Global Biofuel Production

Biofuel

A fuel produced from plant or animal matter. There are currently two types of biofuel: biodie...

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is obtained from

biomass

In the energy sector, biomass is defined as all organic matter of plant or animal origin, inc...

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. There are two main categories: “gasoline” (ethanol) and “diesel” (

biodiesel

Biofuel obtained by converting plant or animal oils, such as rapeseed, sunflower or used cook...

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). Their measurement in thousands of barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day allows for comparison with

crude oil

Oil that has not been refined.

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production. Global biofuel production, which is highly dependent on changes in public regulations, is growing steadily, with the top three producers being the United States, Brazil, and Indonesia. China has significantly increased its production over the past two years.