# Biodiesel (FAME): Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/links/

Every element and industry that Biodiesel (FAME) is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

- [Palm oil](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-palm-oil/): Palm oil is the feedstock for Indonesia's biodiesel programme, which used 14.2 million kL in 2025, so each rise in the blend mandate takes palm oil off the export market. Importers such as India feel this through tighter supply and a narrower discount of palm to soft oils. *(researched)*
- [Renewable diesel and SAF](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-renewable-diesel-and-saf/): FAME biodiesel and hydrotreated renewable diesel and SAF are two routes for the same fats and oils. Renewable diesel is a better fuel and earns more credit per gallon in the US, so as waste oil supplies run out the two compete hard for feedstock, with policy deciding who wins. *(researched)*
- [Soybeans](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-soybeans/): Soybean oil, the smaller of the two products of crushing soybeans, is the main feedstock for biodiesel in the US and Brazil, and USDA expected biofuel makers to use more than half of US soybean oil in 2025/26. US blending volumes and Brazil's mandate therefore move the value of the oil, the crush margin and the soyoil available to importers such as India. *(researched)*
- [Glycerine](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-glycerine/): Every tonne of FAME biodiesel releases about a tenth of a tonne of crude glycerine, so glycerine supply is set by biodiesel mandates rather than by glycerine demand. When biodiesel grows faster than uses for glycerine, the by-product floods the market; a shift to hydrotreated renewable diesel, which yields propane instead, would cut that supply. *(researched)*
- [Rapeseed](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-rapeseed/): Rapeseed is a raw material for biodiesel (FAME); their prices have moved together.
- [Bioethanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-bioethanol/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Biomass](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-biomass/): Energy flows from biomass to biodiesel (FAME).
- [Biomass and biofuel stores](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-biomass-and-biofuel-stores/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Coconut oil](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-coconut-oil/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Combustion road vehicles](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-combustion-road-vehicles/): Energy flows from biodiesel (FAME) to combustion road vehicles.
- [Energy in farming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-energy-in-farming/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Fatty alcohols](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-fatty-alcohols/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Methanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-methanol/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Refining and reforming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-refining-and-reforming/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Sunflower](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-sunflower/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Tankers, barges and fuel trucks](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-tankers-barges-and-fuel-trucks/): Energy flows from biodiesel (FAME) to tankers, barges and fuel trucks.
- [Transport and logistics](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biodiesel-fame-and-transport-and-logistics/): Transport and logistics depends on biodiesel (FAME).

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/index.md)
- [Energy overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/energy/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/correlation/index.md)
- [Efficiency](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/efficiency/index.md)
- [Techniques](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/techniques/index.md)
- [Resources and labour](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/resources/index.md)
- [Impact on the biosphere](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/biosphere/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/overview/index.md)
- [Production route](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/routes/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/production/index.md)
- [Feedstocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/feedstocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/movement/index.md)
- [Regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/regulation/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/biodiesel/emissions/index.md)