• Henry Ford built his first automobile capable of running with ethanol: the quadricycle.

  • The Model T, first automobile of the Ford Motor Company, was designed to run on ethanol, fuel or a combination of both.

  • 1905-1925. Brazil did pioneer ethanol tests.

  • Brazilian government passed a law that asked for a blend of 5% ethanol with gasoline on imported gasoline.

  • By decree the use of gasoline with a blend of 5% ethanol to gasoline produced in Brazil becomes obligatory.

  • The U.S. Army built the first ethanol plant in the United States in Omaha, Nebraska.

  • Discovery of oil reserves in the Middle East produce a reduction of the demand for biofuels.

  • 1940's to 70's. Short commerce of ethanol due to low gasoline prices.

  • Brazil started to increase the percentages of ethanol blended with gasoline.

  • Nebraska's legislature created the first agency in the United States dedicated to the development of the ethanol industry.

  • The first world oil crisis took place. This generated more interest in alternative energy sources.

  • The National Alcohol Program (Proálcool) started in Brazil. It promoted the production of ethanol.

  • As an answer to the energy crisis the Nation Energy Act was aproved in the United States.

  • Different research projects on the use ethanol in large engines were done in Brazil.

  • The use of ethanol in winter to reduce carbon emissions was mandated in Denver, Colorado.

  • Amendments to the Clean Air Actowere done to reduce carbon emissions.

  • The Energy Policy Act was passed to reduce the dependency on oil.

  • Since the end of the nineties Flex Fuel vehicles that can run with gasoline with a blend of ethanol are sold in the United States.

  • Law 693 that promotes the use of ethanol blended with gaoline since 2005 was passed in Colombia.

  • Flex fuel vehicles that can use ethanol efficiently enter in the Brazilian market.

  • The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed and the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) program started.

  • The incentive known as the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) started in the United States.

  • In Brazil the company Embraer manufactured an agricultural aircraft that could use ethanol as fuel: the Ipanema.

  • The majority of the vehicles sold in Brazil have the flex fuel system that allows the use of ethanol blended with gasoline.

  • The Energy Independence and Security Act to increase the supply of alternative sources of fuels was signed in the United States.

  • 2007-2008. In several states if the United States the blend between ethanol and gasoline, using 10% of ethanol, became a mandate.

  • The Biofuels Trade Law was passed in Peru.

  • Since July 15th the use of gasohol (ethanol and gasoline blend) became mandate in Lima and in Callao in Peru.

  • By the end of the year the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and the tariff applied on imported ethanol expired in the United States.

  • The ethanol production was affected in the United States due to the drought and in Brazil due to the low gasoline prices.

Country: United States
Production plants: 8
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 1720
Web: http://www.adm.com

It also participates in Brazil in the ethanol business
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 27
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 1629
Web: http://poet.com/
 
Country: Brazil
Production plants: 48
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 1268
Web: http://www.copersucar.com.br/

It made an alliance in 2012 with Eco Energy (United States) to become in the biggest ethanol trader with 12 per cent of the biofuel's global market
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 10
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 1130
Web: http://www.valero.com
 
Country: Brazil
Production plants: 9
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 792
Web: http://www.odebrechtagroindustrial.com
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 9
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 730
Web: http://www.gpreinc.com/
 
Country: Brazil
Production plants: 24
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 581
Web: http://pt.raizen.com.br
 
Country: Brazil
Production plants: 11
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 475
Web: http://www.biosev.com
The firm Louis Dreyfus Commodities Company also has production plants in the United States
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 6
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 460
Web: http://www.aventinerei.com
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 4
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 440
Web: http://www.fhr.com/
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 6
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 378
Web: http://www.abengoabioenergy.com

It also has production plants in Brazil
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 4
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 350
Web: http://www.bigriverresources.com
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 4
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 330
Web: http://www.andersonsethanol.com/
 
Country: Brazil
Production plants: 7
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 264
Web: http://www.bunge.com.br

It also has Production plants in the United States
 
Country: United States
Production plants: 2
Production capacity 2012 (million gallons a year): 230
Web: http://www.cargill.com

It also has production plants in Brazil