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Data For: 2006
Release Date: April 2008
Next Release Date: April 2009

Table 1.6 Biofuels Overview, 2002-2006
 (Trillion Btu)
Type20022003200420052006
Ethanol     
  Feedstocka313410497570712
  Losses and Coproductsb133174210241301
  Productionc180236287329412
  Net Importsd11131162
  Stock Changee7-10-211
  Consumptionf175238299342462
Biodiesel     
  Feedstockg1241232
  Losses and Coproductsh       *       *       *       *       *
  Productioni1241232
a Total corn and other biomass inputs to the production of fuel ethanol.
b Losses and co-products from the production of fuel ethanol.  Does not include natural gas, electricity, and other non-biomass energy used in the production of fuel ethanol.
c Fuel ethanol production.
d Fuel ethanol imports.  There are no exports.
e Fuel ethanol stock change.  A negative number indicates a decrease in stocks and a positive number indicates an increase.
f Fuel ethanol consumption equals fuel ethanol production, plus fuel ethanol net imports, minus fuel ethanol stock change.
g Total soy bean oil and other biomass inputs to the production of biodiesel.
h Losses and co-products from the production of biodiesel.  Does not include natural gas, electricity, and other non-biomass energy used in the production of biodiesel. iProduction of biofuels for use as diesel fuel substitutes or additives.  Biodiesel consumption equals biodiesel production.
NA=Not available.
*=Less than 0.5 trillion Btu.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Sources: (Note: For ethanol and biodiesel heat contents, see Table 10.) Ethanol Feedstock: Calculated as fuel ethanol production multiplied by the approximate heat content of the corn and other biomass inputs to the production of fuel ethanol. Ethanol Losses and Co-products: Calculated as ethanol feedstock minus fuel ethanol production. Ethanol Production: 2002 and forward: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-819, "Monthly Oxygenate Report," and predescessor form. Ethanol Net Imports, Stocks and Stock Change: 2002-2005: EIA, Petroleum Supply Annual (PSA), annual reports. 2006: EIA, Petroleum Supply Monthly (PSM), monthly reports. Ethanol Consumption: 2002-2004: EIA, PSA, annual reports, Tables 2 and 16. Calculated as ten percent of oxygentated finished motor gasoline field production (Table 2), plus fuel ethanol refinery input (Table 16). 2005: EIA, PSA 2005, Tables 1 and 15. Calculated as motor gasoline blending components adjustments (Table 1), plus finished motor gasoline adjustments adjustments (Table 1), plus fuel ethanol refinery blender net inputs (Table 15). 2006: EIA, PSM, monthly reports, Tables 1 and 27. Calculated as motor gasoline blending components adjustments (Table 1), plus finished motor gasoline adjustments (Table 1), plus fuel ethanol refinery and blender net inputs (Table 27). Biodiesel Feedstock: Calcualted as biodiesel production multiplied by the approximate heat content of the vegetable oil and other biomass inputs to the production of biodiesel. Biodiesel Losses and Co-products: Calculated as biodiesel feedstock minus biodiesel production. Biodiesel Production: 2001-2005 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation, Bioenergy Program records and 2006 and forward: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, Current Industrial Reports, Fats and Oils - Production, Consumption and Stocks, and analysis conducted by Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels.
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Truck unloading wood chips that will fuel the Tracy Biomass Plant, Tracy, California
Truck unloading wood chips that will fuel the Tracy Biomass Plant, Tracy, California.

   Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Photographic Information Exchange

Biomass energy is derived from three distinct energy sources: wood, waste, and alcohol fuels.  Wood energy is derived both from direct use of harvested wood as a fuel and from wood waste streams.  The largest source of energy from wood is pulping liquor or “black liquor,” a waste product from processes of the pulp, paper and paperboard industry.  Waste energy is the second-largest source of biomass energy.  The main contributors of waste energy are municipal solid waste (MSW), manufacturing waste, and landfill gas.  Biomass alcohol fuel, or ethanol, is derived almost exclusively from corn.  Its principal use is as an oxygenate in gasoline.

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