European Union
According EU Strategy for Biofuels at year 2010 target is 5.75% market share for biofuels. At year 2020 the target is 10% market share.
European standard DIN EN 14214 and DIN EN 590 describes the physical properties of diesel fuels.
The EU and environmental organization e.g. Greenpeace demand transparent criteria for sustainable biofuel production. Concern includes deforestation for oil palms in Indonesia and deforestation in Brazil.
| Consumption of Biodiesel in the European Union (GWh) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 | |
| 1 | Germany | 18,003 | 29,447 | 33,800 | 28,819 | 25,993 |
| 2 | France | 4,003 | 6,855 | 14,121 | 23,501 | 23,532 |
| 3 | Italy | 2,000 | 1,732 | 1,580 | 6,481 | 15,088 |
| 4 | Spain | 270 | 629 | 3,012 | 6,036 | 13,803 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 292 | 1,533 | 3,147 | 8,040 | 9,616 |
| 6 | Poland | 152 | 491 | 291 | 3,961 | 9,179 |
| 7 | Austria | 920 | 3,878 | 2,206 | 2,171 | 4,749 |
| 8 | Portugal | 2 | 818 | 1,570 | 1,545 | 3,783 |
| 9 | Belgium | 0 | 10 | 1,061 | 1,002 | 3,223 |
| 10 | Sweden | 97 | 523 | 1,195 | 1,511 | 2,035 |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 33 | 213 | 327 | 881 | 2,006 |
| 12 | Romania | - | 32 | 465 | 700 | 1,464 |
| 13 | Greece | 32 | 540 | 945 | 880 | 1,449 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 58 | 48 | 896 | 617 | 1,408 |
| 15 | Hungary | 0 | 4 | 23 | 942 | 1,357 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 0 | 172 | 2,559 | 2,349 | 1,101 |
| 17 | Ireland | 9 | 8 | 201 | 465 | 694 |
| 18 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 615 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 110 | 149 | 151 | 259 | 485 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 7 | 6 | 484 | 482 | 466 |
| 21 | Lithuania | 87 | 162 | 489 | 532 | 404 |
| 22 | Latvia | 29 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 217 |
| 23 | Bulgaria | n.a. | 96 | 23 | 342 | 185 |
| 24 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 9 | 165 | 174 |
| 25 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| - | Estonia | 0 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 0 |
| - | Malta | 8 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 0 |
| European Union | 26,110 | 47,380 | 68,602 | 91,880 | 123,035 | |
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