Status report biodiesel - Biodiesel production and marketing in Germany 2005

Jun 2005

Germany heads the league table for biofuel. With a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes in 2005 and 2 million tonnes in 2006, the target quantity – relating to the diesel market (total sales of approx. 30 million tonnes) – will be achieved 4 years ahead of schedule.
In the last ten years production and consumption of biodiesel have increased several-fold. With the introduction of the statutory tax exemption until the end of 2009, the biodiesel market experienced a fresh surge of investment at the start of 2004, which should see the production capacity for 2005 rise to around 1.5 million tonnes. A further 500,000 tonnes are planned for 2006. Already in 2004, around 1.18 million tonnes of biodiesel were produced in Germany, a good 45% more than in 2003. In the last 10 years, there has been an almost fifty-fold increase in biodiesel sales.
In 2004, an estimated 476 million litres were sold at German filling stations, 32 % more than in the previous year. This is enough to satisfy the annual requirement of approximately 300,000 cars. Biodiesel is available at 1,900 filling stations across Germany, which means that it is in some regions no longer an inconvenience to use biodiesel as a pure fuel.

By: UFOP (Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants)

 
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