EIA: US biofuels capacity at 21.123 billion gallons in February
Summary
Total operable biofuels production capacity for ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel and related fuels expanded to 21.123 billion gallons per year in February, up 11 MMgy when compared to the 21.112 billion gallons of capacity in place in January, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on April 29 Fuel ethanol capacity was at 17.423 billion gallons per year in February, up 24 MMgy when compared to the 17.399 billion gallons in place the previous month. Biodiesel production capacity fell to 2.232 billion gallons per year in February, down 13 MMgy when compared to the 2.245 billion gallons of capacity in place the previous month. When compared to the same month of last year, biodiesel capacity in February was down 162 MMgy. The EIA withheld the volume of grain sorghum consumed by biofuel producers in February 2021 in order to avoid disclosure of individual company data. The EIA withheld the volume of canola oil that went to biofuel production in February, but reported that 64 million pounds of canola oil was used to produce biofuel in January 2022, along with 85 million pounds in February 2021.