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What You Need to Know About Ethanol Policy
U.S. biofuel policy prevents competition while providing subsidies to domestic producers. Learn about Ethanol policy in under 5 minutes and tell Congress wha...
Ethanol Giants Struggle To Crack Brazil Market
Multinational giants want to get in on Brazil's booming biofuels business, but the families behind the country's sugar-cane riches aren't eager to sell. (Video)
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This Brazilian government video tells about the agroecological zoning of sugarcane production, which sets guidelines for the expansion of sugarcane culture without harming areas with original vegetation and also important biomes such as those of the Amazon Region, the Pantanal Wetlands and the Upper Paraguay Basin. It presents the public policies that seek to promote the expansion of the sustainable production of sugar cane in the Brazilian territory as a way of producing clean and renewable energy without
Making Sense of Ethanol
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) released the video "Making Sense of Ethanol", demonstrating Brazil's leadership role in the production of clean and sustainable ethanol without negative impacts on food production.
Brazil Pioneers Energy Independence with Sugarcane Ethanol
For years now Americans have been debating how to achieve energy independence. Brazil is the second largest producer of ethanol after the U.S., which uses corn rather than sugarcane. Even though the global financial crisis has hit the Brazilian ethanol industry hard, global demand for sugarcane-based ethanol is growing.
NYT Video on India's Sugar Woes
With sugar production down sharply and demand fairly steady, India could have to import as much as one-third of all the sweet stuff it uses.
PBS's E2 - Growing Energy: Ethanol in Brazil
Global in scope and comprised of six 30-minute chapters filmed in HD, e² energy features the engineers, policymakers and innovations that are transforming energy availability and consumption. Each episode covers viable policy and technology alternatives to the fossil fuel culture.This episodes explores sugarcane ethanol in Brazil and its future in the United States. The production of ethanol and other biofuels requires many of the same resources - such as arable land - as the production of food. As the bio
Interactive Map of Brazil's Energy Model
The discovery of potentially massive reserves of oil and gas off its coast in 2007 seems set to transform the country’s position as an energy superpower and the government says it plans to join Opec in the near future. However, Brazil already sources most of its electricity from hydroelectric dams and most cars in the country have the option to use ethanol as fuel, which can be sourced from sugar cane. As a result, the Latin American giant appears to be perfectly set up to deal with the energy challenges
Brazil’s Copersucar Wants 30% Market Share in 10 Years
Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Copersucar celebrated its 50th anniversary this week and outlined a bold plan to increase its market share in Brazil to 30% by 2018 with production of 200 million tons of sugarcane. If the Company achieved this objective, it would double Copersucar’s current market share in Brazil. Copersucar has 34 associated mills in the state of São Paulo, Paraná and Minas Gerais in Brazil. The company is the leading sugar and ethanol producer and distributor and one of the world
Sugarcane Plastics by Braskem
Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem laid the cornerstone of its Green Polyethylene Project in southern Brazil. The plant will be the first in the world to use sugarcane ethanol to make 100% renewable ethane and polyethylene on a commercial scale. Other projects are underway in Brazil. The total investment will be about US$250 million and the plant will make 200,000 tons/year of ethane, that will be converted into the same amount of polyethylene at existing plants at its complex. The plant’s operation
