How much glycerol waste is there?
The current glycerol waste production in the United States averages more than 100,000 metric tons per year and in Europe glycerol production has tripled within the last ten years to about 600,000 metric tons per year. If all of this was converted to hydrogen it would be more than 14,000 metric tons of hydrogen. This is equivalent to roughly 14 million gallons of gasoline. There is a tremendous challenge in finding novel and profitable uses for this important bio-diesel production waste product.
