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The world’s biodiesel potential

Two researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M) have ranked 226 countries according to their potential to make large volumes of biodiesel at low cost. Their evaluation of the world’s potential to produce biodiesel shows that Malaysia, Thailand, Colombia, Uruguay and Ghana are the developing nations most likely to attract biodiesel investment for several reasons including agricultural and political factors. The researchers have estimated that ‘a grand total of 51 billion liters of biodiesel could be produced annually — enough to meet roughly 4-5 percent of the world’s existing demand for petroleum diesel.’

The map above “shows global biodiesel potential, color-coded by absolute production volume from existing lipid exports. The aggregate volume potential is 51 billion liters annually spread over 119 countries. The top five, Malaysia, Indonesia, Argentina, the United States, and Brazil, collectively account for over 80% of the total.”

Because all the countries don’t rely on the same feedstocks, they’re not are equally suited to large-scale biodiesel production — as witnessed by the production cost per liter shown in the map above. “Biodiesel production costs vary considerably, ranging from $0.29 per liter to over $9.00 per liter.” (Credit: UW-M)

This project has been been achieved by two researchers of the UW-M Nelson Institute’s Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), Matt Johnston and Tracey Holloway.

A Global Comparision of National BioDiesel Production Potentials 

http://www.sage.wisc.edu/energy/Biodiesel_Manuscript.pdf

http://www.sage.wisc.edu/energy/Supporting_Information.pdf

Profitable BioDiesel Potential Countrywise

http://www.sage.wisc.edu/energy/profitable-potential.pdf

Absolute BioDiesel Potential Countrywise

http://www.sage.wisc.edu/energy/absolute-potential.pdf

Profitable Potential for BioDiesel from Agricultural Yields

http://www.sage.wisc.edu/energy/yield-potential.pdf

Energy Resource India

http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/ene_cou_356.pdf

World Fossil Fuel Reserves, Production & Trade 2005

http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/data_tables/ene4_2005.pdf

World Energy Production by Source 2003

http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/data_tables/ene2_2003.pdf

World Energy COnsumption by Sector 2005

http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/data_tables/ene3_2005.pdf

Jatropha

http://www.jatropha.de/documents/photo-report-Mali-94.pdf

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