renewable fuels in recent years. Biodiesel made from plant oils and animal fats is one such alternative. In 2007, the United … the ability of the biodiesel infrastructure to meet the Renewable Fuel Standards outlined in the recently-passed Energy … potential demand for biodiesel, possible feedstocks, and capital costs. Current US biodiesel refinery capacity exceeds the …

The U.S. biodiesel production industry has experienced slow growth despite receiving federal subsidies to produce. The … one billion gallon RFS mandate in the coming year. The U.S. biodiesel industry encounters the challenge of feedstock price … volatility, high feedstock price diminishes biodiesel producers’ profit margin, reducing producers’ incentive to produce. Soybean …

competition increase model for biodiesel. Tasks: • To analyse importance of competition for product existence, and mark out ways … to evaluate product competition; • To determine competition of biodiesel in the international market; • To prepare … spread of biodiesel and usage perspectives; • To determine factors for increase of biodiesel competitive advantage …

brasileiro e mundial poderá dar sustentação a um imenso programa de geração de emprego e renda a partir da produção do biodiesel … para a produção e consumo de biodiesel e derivados de petróleo, que os configuram como trajetórias tecnológicas distintas e … an immense program of generation of job and income from the production of biodiesel.More than what raw material options …

The production and use of biodiesel is an important alternative in Europe to diminish the emission of gases in order to … fulfill the Kyoto protocol goals. Supported by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the production of biodiesel has increased … biodiesel is still low compared to other EU countries. The aim of the paper is to analyze consumers’ preferences for biodiesel …

We analyze vertical price transmission in the German biodiesel market studying therelationship between rapeseed oil …, soya oil and biodiesel prices. We focus on the period fromsummer 2002 to late 2007 during which the German biodiesel market …

The biodiesel industry in the United States has realized significant growth over the past decade through large …) over a range of biodiesel and feedstock price levels. The analysis shows that the larger plant realizes returns to scale in … biodiesel industry by using the most current conversion rates for the production technology and current price levels to estimate …

With this paper, we provide the first quantitative investigation of vertical price transmission in the biodiesel supply … chain in Germany with the focus on the developments during the food crisis and the impact of subsidized US biodiesel exports …. With the strong promotion of the production and use of biodiesel during the first half of the past decade, the German …