“We have all the conditions for making Brazil the hub of the global industrial production. We have several energy routes available that are complementing instead of competing. No other country in the world is as well placed as Brazil to offer such a sustainable energy supply”, said the president of the Sugarcane Industry Union (UNICA), Evandro Gussi, during a seminar promoted by the Parliamentary Front of Renewable Energy (FER) on Wednesday (18), in Brasilia. The event aimed to discuss the potential for generating renewable energy and the importance of biogas, and biomethane for decarbonizing the energy matrix. According to the president of the Brazilian Association of Biogas (Abiogás), Alessandro Gardemann, the initiative highlights a competitive vision of the future, taking advantage of the efficiency and potential of agribusiness. “Brazil has done a huge job in creating a renewable energy matrix, since time has come for dispatchable renewables. We are absolutely sure that biogas is part of this solution”, he said. For the executive director of the Energy Cogeneration Industry Association (Cogen), Newton Duarte, biogas is likely to become another important element for the sugar-energy sector.
Sources: ÚNICA/ Notícias Agrícolas (*Translated by Ia Niani)