German ethanol production soars 61% in first half of 2009; biodiesel slumps

In Germany, ethanol consumption increased 61% in the first half of 2009, to 126 million gallons, according to the German Office of Economics and Export Control. Ethanol production jumped 50 percent to 73 million gallons, though E85 only accounted for 3.5 percent of sales. Verbio reported an increase of 50 percent in ethanol production.

Meanwhile, the German Federal Office of Transportation reported that biodiesel consumption continued to drop in 2008/09, and in Saxony-Anhalt, the fall off in biodiesel production was 41 percent, year on year, and capacity utilization for biodiesel was at 34 percent.

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