Brazilian ethanol to compete with US biodiesel in 'advanced' pool Brazilian ethanol to compete with US biodiesel in 'advanced' pool

Biodiesel Magazine
By Luke Geiver October 20, 2011

All U.S. biodiesel classifies as an advanced biofuel under U.S. EPA’s RFS2 program, and the 2012 advanced biofuel pool of 2 billion gallons is considered an opportunity to grow the biodiesel industry beyond the confines of the 1 billion gallon biomass-based diesel volume required under the program.

The EPA has already recognized sugarcane-based ethanol as an advanced biofuel, and it appears the Brazilian sugarcane association is making plans to take advantage of that classification. According to a release issued by UNICA, as of the beginning of October, 107 Brazilian sugarcane processing facilities have been registered. In February, that number was only 55. Although volume requirements for the conventional biofuel portion of the RFS2 in 2012 can easily be met by corn ethanol producers in the U.S., the same cannot be said for the required advanced biofuel volumes.

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