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Global Biodiesel Production and Capacity
Global biodiesel production is expanding rapidly along with increasing production capacities. Feedstocks are a major concern, however. High prices and feedstock shortages in Europe, US and Asia are contributing to the growing gap between production and capacity in each region.
World Biodiesel Production, 2005-2017 (Millions of gallons)
Biodiesel Production (thousand tonnes)
|
Countries |
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
|
USA |
0.85 |
2 |
2.1 |
|
Brazil |
0.07 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
|
France |
0.63 |
1.6 |
2.6 |
|
Germany |
2.8 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
|
China |
0.07 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
|
Argentina |
- |
1.2 |
1.4 |
|
Canada |
0.05 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Spain |
0.14 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
|
Thailand |
0.14 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
|
Colombia |
0.06 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
Italy |
0.57 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
|
India |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.1 |
|
UK |
0.11 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
Source: Renewables Global Status Report
According to GlobalData’s latest report on the global biodiesel market, production increased from 0.84 million tons in 2001 to 13.86 million tons in 2009, at a CAGR of 41.9%. Supported by governments to increase energy independence and meet the rising energy demand, the biodiesel market is expected to produce 45,291 million litres of biodiesel in 2020, representing a CAGR of 10.1% during 2009 to 2020.
Europe was the leading biodiesel market in 2009 with a production share of 49.8%, followed by the Americas with a production share of 32.8% and the Asia Pacific with a share of 4.4%. The European share in biodiesel production has been declining since 2001, while the share of the Americas and the Asia Pacific increased. The top five biodiesel producers in the world are the Germany, the US, France, Argentina and Brazil. All of these countries together produce 68.4% of the world’s total biodiesel. Australia is the largest producer of biodiesel in the Asia Pacific, followed by China and India.
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