Manufacturers

1898

Rudolph Diesel was the first to run a diesel engine on peanut oil at the World's Exhibition in Paris.

1908

Henry Ford ran his Model T engine on ethanol.

(“Oil and Water”)

1920

Ford has established a partnership with Standard Oil, and 25% of oil sales were non-petroleum related.

Chevron

·Has formed a business unit to advance technology and pursue opportunities related to the   production and distribution of biofuels.
·Is currently investing in the acceleration of breakthroughs to bring non-food biofuels to   large-scale commercial production.
·Has also formed many strategic alliances with industry and universities in order to advance the   research on biofuels and hopefully convert nonfood crops into renewable transportation fuels.
("Biofuels | Energy”)

Novozymes®

·According to the Novozymes website, they have promised that by 2010, commercially viable enzyme solutions will be   delivered for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
·This cellulosic bioethanol will offer society many benefits
        ·Usage of many readily available feedstock resources
                Corn cobs

                Wheat straw
                Sugar cane bagasse
                Woody biomass
·Further reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
        ·CO2 emissions will be reduced by 90% over conventional petroleum-based fuels
        ·Currently, sources of biomass are disposed of and are not fully utilized. With the technological advance of          cellulosic biofuels, this extra weight on the world will be recycled.
·In Denmark, Novozymes announced that it has brought enzyme costs down to 50 cents per gallon which will allow the   biofuels industry to produce cellulosic ethanol at a price below USD 2.00 per gallon in 2011.
(“Novozymes Bioenergy”)

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Ethanol is a specific biofuel that is produced all over the world.

The video to the left depicts the ethanol production in Brazil.