Global Biodiesel Production and Consumption Statistics
(IEA Task 39) Global biodiesel production and consumption is forecast to rise by 14% from 2016 to 2020, driven by the fulfillment of current biofuel policies in the US, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia and the EU, according to an Agricultural Outlook issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The growth in waste-based biodiesel is expected to continue mainly in the EU and the US. The OECD projects a more modest 5% increase in global ethanol production and consumption, with production rising to 125.1 billion liters from 119.3 billion liters and consumption increasing to 126.1 billion liters from 119.9 billion liters, with sugar cane ethanol production in Brazil and Thailand making up around half of this growth. (Read
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