SÃO PAULO WILL INVEST R$ 30 MILLION TO CAPTURE AND STORE CARBON FROM SUGARCANE ETHANOL.

São Paulo will invest R$30 million over five years to develop Brazil’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project linked to sugarcane ethanol production. The initiative, led by the new Center for Technologies for Biogenic Carbon Capture and Storage (CTCCSBio), brings together FAPESP, USP, the state environmental secretariat, Petrobras and São Martinho. The first two-year phase will assess geological storage capacity, site selection and economic feasibility, including carbon credit and offset mechanisms. The project aims to deploy BECCS technology, which captures CO₂ from ethanol production and stores it in deep saline reservoirs, potentially making sugarcane ethanol a carbon-negative fuel. Brazil currently operates one CCS facility for corn ethanol in Mato Grosso. State authorities view the project as a tool to support decarbonization targets and strengthen the competitiveness of Brazil’s sugar-energy exports amid tighter environmental requirements.
Source: Nova Cana