美国Freedonia集团近日出版的报告称,全球生物燃料需求将以年均3.6%的速度增长,到2018年达到1.15亿t。由于对粮食作物为原料生产生物燃料的争议,北美及欧盟国家转向由农林废弃物、非粮可再生原料生产第二代和第三代先进生物燃料。这将使生物柴油和生物丁醇等其他生物燃料的产量迅速增长。非洲及中东、亚太地区及中南美洲生物柴油的需求增长将是2018年前生物燃料需求增长的主要推动 The U.S. Freedonia Group recently reported that the global demand for biofuels will grow at an average annual rate of 3.6% and reach 115 million tons by 2018. Due to the controversy over the production of biofuels from feedstock crops, North American and European Union countries are turning to second- and third-generation advanced biofuels from agroforestry, non-food renewable feedstocks. This will result in rapid production of other biofuels such as biodiesel and biobutanol. Demand growth for biodiesel in Africa and the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Central and South America will be the major driver of increased demand for biofuels by 2018