WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD-TV) — Biofuels play a major role in American agriculture, and their popularity is growing in other parts of the world.
Doug Berven with POET, the world’s largest bioethanol producer, says countries are increasingly adopting ethanol and raising their blending rates.
“Brazil’s minimum blend rate for ethanol right now is 32 percent. You can get 32 percent ethanol or 100 percent ethanol. That’s it. So, their effective blend rate is somewhere like 55 percent, which is amazing. They love ethanol down there, and that’s for all engines. There is no neat gasoline in Brazil. India, in the last five years, has gone from basically no ethanol to 20 percent ethanol blends. Japan has just adopted ethanol. Central America is going with higher and higher blends of ethanol. Europe, Asia, Southeast Asia. All of these places are really growing fast.”
Berven says ethanol use is growing worldwide, and discussions with the European Union are making progress despite some challenges.
