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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M, Monthly Biodiesel Production Report.
U.S. production of biodiesel was a record 109 million
gallons in December 2011, according to new data released by the U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA). Production came from 113 active biodiesel
plants. Biodiesel production for all of 2011 was 967 million gallons, which was
the highest level recorded since EIA began tracking this data. Biodiesel fuel
is mainly used for transportation, similar to diesel fuel.
Monthly biodiesel production had both sharp increases and
decreases in 2009 and 2010 due in part to the expiration and reinstatement of
Federal tax credits
and renewable fuels standards affecting biodiesel. After reaching 64 million
gallons in November 2009, biodiesel production fell following the expiration of
the blending tax credit of $1.00 per gallon at the end of 2009. With the
December 2010 reinstatement of the blending tax credit effective through
December 2011 and increased requirements for biomass-based diesel under the
renewable fuels standard, production rebounded from a low of 22 million one
year before.
Annual biodiesel production was 516 million gallons in 2009.
Production fell to 343 million gallons in 2010 but then rebounded to 967
million gallons in 2011.
Soybean oil was the largest biodiesel feedstock in 2011, at
4,136 million pounds consumed. The next three largest biodiesel feedstocks
during 2011 were canola oil (847 million pounds), yellow grease and other
recycled feedstocks (665 million pounds), and white grease (533 million
pounds).
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