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Oil Crops in the Context of Global Biodiesel Production

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There are hundreds of plants with potential to produce oil for biodiesel industry but only a few are largely cultivated, being the same that have been used for other purposes, especially for nutrition. Along the last 10 years, palm, soybean, canola, and sunflower accounted for 80 % of the world vegetable oil production, or 90 % if peanut, cotton, coconut, and olive are also included. Similarly, almost all countries are potential producers of oil but USA, China, Brazil, India, Argentina, and Indonesia account for about 70 % of the 180 Mton produced worldwide, and for almost all of the vegetable oil traded in the international market. In order to consider an oil crop as a trusty supplier of raw material for the biodiesel industry, it must fulfill the following criteria: (a) must be produced on a large scale; (b) should belong to a well-organized supply chain; (c) be considered a commodity in the international market and its oil be competitive in price with not only other vegetable oils but also with petrol; (d) its by-products obtained besides the oil should also have a steady demand on the domestic and international market. The world biodiesel production strongly accelerated within 2000–2009, reducing the rates of expansion after 2009 because of the world financial crisis (2008–2010). Currently (2016), biodiesel global production is estimated to be slightly over 35 Mton, awaiting new stimuli to reaccelerate considering the well-known environmental and social benefits of biodiesel, which can overcome the disadvantage of the higher cost as compared to mineral diesel.

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Gazzoni, D.L., Dall’Agnol, A. (2016). Oil Crops in the Context of Global Biodiesel Production. In: Soccol, C., Brar, S., Faulds, C., Ramos, L. (eds) Green Fuels Technology. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30205-8_3

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