Brazilian Biodiesel Union says new B10/B20 standard will increase demand by 660 Mgy

In Brazil, the head of the Brazilian Biodiesel Union said that the national government’s proposal to move to a B20 biodiesel standard in major cities by 2015 – and a B10 standard throughout the country – would increase demand by 661 million gallons.

The BBU said that Brazilian biodiesel industry has a total capacity of 952 million gallons per year at 43 facilities, but 50 percent of current capacity was offline due to low demand. Production is expected to reach as high as 630 million gallons in 2010.

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