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Brazil and biofuels, looking to the future
(automatically updated/inserted from The Big Biofuels Blog)
Brazil will see a major expansion in biodiesel (up to 28 mil. l/d by 2030), diesel made with vegetable oils (H-Bio) (up to 244 mil. l/d by 2030), and "sugarcane products" (i.e., bioethanol and combusting bagasse for power generation) in the country's latest strategic energy plan, according to the Temas Blog. The Portugueseversion is here. The blog explains that there is a national debate about the energy mix, biofuels are not the only component by a long way, and that is good. It is also good to see that the share of wood and non-sustainable sources of energy is planned to fall in the energy mixture... of course, whether it does or not remains to be seen...
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Brazil will see a major expansion in biodiesel (up to 28 mil. l/d by 2030), diesel made with vegetable oils (H-Bio) (up to 244 mil. l/d by 2030), and "sugarcane products" (i.e., bioethanol and combusting bagasse for power generation) in the country's latest strategic energy plan, according to the Temas Blog. The Portugueseversion is here. The blog explains that there is a national debate about the energy mix, biofuels are not the only component by a long way, and that is good. It is also good to see that the share of wood and non-sustainable sources of energy is planned to fall in the energy mixture... of course, whether it does or not remains to be seen...
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