The United States consumed some 2,802 trillion British thermal units of energy derived from biofuels in 2024. This figure includes fuel ethanol and biodiesel used as automotive fuels. Biofuels consumption in the North American country has been on a mostly upward tendency over the last decade, peaking in 2024.
Biofuel consumption in the United States from 2009 to 2024
(in trillion British thermal units)
Characteristic
Consumption in trillion British thermal units
2024
2,802
2023
2,659
2022
2,433
2021
2,331
2020
2,136
2019
2,376
2018
2,355
2017
2,364
2016
2,333
2015
2,185
2014
2,099
2013
2,026
2012
1,899
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According to the source, data include fuel ethanol (minus denaturant), biodiesel, renewable diesel fuel, and other biofuels consumption; plus losses and co-products from the production of fuel ethanol and biodiesel.
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EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (April 24, 2025). Biofuel consumption in the United States from 2009 to 2024 (in trillion British thermal units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/197216/consumption-of-biofuels-in-the-us-since-2006/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Biofuel consumption in the United States from 2009 to 2024 (in trillion British thermal units)." Chart. April 24, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197216/consumption-of-biofuels-in-the-us-since-2006/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (2025). Biofuel consumption in the United States from 2009 to 2024 (in trillion British thermal units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197216/consumption-of-biofuels-in-the-us-since-2006/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Biofuel Consumption in The United States from 2009 to 2024 (in Trillion British Thermal Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197216/consumption-of-biofuels-in-the-us-since-2006/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), Biofuel consumption in the United States from 2009 to 2024 (in trillion British thermal units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197216/consumption-of-biofuels-in-the-us-since-2006/ (last visited June 03, 2025)
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