Biofuels in Asia

摘要

The past decade witnessed the unprecedented rise of the biofuels industry. Between 2001 and 2006 alone, the global annual production of biodiesel and ethanol grew by 43% and 23%, respectively [1 ]. Compared to 2007, global fuel ethanol production grew 31% to 35 million tons of ethanol (toe) (1.2 million barrels daily) in 2008, with the distribution in North America (52.2%), South America (39.4%), Europe (3.8%) and Asia Pacific (4.6%) [2]. The global biofuel industry will continue to experience rapid growth in succeeding years [3].