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Biodiesel in Europe Two factors have contributed to Europeís aggressive biodiesel industry expansion. First, in 1992, reform of the Common Agricultural Policy addressed European agricultural surpluses by idling some land used for food production through a set-aside policy. This policy, which provides a substantial subsidy to non-food crop production, stimulated …

Introduction The name "biodiesel" was introduced in the United States in 1992 by the National SoyDiesel Development Board (now the National Biodiesel Board), which has pioneered the commercialization of biodiesel in the U.S. Chemically, biodiesel is referred to as the mono alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from …