Notice:
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced that it will release expanded monthly biofuels data through a new report—the Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update. On March 31, 2021, EIA plans to publish the first edition of this report, which will contain January 2021 data.
The Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update replaces the Monthly Biodiesel Production Report, but the biodiesel report will continue to be the source of EIA’s historical monthly biodiesel data before January 2021.
| State | Producers | Annual capacity (million gallons per year) |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 20 |
| Alaska | 1 | 0 |
| Arizona | 1 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 115 |
| California | 8 | 81 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 33 |
| Georgia | 3 | 19 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 6 |
| Illinois | 5 | 168 |
| Indiana | 3 | 107 |
| Iowa | 10 | 459 |
| Kansas | 1 | 60 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 54 |
| Maine | 1 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 1 |
| Michigan | 2 | 15 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 85 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 102 |
| Missouri | 8 | 253 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 4 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 2 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 85 |
| Ohio | 1 | 71 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 38 |
| Oregon | 1 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 90 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 7 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 5 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 38 |
| Texas | 8 | 380 |
| Virginia | 4 | 13 |
| Washington | 2 | 112 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 33 |
Highlights
Production - U.S. production of biodiesel was 159 million gallons in December 2020. Biodiesel production during December 2020 was 8 million gallons higher than production in November 2020. Biodiesel production from the Midwest region (Petroleum Administration for Defense District 2) accounted for 72 percent of the United States total. Production came from 85 biodiesel plants with capacity of 2.5 billion gallons per year.
Sales - Producer sales of biodiesel during December 2020 included 74 million gallons sold as pure B100 (100% biodiesel) and an additional 73 million gallons sold as biodiesel blends (contains both pure biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel).
Feedstocks - There were a total of 1,176 million pounds of feedstocks used to produce biodiesel in December 2020. Soybean oil remained the largest biodiesel feedstock during December 2020 with 744 million pounds consumed.