Status quo of biofuels abroad
Southeast Asia is emerging as a major biodiesel production base by 2010 and is expected to become the world's leading supplier of. Southeast Asian governments and companies have invested heavily in the development of bio diesel industry, in the construction of bio diesel plants all over the country, so it will become the future of Western Europe and North America, the main supplier of biodiesel. Palm oil is one of the most abundant natural resources in Southeast Asia, which will be the main raw material for the development of biodiesel industry. At the same time, the region also plans to bring a lot of land development for new oil palm plantations. Southeast Asia's fastest growing biodiesel industry is Malaysia, followed by Thailand and Indonesia, Malaysia and Indonesia, roughly 85% of the world's crude oil production
World demand for biodiesel is expected to grow from 6 million 900 thousand tonnes in 2006 to about $44 million 800 thousand in 2010. By 2010, Asia is expected to surpass North America, central and Eastern Europe, becoming the world's second largest producer of biodiesel after the west. The global biodiesel industry showed rapid growth from 2000 to 2005, production capacity, production and consumption of the average annual growth rate of about 32%, and by 2008 the production capacity and demand growth faster, the average annual growth rate will reach 115% and 101%, or even higher. 2005 ~ 2010 Global biodiesel production patterns will change in 2005, Western European biodiesel production accounted for 75% of the world's total output, 2010 will be reduced to below 40%, the main reason is led by Asia in other parts of the output growth accelerated, Asia will likely become the second largest biodiesel production area, followed by North america. From the point of view of consumption, in 2005, Germany accounted for 61% of global consumption, other consumer countries, including France, the United States, Italy and Brazil, its total consumption accounted for only about 11% of global consumption. In 2010, the United States may become the world's largest biodiesel market, accounting for 18% of global consumption, the new large consumer market will appear in the Chinese and India, the sum of consumption in other countries will account for 44% of global consumption. The raw material source of biofuel becomes an important issue for sustainable development of biofuels.
At present, bio fuels are mainly used to replace fossil fuels as transportation fuels, such as alternative fuel ethanol and biodiesel. Under the background of the gradual decline of fossil fuel reserves and the increasingly severe environmental protection, the government attaches great importance to bio fuels. The European Commission to actively promote the development of bio fuels, the development of biofuels in 2015 accounted for 8% of total transportation fuel consumption target. The United States through legal means to force the addition of biofuels in the transport of fuel, the specific proportion of diesel is added 2% of biodiesel, gasoline, fuel ethanol added by 5%. According to the survey data, in August 16, 2011, the White House announced plans to launch a total of $510 million, jointly funded by the Ministry of agriculture, the Ministry of energy and the navy to promote the development of the U.S. biofuels industry. The British government from 2006 to require the production of fuel oil transportation enterprises must have 3% of the raw materials from renewable resources, and the proportion will increase year by year. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) data, in 2010 Global bio fuel production was 1 million 822 thousand barrels in 2011 fell to 1 million 819 thousand barrels. As part of a strategy to deal with climate change, governments in Western Europe and North America have forced more fuel to be added to gasoline and diesel in the next 15 years. The revised EU fuel quality law, the EU gasoline content of renewable ethanol will be doubled from 5% to 10%, the EU countries will be sold at the gas station named E10 gasoline.
