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Volume 3, Issue 10
Feature: Feedstocks across the EU: cereals still preferred |
In 2008 the EU produced around 2.8 billion litres of fuel ethanol, which represents a growth of roughly 58% compared to the previous year. The major share of this was distilled from cereals1 that account for 1.79 billion litres or almost 63% of the total ethanol feedstock. Among the different grains used for ethanol production wheat is still one of the most important cereals with a share of 28% (39% in 2007), which equals 788 million litres. The second most used cereal was maize (760.3 million litres or 27%) whose usage further increased from 13% (227 million litres) in 2007. Rye is another grain used in mainly northern and eastern parts of the EU (121.5 million litres or 4.3%). Barley is also used and accounts for 98.6 million litres (3.5%). Finally, triticale is a marginal feedstock primarily used in Germany, and although the precise volume is difficult to estimate it is probably not more than 0.7% of total production.
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