You are on page 1of 3

Annual Fuel Ethanol Production by Country (Millions of U.S.

liquid gallons per year)


world Country 2007 2008 2009 % change Biofuel Mandate Biofuel Target
rank from 05-08
1 United 6499 9000 10750 +146 E10 in Iowa, Hawaii, 2022: 36 billion gallons/year
States Missouri, and
Montana. E20 in
2 Brazil 5019 6472 6578 +46 E22 to E25 existing N/A
Minnesota

3 EU 570 734 1040 +71 variation across EU 10% biofuel* by 2012


member states
4 China 486 502 542 +15 E10 in 9 provinces 2010:1 billion gallons/year
2020: 3.3 billion gallons/year
world 13102 17335 19535 Reference: “2007-2008 World Fuel Ethanol Production” “ Ethanol
total Industry Overlook 2008, 2009,2010” Renewable Fuels Association.
* Included biodiesel replacement
Using grain biomass for
ethanol production is
improbable
• (Hill et al. 2006) if all US corn acreage were devoted to
ethanol production, it would offset only 12% of petrol
consumption for transportation fuel.
• (2007 DOE) corn ethanol will experience some
normalization as it matures with capacity leveling out at
15 bgpy. (about 10% of gasoline replacement)
• Use of so much land to meet a relatively small share of transportation
fuel demand is improbable

  % agricultural land % fuel need
EU conversion
70 10
United State 30 10
Canada 36 10
Brazil 3 10
(von Lampe 2006)

You might also like