A Global Comparison of National Biodiesel Production Potentials

Matt Johnston and Tracey Holloway of the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment at the University of Wisconsin—Madison have developed a a consistent, national-level evaluation of potential biodiesel volumes and prices, replicated across 226 countries, territories and protectorates. The results show an upper-limit worldwide volume potential of 51 billion liters from 119 countries; 47 billion of which could be produced profitably at today’s import prices. The study also argues that Malaysia and Indonesia stand out above the remaining countries, making up almost 75% of the potential volumes from increased yields.

Read the draft document here.
More information on the research and country results here.