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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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EIA: US biomass-based diesel imports increased to record levels in 2013; from net exporter to net importer

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per gallon biodiesel blending tax credit, which expired on 31 December 2013. The increase in imports of regular biodiesel were primarily from Argentina, particularly in the final four months (September to December). This increase in production during 2013 was driven in part by favorable blending economics by way of the $1.00

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USDA Long-Term Projections See Ongoing But Slower Growth in Corn Use for Ethanol

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USDA’s projections assume the ethanol tax credit (reduced to $0.45/gallon Less than half this volume is assumed to be from domestic first-use vegetable oils, partly due to the equalization of the biodiesel tax credit ($1.00 Normal weather also is assumed throughout the projection period.