Corn ethanol is likely to play a strategic role for mid-term decarbonization goals in Brazil. “Much more than a making of choices, fueling with ethanol is environmental education. Ethanol is a clean fuel that can boost several other economic activities”, said Guilherme Nolasco, president of Unem. Brazil uses second crop corn to produce ethanol, which means reutilization of the agricultural area reducing carbon footprint. The plants use biomass co-generation systems, which provide two positive effects: the first relates to self-sufficient industries that produce surpluses to be traded to the national energy distribution system; the second concerns the impact on the planted forests sector, which now has new commercial partners.
Source: Universo Agro / DATAGRO
*Translated by Ia Niani