Ethanol Definitions

Brazil is the world’s second largest producer of ethanol and the world’s largest exporter, and it is considered to have the world’s first sustainable biofuels economy and the biofuel industry leader. Together, Brazil and the United States lead the industrial world in global ethanol production, accounting together for 70% of the world’s production and nearly [...]

Biodiesel, made from animal fat or vegetable oil, is a renewable pollution-reducing alternative to petroleum diesel. It is made by transforming animal fat or vegetable oil with alcohol, and can be directly substituted for diesel either as neat fuel (B100) or as an oxygenate additive (typically 20%—B20). B20 earns credits for alternative fuel use under [...]