Biofuels are defined as fuels derived from biomass .

Biofuels technology can be defined as application of feedstocks in a senquence of processes leading to the production of different biofuels types

Biofuels are renewable energy and better alternative to fossil fuels.

Today the use of biofuels has expanded throughout the globe.

Growing energy demand.

Limited reserves of fossil fuels.

Environmental concerns- CO2 emission, pollution,

Abundant and available everywhere

Causes little if any environmental damage and do not deplere earth's natural resources.

From the years 1820 to 1826 liquid biofuel was used in the automobile industry, besides, the American inventor used the first internal combustion engine running on a mixture of pine resin and alcohol to provide energy.

In 1876, German inventor the first automobile engine used alcohol.

In 1900, Rudolf Diesel is the German inventor of the diesel engine to run in peanut oil.

1908, Henry Ford designed the Model T car which used hemp derived biofuel as fuels

2006, the Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS) Program encouraged the use of ethanol and biodiesel with the goal of doubling their use by 2012.

In 2007, the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) required the incorporation of 15 billion gallons of ethanol into the fuel supply by 2015 and 36 billion gallons by 2022