Bioethanol Market in Europe
The European bioethanol market follows a criterion closely linked to the development of legislation by each member State in relation to the established framework by means of European Directives regarding the promotion and boost of the biofuel consumption. Therefore, following this criterion we can establish in the following chart the bioethanol potential demand in the E.U.
| Country |
petrol (2005)
|
EtOH 2% energy
|
EtOH 5.75% energy
|
|||
|
kt
|
ktep
|
kt
|
ktep
|
kt
|
ktep
|
|
| Belgium |
1760
|
1841
|
58
|
37
|
144
|
92
|
| Denmark |
1876
|
1962
|
62
|
39
|
154
|
98
|
| Germany |
23448
|
24527
|
769
|
491
|
1922
|
1226
|
| Greece |
3918
|
4098
|
128
|
82
|
321
|
205
|
| Spain |
7270
|
7604
|
238
|
152
|
596
|
380
|
| France |
9610
|
10052
|
315
|
201
|
788
|
503
|
| Ireland |
1713
|
1792
|
56
|
36
|
140
|
90
|
| Italy |
13347
|
13961
|
438
|
279
|
1094
|
968
|
| Luxemburg |
501
|
524
|
16
|
10
|
41
|
26
|
| Holland |
4101
|
4290
|
134
|
86
|
336
|
214
|
| Portugal |
1804
|
1887
|
59
|
38
|
148
|
94
|
| Finland |
1879
|
1965
|
62
|
39
|
154
|
98
|
| Sweden |
4082
|
4270
|
134
|
85
|
335
|
213
|
| UK |
18106
|
18939
|
594
|
379
|
1484
|
947
|
| Austria |
2074
|
2169
|
68
|
43
|
170
|
108
|
| EU-15 |
95489
|
99881
|
3131
|
1998
|
7828
|
4994
|
| Czech Rep. |
2039
|
2133
|
67
|
43
|
167
|
107
|
| Stonia |
295
|
309
|
10
|
6
|
24
|
15
|
| Cyprus |
303
|
317
|
10
|
6
|
25
|
16
|
| Letonia |
342
|
358
|
11
|
7
|
28
|
18
|
| Lithuania |
339
|
355
|
11
|
7
|
28
|
18
|
| Hungary |
1464
|
1531
|
48
|
31
|
120
|
77
|
| Malta |
59
|
62
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
| Poland |
4024
|
4209
|
132
|
84
|
330
|
210
|
| Slovenia |
658
|
688
|
22
|
14
|
54
|
34
|
| Slovaquia |
628
|
657
|
21
|
13
|
51
|
33
|
| EU-25 |
110499
|
3464
|
2210
|
8660
|
5525
|
609
|
| Bulgary |
609
|
637
|
20
|
13
|
50
|
32
|
| Romania |
2092
|
2188
|
69
|
44
|
171
|
109
|
| EU-27 |
108341
|
113324
|
3552
|
2266
|
8881
|
5666
|
Bioethanol demand in the EU, Brasil and the US
As we can observe the increase in the demand in the following years will be exponential.
