203A)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview
- Market Definition
- Value Chain Analysis: White Hydrogen
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Challenge
- Market Opportunity
- Market Restraint
- Market Segmentation Analysis
- Market Analysis by Application
- Geographic Breakdown
- Market Analysis by Region
- Competitive Intelligence
- Industry Structure
Chapter 10 Global Floating Offshore Wind Energy Market (EGY205A)
- Executive Summary
- Market Outlook
- Scope of Report
- Market Summary
- Market Overview
- Market Definition
- Value Chain Analysis
- Market Dynamics
- Market Drivers
- Market Challenges
- Market Restrictions
- Market Opportunities
- Emerging Technologies
- Hybrid Power Generation Sources
- Fold-Up/Flat-Pack Floating Platforms
- Vacuum-Cast-Coil Dry-Type Transformer
- Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine
- Market Segmentation Analysis
- Market Analysis by Component
- Takeaways
- Market Analysis by Country
- Competitive Intelligence
- Industry Structure
- Company Share Analysis
Chapter 11 Appendix
- Methodology
- Analyst's Credentials