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As of 2013, the rst generation biofuels have enjoyed regular and assured growth. This trend has
generally
remained true thanks to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) Renewable Fuel Stan-
dard (RFS), which requires the blending of renewable fuels into traditional petroleum-based fuels. For
rst
generation biofuels, they demonstrate a 20 reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
compared
and biodiesel, have been increasingly introduced into fuels since 2005, when the standard was originally
Today, biodiesel production is an estimated 135 million gallons in December 2013 with a capacity of
This is a large increase from 2012, during which the nation experienced a
month-to-month decline in biofuel produc on due to the drought a ic ng many of the na on's
agricultural
regions. With the ebbing of the drought in 2013, biofuel production resumed. Ethanol production
averaged