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First generation biofuels such as biodiesel [4] are produced directly from crops, such as cereals, maize, sugar beet and cane, and rapeseed. Second generation fuels are produced from byproducts from production of food and other goods, as well as from household waste, used frying oil from restaurants, and slaughterhouse waste. [5]
Neste MY Renewable Diesel (formerly NExBTL) is a vegetable oil refining fuel production process commercialized by the Finnish oil and refining company Neste.Whether as an admixture or in its pure form, the fuel is able to supplement or partially replace conventional diesel without problems.
The methanol used in most biodiesel production processes is made using fossil fuel inputs. However, there are sources of renewable methanol made using carbon dioxide or biomass as feedstock, making their production processes free of fossil fuels. [75] A by-product of the transesterification process is the production of glycerol. For every 1 ...
Biodiesel currently has 3% of the diesel market in Germany and is the number 1 alternative fuel. [17] The German government has a Biofuels Roadmap in which they expect to reach 10% biofuels by 2010 with the diesel 10% coming from fuel made from vegetable oil. [18] From 2005 to 2007 a number of types of vegetable oil have doubled in price.
However, biofuel production can compete with food crop production. Up to 40% of corn produced in the United States is used to make ethanol [102] and worldwide 10% of all grain is turned into biofuel. [103] A 50% reduction in grain used for biofuels in the US and Europe would replace all of Ukraine's grain exports. [104]
The development is one of many over the last year, as companies, including oil refiners, scramble to capture incentives for the production of renewable diesel. Renewable diesel, which is made from ...
However, the biggest boost for the U.S. renewable diesel market will likely come once the Biomass-based Diesel Blender's Tax Credit (BTC) is replaced by the Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit (PTC ...
Both HVO diesel (green diesel) and biodiesel are made from the same vegetable oil feedstock. However the processing technologies and chemical makeup of the two fuels differ. The chemical reaction commonly used to produce biodiesel is known as transesterification. [2] The production of biodiesel also makes glycerol, but the production of HVO ...