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This report provides an overview of the biofuel use mandates in EU-27 member states, including temporary changes to alleviate inflationary pressure stemming from Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. It supplements the EU Biofuels Annual Report for 2024.

FAS New Delhi expects India’s ethanol production for 2024 to reach 6.35 billion liters (BL), less than a 1 percent change down from last year due to projected decline in sugarcane production and depleting rice grain storage.

During the past few years, the landscape for U.S. renewable diesel production has drastically changed, akin to the growth of ethanol and biodiesel during the past two decades. Driven by federal and state policies aimed at reducing emissions, this dramatic U.S. renewable diesel production and capacity growth is causing significant, market-altering shifts both domestically and to foreign feedstock trade.

On April 28, 2015, the European Parliament approved the reform of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), which includes a 7 percent cap on food crop based biofuels for the transport sector.

Ethanol production for calendar year (CY) 2016 is forecast at 160 million liters, a 33 percent reduction from our CY 2015 estimate.

Japan’s current renewable energy policy focuses on generating power from solar, wind, and geothermal sources. Imports of wood pellets have been increasing for thermal power generation.

Thailand’s 10-year Alternative Energy Development Plan (2012 – 2021) remains unchanged targeting the use of ethanol at 9 million liters/day and B100 at 7.2 million liters/day in 2021, respectively.

This report provides an overview on the biofuel use mandates in the various EU-28 member states.

Italy’s biodiesel capacity reached approximately 2.5 MMT in 2014. Italian biodiesel operators include two categories: biodiesel producers and oilseed crushers.

Domestic ethanol production in calendar year (CY) 2016 will remain close to this year’s level of 2.2 billion liters due to stable supply of sugarcane for sixth consecutive year (MY 2015/16).

As one of the world's leading producers and exporters of oil and gas, biofuels have an insignificant share in the overall energy production matrix of Russia, with an estimate of only 1.2 percent...

Argentine bioethanol production and consumption for 2016 are forecast up at a record 900 million liters.