Major Producing Countries Of Ethanol Fuel

The United States is the main producer of ethanol fuel in the world. In 1979, the US Congress formulated the "Ethanol Development Plan" and began to promote the use of 10% ethanol blended fuel. In 1990, the United States Congress passed the "Clean Air Act" (amendment), which was an important driving force for the development of ethanol fuel. In 1979, the US ethanol production of 30,000 tons increased to 2.61 million tons in 1990. There are already 40 states in the United States with 7,800 gas stations selling ethanol gasoline. In 2002, production surged to 25.344 million tons. In 2004, there were 91 alcohol production plants with an output of 4 billion gallons. Ford is at the forefront of research on free-fuel vehicles, namely vehicles that can burn ethanol, methanol, and hydrogen (FFV). Ford said in 2006 and said it produced 250,000 FFV. On January 31, 2006, President Bush proposed in his State of the Union address: to accelerate the replacement of ethanol as a clean fuel for automobiles. Bush said optimistically: Within six years, ethanol will become a fuel for automobiles on par with gasoline. Brazil is one of the oil-poor countries. Therefore, ethanol has become an important transportation fuel. In 2000, the country had 340 ethanol production plants with a total output of 7.93 million tons. 43% of the country’s sugarcane production was used to produce ethanol fuel. 92.5% of the consumption is used for transportation. In 2005, the sales of gasoline-alcohol mixed-burning cars on the market exceeded gasoline-fueled cars for the first time. The sales of this ethanol fuel-based car surged from 21.6% after 2004 to 53.6%. It reached 73% in December. Sweden also attaches great importance to the application of ethanol vehicles. In 1999, 410 cars used bioethanol fuel, distributed in 13 cities, making it the only country in the world that uses ethanol fuel on heavy diesel vehicles. In 1979, the Japanese government announced a new energy plan. At the same time, the Alcohol Application Technical Committee headed by the University of Tokyo was established to vigorously promote the application of alcohol fuel vehicles. Germany also formulated a research plan for "alcohol fuel for road transportation" in 1979. In 1999, ethanol production reached 312,000 tons. France also attaches great importance to ethanol production. The output of ethanol has reached 400,000 tons. There are 7 ethanol production plants and 16 grain factories attached to ethanol production workshops and a chemical synthesis ethanol chemical plant. India has been experimenting with ethanol vehicles since the 1930s and has been working hard to promote it. Until 2002, the Indian government decided to implement the first phase of the ethanol plan, selling ethanol gasoline in 4 continents and 4 regions [1], the blending amount is not low At 5%, the second stage will be promoted nationwide. Thailand’s ethanol production in 2003 was 480,000 tons, which was determined by Thailand’s implementation of the “Fuel Ethanol Research and Development Plan” in 2000. Thailand not only promotes ethanol cars on cars, but also uses mixed ethanol gasoline on motorcycles. South Africa is a major ethanol producer on the African continent. The current output is 200,000 tons. At the 13th International Alcohol Conference (ISAF) meeting held in Sweden in 2000, it was emphasized that ethanol vehicles should not only be used in gasoline engines, but more diesel vehicles should also use ethanol, and the technology of using ethanol as a fuel cell was studied. , It can be seen how much attention has been paid to ethanol cars in the world.