Ethanol production to reduce GHG emissions by 100 million tonnes

6 Sep 2012

Global ethanol production will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 100 million tonnes in 2012, a report by The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) has found.

The figures reveal that GHG emission reduction will be higher than 276,000 tonnes per day, compared to 273,000 in 2011.

In 2011, world ethanol production stood at 8.4 billion litres and is estimated to have reduced GHG emissions by 99 million tonnes in total.

Along with F.O Licht, GFRA is predicting global ethanol production in 2012 to grow by one per cent to over 85.2 billion litres.

Bliss Baker, spokesperson for the GRFA, said, ‘This is all very good news because these figures clearly show that biofuels are continuing to play a critical role in reducing damaging GHG emissions around the world.

‘In the wake of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, this data confirms that to successfully combat climate change, biofuels must be part of our future energy mix.’