Biotech Updates

Argentina Biofuels Report 2009

September 25, 2009
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/General%20Report_Buenos%20Aires_Argentina_6-19-2009.pdf

From the 2009 country biofuel reports of the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), some of the highlights of the biofuels situation in Argentina are: (1) The Biofuels Law in Argentina mandates a 5% biofuel blend (ethanol for gasoline and biodiesel for regular diesel) by January 2010.To meet these mandates, about 270 million liters of ethanol and 700 million liters of biodiesel are required; (2) The main biofuel feedstocks are sugarcane and molasses for ethanol and soybean oil for biodiesel. However, there are small plants which use recycled vegetable oil/sunflower/rapeseed for biodiesel, and corn/sweet sorghum for ethanol; and  (3) Argentina is a top global biodiesel producer/exporter, with most of the produced biodiesel exported to the European Union..