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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)
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
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.
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.
Florida's governor argues for sugarcane ethanol in his state.
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
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
In this 2008 television advertisement, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) inserts a little humor in the discussions about bioufels and their contribution to climate change.
This morning on C-SPAN, the CEO of Anadarko, James Hackett, spoke on U.S. energy and climate change policy. He blasted corn ethanol as a "disaster" and called for the end of the 54 cent per gallon tariff on clearner, more efficient sugarcane ethanol from Brazil. The excerpted video is here and the full video on C-SPAN's website.