A brazilian Perspective on Bioenergy Issues 1925: First experiments with ethanol/gasoline blends

A Brazilian Perspective on Bioenergy Issues

1925: First experiments with ethanol/gasoline blends

• 1925: First experiments with ethanol/gasoline blends

• 1975: Ethanol program started after the 1st oil crisis

• 1989: Leaded Gasoline forbiden.

• 1993: E-20 to E-25 mandatory in all the country (33,000 gas stations)

• 2003: Flex Fuel engines

• 2006: 80% of new vehicles are Flex (2.5 million/year)

• 615 million ton of CO2 avoided emissions, so far

B2 mandatory at Jan/2008 (850,000 ton/year)

• B2 mandatory at Jan/2008 (850,000 ton/year)

• B5 mandatory at Jan/2010 (2013, originaly)

• Now:

• 10 biodiesel plants working (500,000 ton/year)

• 2,000 gas stations providing B2

• Some transportation companies using B30

• Projects: More than 100 new biodiesel plants

• LOW FEDERAL TAXES FOR SOCIAL PROJECTS AND POOR REGIONS

1st Biodiesel Plant – Heterogeneous Catalyst/Residual Feedstock (Crude Palm Fatty Acids)

Brazil is open to share experiences in biofuels and offers good opportunity for international colaborations and investments in this field.

• Brazil is open to share experiences in biofuels and offers good opportunity for international colaborations and investments in this field.

• Both ethanol and biodiesel production will significantly increase in the next years. There’s agricultural land to support this increasing.

• Integration between ethanol and biodiesel plants is strongly competitive.

• Biodiesel process is being adapted to tropical feedstcoks (larger acidity) with higher yields and lower operating costs.