The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its annual biodiesel production capacity report. The new report contains data for all operating U.S. biodiesel plants as of January 1, 2019.
Detailed annual production capacity of biodiesel plants by Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PAD District) are available in XLS.
| U.S. Biodiesel Annual Production Capacity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAD District | Number of Plants | 2019 Annual Production Capacity | ||
| (MMgal/year) | (mb/d) | |||
| PADD 1 | 21 | 197 | 13 | |
| PADD 2 | 45 | 1,464 | 95 | |
| PADD 3 | 18 | 628 | 41 | |
| PADD 4 | 2 | 40 | 3 | |
| PADD 5 | 16 | 224 | 15 | |
| U.S. Total | 102 | 2,553 | 167 | |
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Annual Production Capacity: The quantity of biodiesel that a plant can produce in a calendar year, assuming normal downtime for maintenance. It includes the capacity of idle plants until the plant is dismantled or abandoned. Source: Form EIA-22M Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey |
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