Monthly Biodiesel Production Report, December 2009

摘要

The Monthly Biodiesel Production Report is intended to provide insight into the operations of the U.S. biodiesel industry. The audience for this report is the U.S. Department of Energy, other governmental entities, industry trade groups, the private sector, and the general public. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) intends to provide a statistically reliable, comprehensive, and publicly accessible source of annual and monthly data. Prior to the establishment of the Monthly Biodiesel Production Report, there was no comprehensive source of statistical data to monitor the size or direction of growth in the biodiesel industry. This report is part of EIAs response to Section 1508 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which directs EIA to publish information on renewable fuels including biodiesel. EIA obtains the data presented in this report from two surveys, the Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey (Form EIA-22M) and the Supplement to the Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey (Form EIA-22S).