This report was intended to start compiling real world data that would indicate the size and scope of the investments necessary to achieve 36 billion gallons of renewable biofuels by 2022.  What USDA has shown in this report is:

 

(1) A rapid build-up in production capabilities is needed to meet the RFS2 targets for cellulosic biofuels.

 

(2) The scope of the monetary investment for biorefineries is substantial.

 

 

(3) It is important to consider both sides of the market – the production/supply side and mandate/consumption side – and how they respond to the RFS2 mandate.

 

 

(4) There are current infrastructure needs, in the form of blender pumps and rail and trucking infrastructure which are in varying stages of being addressed by the market, though a careful assessment of barriers to their development is needed.

 

(5) The U.S. farm sector is capable of producing a diverse complement of feedstocks to make the biofuels industry a truly national effort.

 

(6) In addition, a process for identifying bottlenecks and barriers related to locating biorefineries involving the federal government, Congress, states, the industry and interested stakeholders can help facilitate a biorefinery system that is national in scope.

 

 

USDA intends this report to provoke discussions and looks forward to further work on this issue which may prove to be one of the most important of the 21st century.

 

 

 

Currently, ethanol, from corn grain, and biodiesel, from soybean oil, animal fats, or restaurant greases, are the only biofuels produced in the United States on a commercial scale. In the US, there are currently 201 ethanol and 168 biodiesel facilities in production.  The majority of this biorefineries are located in the Central Eastern region of the country, comprised of Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Indiana, and Ohio.  Corn starch ethanol is not considered an advanced biofuel for the purposes of the RFS2 standards and can contribute a maximum of 15 billion gallons to the RFS2 targets.

 

Based on regional agronomic conditions, the Central Eastern region of the United States bears

the greatest potential for expansion in addition to the current production, followed in order by the Southeast, Northwest, Northeast, and West, with the West projected to contribute less than 1% of the goal of 21 billion gallons of advanced biofuel by 2022.

 

 

Huayiwang Chinese Translation Company has translated many professional documents about Current Status of Biofuel Production in the United States.

 

 

要在2022年达到360亿加仑可再生生物燃料的目标，必须要进行投资。这份报告的意图，便是着手汇编那些能够指示出这项投资的规模与范围的现实数据。美国农业部在这份报告中所突出的要点包括：

（1）要满足可再生燃料标准第二阶段为纤维素生物燃料提出的要求，需要快速扩大生产能力；

（2）生物精炼厂的货币投资规模相当大；

（3）必须要同时考虑到市场的两个方面，也就是生产/供应面与需求/消费面，而且也要考虑它们是如何对可再生燃料标准第二阶段强制性要求做出的反应的；

（4）当前对基础设施也存在着需求，主要是对燃料混合泵以及铁路运输和公路运输基础设施的需求，市场方面已经对这些需求给予了不同程度的解决，但是这些基础设施发展中的障碍仍需经过慎重评估；

（5）美国农业部门有能力生产多样化的原料来作为补充，从而使生物燃料行业真正成为一项全国性的事业；

（6）此外，如果能够对生物精炼厂定址相关的瓶颈与障碍加以辨识，并且让联邦政府、国会、各州、产业部门及利益相关方共同参与到这一辨识过程中来，当能促进生物精炼系统的建设，并使它的范围覆盖全国。

 

美国农业部诚愿这份报告能够激发起大家的探讨，并期待着关于这一问题的更多工作成果，事实也许会证明，这一问题将是21世纪最为重要的问题。

 

当前，美国以商业规模来生产的生物燃料，只有取自玉米粒的乙醇，以及取自豆油、动物油脂、餐馆废弃油脂的生物柴油。美国目前有201家乙醇厂和168家生物柴油厂处于生产中。这些生物精炼厂中，大部分位于我国中东部地区，所包括的州有爱荷华、内布拉斯加、伊利诺伊、明尼苏达、南达科他、印第安纳和俄亥俄。按照可再生燃料标准第二阶段的规定，玉米淀粉乙醇不属于先进生物燃料，但它在可再生燃料标准第二阶段所定下的目标额度中，能够贡献多达150亿加仑。

从各地区的农耕条件来看，最有潜力扩大当前产量的是美国中东部地区，接下来依次是东南、西北、东北和西部地区，根据预计，在2022年使先进生物燃料达到210亿加仑的目标中，西部地区所能做出的贡献不足1％。

 

 

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