Global biofuels seen entering a period of slower growth.

摘要

Biofuels may not be over the hill quite yet, according to a joint study from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but output will be growing more slowly over the years to 2023. "Biofuel production will expand substantially, with both ethanol and biodiesel production increasing by more than 50% through the next decade," the report read. "This represents a significant slowdown relative to the past decade, when production more than doubled through the ten year period 2004 to 2013." Total output is expected to reach 158B L (993MM bbl) of ethanol and 40B L (252MM bbl) of biodiesel in 2023, while feedstocks will account for 12% of the world's coarse grains, 28% of sugar cane, and 14% of vegetable oil.