17.08.2015   The Asian Biomass Handbook

Energy crops

For ethanol, 1-2 million tons of molasses are used as raw material (this is by-product from sugar production which is about 5 million tons from 64 million cane production), another raw material for ethanol is cassava, only 180,000 tons out of 26 million tons of cassava roots is used for ethanol production. For biodiesel, about 100,000 tons of palm oil is used for biodiesel out of

1.5 million tons production in 2007. The use of palm oil for biodiesel in 2008 is expected to reach 300,000 tons levels.